Everton has dismissed Sean Dyche as coach with immediate effect after almost two years in charge, the English Premier League club said in a statement.
“Everton Football Club confirms that Sean Dyche has been relieved of his senior men’s first team duties with immediate effect,” the club said.
While the process to appoint Dyche’s replacement is underway, Under-18 head coach Leighton Baines and club captain Seamus Coleman will take over management of the first team on an interim basis, Everton added. .
The 53-year-old English coach took charge of the Toffees on January 30, 2023 as a replacement for Frank Lampard and leaves his position just hours before Everton hosts Peterborough in the third round of the FA Cup. .
Everton are currently in sixteenth position in the Premier League, one point away from the relegation places. Along with Dyche, Ian Woan, Steve Stone, Mark Howard and Billy Mercer, as part of the technical team, also left the club.
Dyche’s dismissal comes just one day after the London team West Ham announced the dismissal of Spanish coach Julen Lopetegui, after only 22 games in charge of the club, and his subsequent replacement by former Chelsea manager Graham Potter.
