By Mark Heys
October 27 2006

Former Bolton Wanderers assistant manager Phil Brown is back in football today after being appointed as the new first team coach at Hull City. The 47-year old moves to the Kingston Communications Stadium following manager Phil Parkinson's decision to restructure his backroom team earlier on this month.

Brown spent a total of fifteen years with Bolton as a player and coach and comes back into the game following an ill-fated spell in charge of Derby County twelve months ago.

Speaking of his appointment Brown was delighted to be joining a club with huge potential.

"I'm very ambitious so of course I want to manage again at some point," said Brown.

"I've spent the last seven or eight months trying to get back into the game and been interviewed for several jobs - some of which I didn't really want, but you've got to apply and go through the process.

"Working as first-team coach at Hull is a great opportunity to get back into football because it's a massive club."