- The 80-year-old will leave his position at the LMA at the end of the season
- Howard Wilkinson has been in the chairman role for close to 33 years
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Howard Wilkinson will step down as chairman of the League Managers’ Association (LMA) at the end of the season, marking the end of an era.
The former Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday boss was a driving force behind the creation of the organisation in 1991, which emerged from an idea he hatched with Graham Taylor, then the England manager.
Now 80, Wilkinson has been in the chair for close to 33 years, central to its expansion and evolution to represent its managers and coaches in the modern game.
In particular, introducing the regular health and wellbeing check-ups and support services.
He was awarded an OBE in the latest New Year’s Honours, and will leave a legacy from his tenure at the LMA just as he did in four years as the FA’s technical director, where he inspired the modern academy system and the National Football Centre at St George’s Park.
Howard Wilkinson will step down as chairman of the League Managers’ Association (LMA) at the end of the season
Wilkinson (left) is regarded as a legend at Leeds from his successful time as manager at the club
The LMA have launched the process of finding his successor.
