| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Anthony Lillis | ||
| Date of birth | (1960-01-17)17 January 1960 (age 65) | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder,striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Scunthorpe United (assistant manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1985 | Huddersfield Town | 206 | (56) |
| 1985–1986 | Manchester City | 39 | (11) |
| 1986–1987 | Derby County | 15 | (1) |
| 1987–1989 | Aston Villa | 31 | (4) |
| 1989–1991 | Scunthorpe United | 68 | (24) |
| 1991–1992 | Stockport County | 11 | (2) |
| 1992–1993 | Witton Albion | 20 | (10) |
| 1993–1995 | Macclesfield Town | 37 | (2) |
| Total | 427 | (110) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997 | Scunthorpe United (caretaker) | ||
| 1999–2000 | Halifax Town | ||
| 2003 | Derby County (caretaker) | ||
| 2004 | Stockport County (caretaker) | ||
| 2012 | Huddersfield Town (caretaker) | ||
| 2013 | Huddersfield Town (caretaker) | ||
| 2014 | Huddersfield Town (caretaker) | ||
| 2015 | Huddersfield Town (caretaker) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Chennaiyin(assistant coach) | ||
| 2020– | Scunthorpe United (assistant manager) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mark Anthony Lillis (born 17 January 1960) is an English former professionalfootball player and manager. He is assistant manager ofNational League club Scunthorpe United.
Lillis was born inManchester. He started his professional career atHuddersfield Town in Summer 1978. He played for Huddersfield for seven seasons before being sold in 1985 toManchester City for£130,000. He stayed at this club for just one season, in which he finished Manchester city's top scorer with 12 goals and in August 1986 was sold toDerby County for £200,000. Because of knee problems, he did not play very often for Derby, and in September 1987 he went toAston Villa. After that he played forStockport County andScunthorpe United before his playing career finished atMacclesfield Town in the mid 90s.
Lillis took his first job as coach forMacclesfield Town. Later, he worked for Huddersfield Town before he became assistant manager of Scunthorpe United in 1996. His first job as manager came in 1999, when he took the job atHalifax Town, a job he had until September 2000. In 2002, afterJohn Gregory had employed him as a coach at Derby County, and Gregory was suspended from the job, Lillis was for a short time in March 2003 caretaker manager of Derby.
In March 2003 he also became assistant manager toSammy McIlroy who was manager ofNorthern Ireland, and held the part-time job until October 2003. After that he became assistant manager to Sammy McIlroy atStockport County, and when McIlroy quit the job in November 2004, Lillis became caretaker manager of the club until the 18 December 2004 whenChris Turner took over as the new manager.
On 30 May 2006, Lillis once again took over as assistant manager to Sammy McIlroy atMorecambe. Both Lillis and McIlroy left the club by mutual consent on 9 May 2011, after a disappointing twentieth-place finish inFootball League Two.
In December 2011, he returned to his first club,Huddersfield Town, to become their new Academy Manager. Two months later he was appointed caretaker manager after the sacking ofLee Clark. He remained in this role until the appointment ofSimon Grayson as the new manager, but was never needed as Town had no matches in the intermittent period.
Following Grayson's sacking on 24 January 2013, he became caretaker manager again, this time taking charge of 5 matches, beginning and ending with Town'sFA Cup 4th round tie againstLeicester City. His 5 games in charge saw Town draw with Leicester in the cup, get a 1–0 win overCrystal Palace, before losing 3–0 to Lillis' former club,Derby County, then holding the runaway leadersCardiff City to a goalless draw, then getting a 2–1 win against Leicester in the cup replay at theKing Power Stadium, setting up a 5th round tie withPremier League sideWigan Athletic.
Following the departure ofMark Robins after a 4–0 defeat byAFC Bournemouth, Lillis was once again made caretaker manager on 11 August 2014.[2]
Following the sacking of Chris Powell on 4 November 2015 he had his fourth stint as the caretaker manager, this though would only consist of the Yorkshire derby againstLeeds United which they lost 3–0.
As of August 2017 he is the assistant manager toJohn Gregory atIndian Super League sideChennaiyin FC.
On 17 August 2020, Lillis rejoined Scunthorpe United, returning as assistant manager toNeil Cox.[3]
His son,Josh Lillis, plays forBarrow as agoalkeeper.
| Club | Club Type | Club Games | League Games | Club Goals | League Goals | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huddersfield Town | Professional | 234 | ? | 63 | ? | 07/1978 – 06/1985 |
| Manchester City | Professional | 51 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 06/1985 – 08/1986 |
| Derby County | Contract | 19 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 08/1986 – 09/1987 |
| Aston Villa | Professional | ? | ? | ? | ? | 09/1987 – 09/1989 |
| Scunthorpe United | Professional | ? | ? | ? | ? | 09/1989 – 09/1991 |
| Stockport County | Professional | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 09/1991 – 08/1992 |
| Witton Albion | Semi-Professional | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 08/1992 – ? |
| Macclesfield Town | Semi-Professional | 61 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1993–1995 |
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | % | |||
| Halifax Town | 1 June 1999 | 12 September 2000 | 60 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 026.67 |
| Derby County (caretaker) | 21 March 2003 | 31 March 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 000.00 |
| Stockport County (caretaker) | 31 July 1995 | 1 July 1999 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 016.67 |
| Huddersfield Town (caretaker) | 15 February 2012 | 20 February 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— |
| Huddersfield Town (caretaker) | 24 January 2013 | 14 February 2013 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 040.00 |
| Huddersfield Town (caretaker) | 11 August 2014 | 3 September 2014 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 033.33 |
| Huddersfield Town (caretaker) | 4 November 2015 | 8 November 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 79 | 21 | 18 | 40 | 026.58 | ||