Mark Bonner (football manager)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 November 1985[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Cambridge[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cambridge United (head coach) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2020– | Cambridge United | ||
Mark Bonner is a football manager who is currently the head coach of Cambridge United.
Coaching career
Bonner joined Cambridge United in June 2011,[3] working in a number of positions in the club's academy. In January 2018, Bonner was named as first team coach, working under manager Shaun Derry and assistant Joe Dunne, taking over the role from Mick Halsall.[3]
Following the departure of Derry in February 2018, Dunne took over as interim head coach with Bonner serving as his assistant head coach.[4] Dunne and Bonner's roles were made permanent in May of that year following a successful interim spell.[5] As results declined in the first half of the 2018-19 season, Dunne departed the club in December 2018 with Bonner taking over temporary charge of the first team,[6] overseeing a defeat and a draw before Colin Calderwood was appointed later that month, with Bonner returning to his role as assistant head coach.[7]
Calderwood's departure in January 2020 again saw Bonner take temporary charge of first team duties,[8] overseeing four wins in his first four matches in charge. In March 2020, Bonner was named permanent head coach of Cambridge United on a two-year contract until the end of the 2021-22 season.[9]
Due to the curtailing of the 2019-20 season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Bonner's first match as permanent head coach did not come for six months until Cambridge United knocked Championship side Birmingham City out of the first round of the 2020-21 EFL Cup.
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 30 January 2021
| Team | From | To | Record (all comps) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Cambridge United (caretaker) | 29 January 2020 | 9 March 2020 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 57.14 |
| Cambridge United | 9 March 2020 | Present | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 50.00 |
| Total | 41 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 51.22 | ||
References
- ^ https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12028/12100694/mark-bonner-interview-cambridges-young-head-coach-learning-as-he-goes
- ^ "Cambridge United football club staff". 11v11.com. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ a b "MARK BONNER ASSUMES FIRST TEAM COACH POSITION". www.cambridge-united.co.uk.
- ^ "CLUB STATEMENT: SHAUN DERRY". www.cambridge-united.co.uk.
- ^ "JOE DUNNE APPOINTED PERMANENT CAMBRIDGE UNITED HEAD COACH". www.cambridge-united.co.uk.
- ^ "CLUB STATEMENT | JOE DUNNE". www.cambridge-united.co.uk.
- ^ "STATEMENT | COLIN CALDERWOOD APPOINTED AS HEAD COACH". www.cambridge-united.co.uk.
- ^ "CAMBRIDGE UNITED PART COMPANY WITH COLIN CALDERWOOD". www.cambridge-united.co.uk.
- ^ "MARK BONNER APPOINTED CAMBRIDGE UNITED HEAD COACH". www.cambridge-united.co.uk.