| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Derek William Fazackerley | ||
| Date of birth | (1951-11-05)5 November 1951 (age 74) | ||
| Place of birth | Preston, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Central defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Oxford United (Assistant Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Blackburn Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1987 | Blackburn Rovers | 596 | (23) |
| 1987–1988 | Chester City | 66 | (0) |
| 1988 | York City | 16 | (0) |
| 1988 | Bury | 14 | (0) |
| 1990 | Kumu | 17 | (0) |
| Total | 709 | (23) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018 | Oxford United (caretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Derek William Fazackerley (born 5 November 1951) is an English formerfootballer who was previously assistant manager atOxford United, and managed the club on a caretaker basis for two months in 2018. He spent the majority of his career playing forBlackburn Rovers.
Fazackerley made a record 671 appearances for Blackburn in an 18-year career.[2] In February 2019 he was one of the first seven players to be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.[3]
In January 1987, he joinedChester City as a player and assistant manager. The long-term plan was for qualified coach Fazackerley to succeedHarry McNally as manager,[4] but he grew unhappy at the lack of progress at the club.[5] He moved on in the summer of 1988 toYork City to assist ex-Rovers managerBobby Saxton. In February 1989, he joinedBury whereMartin Dobson was manager and ended the season helping run the side after Dobson departed. This was his final playing season in professional football.
In May 1990, he became player-manager ofKumu in Finland[6] before moving toNewcastle United as first team coach. He was involved in theEngland setup as assistant manager underKevin Keegan, working alongsideLes Reed.
He has since coached at other clubs, including Blackburn,Bolton Wanderers andBarnsley.
He was a scout forManchester City and sat alongsideSven-Göran Eriksson on the bench at City's matches during his only season in charge. His position at the club was placed under review following Eriksson's departure,[7] and left in July afterMark Hughes was appointed as manager.[8]
On 11 December 2008, he was made the new first team coach atFootball League One sideHuddersfield Town, following the appointment ofLee Clark as manager.
On 4 October 2010, he was made the new assistant manager atFootball League Championship sideLeicester City, following the appointment of Sven-Göran Eriksson as manager. He left the club in October 2011.
WhenClark took over as manager ofBirmingham City in June 2012, he appointed Fazackerley to the role of first-team coach.[9] On 17 February 2014, it was widely reported that he and assistant managerTerry McDermott had left Birmingham;[10] the club stated they had "no comment to issue on the matter at this moment in time."[11]
Fazackerley joinedOxford United as assistant manager underMichael Appleton on 21 July 2014.[12] He remained at the club when Appleton joinedLeicester City as assistant manager at the end of the2016–17 season, and when Appleton's successorPep Clotet was sacked in January 2018, Fazackerley took over as caretaker manager.[13] He was in charge for two months, during which time the team won twice in eight games,[14] before the appointment ofKarl Robinson on 22 March 2018.[15] He left his coaching position in 2020, though he retained an advisory position at the club[16] and was involved in the recruitment of Robinson's successor,Liam Manning, in 2023.[17]
What was really important to us was that we got the best of a sporting recruitment process – we had Ed Waldron and Derek Fazackerley involved – and then we also put in some what I'd say corporate discipline in that.