Dean Wilkins
Professional footballer and manager

Dean Wilkins

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Professional footballer and manager
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12 July 1962(Hillingdon, United Kingdom)
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Dean Mark Wilkins (born 12 July 1962) is an English football coach and former professional player.

Managerial career

Wilkins assumed the position of caretaker manager at Brighton & Hove Albion when Mark McGhee was sacked in early September 2006. Later that month, it was announced that Wilkins had been given the job on a permanent basis. On 3 April, Wilkins was offered a three-year contract with Brighton & Hove Albion, which was agreed on 24 April.

On 31 July 2009, Wilkins was named as Alan Pardew's assistant manager at Southampton. On 30 August 2010, Wilkins was appointed caretaker manager at Southampton after manager Alan Pardew was sacked, until 12 September when Nigel Adkins was appointed. He was dismissed, along with Adkins, on 18 January 2013.