Axed Coventry boss Mark Robins lined up for instant managerial return with Championship club – but sets strict condition

MARK ROBINS is open to a managerial return with Hull — but will not attend an interview for the post.

Robins was sacked by Coventry last month and is one of the candidates Tigers plan to talk to about replacing the axed Tim Walter.

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Hull are asking for applications and CVs but Robins would prefer to be offered the job[/caption]

However, Hull are asking for applications and CVs — and the 54-year-old Robins would prefer to be offered the job rather than go through that process.

The ex-Coventry boss was the EFL’s longest serving manager as he spent seven years in the West Midlands.

The Sky Blues were sitting adrift of the Championship drop in 17th place before his dismissal.

Thus, the former Manchester United ace saw himself at the centre of a relegation battle this season.

Robins was in his second spell as Coventry boss, having returned to the club in March 2017 after the sacking of Russell Slade.

He also had a short one-year stint in charge of the team back in 2012.

Robins oversaw the resurrection of Coventry from the depths of League Two, to the champions of League One in 2020.

He was even on the cusp of bringing the West Midlands club to the Premier League when they lost the Championship play-off final on penalties to Luton in 2023.

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And he memorably led them to the FA Cup semi-final last season, where they were unlucky to marginally lose out on pens to United after climbing back from 3-0 down in the second half.

Coventry ultimately replaced Robins with ex-Chelsea boss Frank Lampard.

Lampard went on to sign a two-and-a-half year deal with the Championship outfit.