Huddlestone takes over as manager at Wigan

Wigan Athletic have appointed former England midfielder Tom Huddlestone as first team coach.

The 37-year-old won the League Cup with Tottenham in 2008 and reached the FA Cup final with Hull City in 2014.

He made 470 Premier League and Championship appearances during his playing career and also won four caps for England between 2009 and 2012.

Huddlestone moved into coaching in 2022, taking a player-coach role with Manchester United’s under-21 side, where he spent the last two seasons.

He is a former teammate of Latics manager Shaun Maloney, with the pair working together during their time at Hull.

“The last couple of years have been really educational from a coaching point of view,” Huddlestone told Wigan’s website.

“It gave me the ambition that coaching is something I want to do long-term and I’m grateful to have this opportunity at the start of my coaching journey.”

Maloney has also added Pakistan Under-20 head coach Shadab Iftikhar to the League One club’s backroom staff as another first-team coach alongside Huddlestone.