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Blackburn Rovers appoint Tony Mowbray after Owen Coyle exit

Blackburn Rovers have appointed Tony Mowbray on an 18-month contract following the departure of Owen Coyle.

Blackburn, currently 23rd in the Championship, announced that Coyle had left by mutual consent on Tuesday. 

Mowbray will take charge of Wednesday's training session as he prepares for Friday's game against fellow relegation battlers Burton Albion.

The club also confirmed that head of academy coaching David Lowe is to act as Mowbray's assistant, while former Blackburn midfielder David Dunn will be first-team coach.

Mowbray began his managerial career at Ipswich and has also managed Hibernian, West Brom, Celtic, Middlesbrough and Coventry.

At Hibs, he twice led the Scottish club into Europe while at West Brom he lost the Championship playoff final in 2007 before getting the Baggies promoted to the Premier League as champions the following season.

Mowbray kept Middlesbrough in the Championship in 2011 before narrowly missing out on the playoffs the following campaign.

He took charge of Coventry in March 2015 and managed to steer them away from relegation before guiding them to an eighth-place finish in League One last season. He left the club without a league win at the end of September.

Blackburn are currently three points from safety after two wins in the last 13 league games.

Information from the Press Assocation was used in this report.

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