Jimmy Dack

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Jimmy Dack
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-06-02) 2 June 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Roehampton, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989-1990 Epsom and Ewell
1990-1993 Sutton United
1993 Dorking (loan)
1993-1994 Crawley Town
1994-1995 Carshalton Athletic
1995-1998 Sutton United
1998-1999 Aldershot Town
1999-2001 Sutton United 29 (2)
2000-2001 Farnborough Town 41 (2)
2001-2002 Crawley Town
2002-2003 Tooting and Mitcham United
2003 Carshalton Athletic (player/coach)
Managerial career
2015 Newport County (caretaker manager)
2015 Newport County (manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James 'Jimmy' Dack is an English professional football coach and manager.

Playing career

Dack began his career as a youth at Brentford.[1] After being released, he played as a midfielder for a number of non-league clubs, most notably Aldershot Town. He did not however make an appearance for a football league club.[2]

Managerial career

On 4 October 2011 Justin Edinburgh was appointed manager at Newport County in the Conference National league and two days later Dack was named as his assistant manager.[3]

In the 2012–13 season Newport attained a 3rd-place finish, reaching the Conference National playoffs. Newport County won the 2013 Conference Premier play-off Final versus Wrexham at Wembley Stadium 2–0 to return to the Football League after a 25-year absence with promotion to Football League Two.[4]

On their return to the Football League in the 2013–14 season Newport County finished a creditable 14th in League Two.

On 7 February 2015, with Newport County in 6th place in League Two, it was confirmed that Edinburgh had been appointed manager at League One Gillingham with Dack stepping up to caretaker manager at Newport County assisted by Wayne Hatswell[5][6] Dack's first match in charge was a 2–0 defeat at AFC Wimbledon on the same day. On 24 February Dack was confirmed as team manager until the end of the 2014–15 season.[7] On 29 April Dack stated he had been offered the manager's job beyond the end of the season but he had decided to move on after the final game of the season.[8] Newport finished the 2014-15 season in 9th place in League Two. Terry Butcher was appointed team manager of Newport County on 30 April 2015.[9]

In June 2015 Dack was appointed Assistant Manager to Mark Yates at previous club Crawley Town. Yates and Dack were sacked by Crawley on 26 April 2016.

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