Hull sack manager Tim Walter after just six months in sudden U-turn – and could turn to Mark Robins
Hull City have sacked manager Tim Walter after just six months in charge. A 2-0 defeat at home to Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday evening sealed Walter’s fate. Walter’s time at Hull is upGetty talkSPORT understands that Mark Robins is a contender for the job. Robins was sacked by Coventry less than three weeks ago after taking the club from League Two to the Championship play-off final. Announcing the news on Wednesday, a Hull statement read: “Hull City can confirm we have parted company with head coach Tim Walter with immediate effect. “Assistant head coaches Julian Hübner and Filip Tapalović have also left the club. “First-team coach Andy Dawson will take interim charge while the club conducts a thorough recruitment process for a permanent successor. “We would like to thank Tim, Julian and Filip for their efforts during their time at the MKM Stadium and wish them well for the future.” Walter departs having won just three of his 18 games in charge across the Championship and EFL Cup. The German’s exit comes a day after Hull owner Acun Ilicali said Walter would remain in his post whatever the result against Sheffield Wednesday. “He will be in the job,” Ilicali told the BBC before the 2-0 defeat. “If we lose tonight, he’s going to be in the job.” The Tigers have already started sounding out potential replacements after a dismal season which has left them in the Championship relegation zone. Whoever is tasked with replacing Walter is set to receive backing in the January window, according to Ilicali. “Of course we have the power, we have the determination, we have the passion to bring new players,” Ilicali said. Walter has overseen a nine-game winless run at HullGetty “We are very focused on January transfers.” Walter was only appointed in the summer after the controversial decision to sack Liam Rosenior having narrowly missed out on a play-off place last season. But the German’s stint has lasted only 180 days. The Sheffield Wednesday defeat condemned Hull to its fourth-straight Championship defeat and extended their winless run to nine games. Walter’s side had also scored just once in their last four games as well. Prior to the Hull role, Walter was in charge at 2. Bundesliga outfit Hamburg. Walter’s tenure at Hull lasted just 180 daysGetty However, in his two full seasons at the club, Walter was unable to drag Hamburg back to the German top flight having lost to Hertha Berlin and VfB Stuttgart in the promotion play-offs. Hamburg opted to part ways with Walter in February. Walter had also had stints at Bayern Munich II, Holstein Kiel and Stuttgart prior to his Hamburg appointment.
Hull City have sacked manager Tim Walter after just six months in charge.
A 2-0 defeat at home to Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday evening sealed Walter’s fate.
talkSPORT understands that Mark Robins is a contender for the job.
Robins was sacked by Coventry less than three weeks ago after taking the club from League Two to the Championship play-off final.
Announcing the news on Wednesday, a Hull statement read: “Hull City can confirm we have parted company with head coach Tim Walter with immediate effect.
“Assistant head coaches Julian Hübner and Filip Tapalović have also left the club.
“First-team coach Andy Dawson will take interim charge while the club conducts a thorough recruitment process for a permanent successor.
“We would like to thank Tim, Julian and Filip for their efforts during their time at the MKM Stadium and wish them well for the future.”
Walter departs having won just three of his 18 games in charge across the Championship and EFL Cup.
The German’s exit comes a day after Hull owner Acun Ilicali said Walter would remain in his post whatever the result against Sheffield Wednesday.
“He will be in the job,” Ilicali told the BBC before the 2-0 defeat. “If we lose tonight, he’s going to be in the job.”
The Tigers have already started sounding out potential replacements after a dismal season which has left them in the Championship relegation zone.
Whoever is tasked with replacing Walter is set to receive backing in the January window, according to Ilicali.
“Of course we have the power, we have the determination, we have the passion to bring new players,” Ilicali said.
“We are very focused on January transfers.”
Walter was only appointed in the summer after the controversial decision to sack Liam Rosenior having narrowly missed out on a play-off place last season.
But the German’s stint has lasted only 180 days.
The Sheffield Wednesday defeat condemned Hull to its fourth-straight Championship defeat and extended their winless run to nine games.
Walter’s side had also scored just once in their last four games as well.
Prior to the Hull role, Walter was in charge at 2. Bundesliga outfit Hamburg.
However, in his two full seasons at the club, Walter was unable to drag Hamburg back to the German top flight having lost to Hertha Berlin and VfB Stuttgart in the promotion play-offs.
Hamburg opted to part ways with Walter in February.
Walter had also had stints at Bayern Munich II, Holstein Kiel and Stuttgart prior to his Hamburg appointment.
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