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06-18-2010, 07:38 AM
Steve Cotterill has been appointed Portsmouth manager and has signed a three-year contract.
The 45-year-old left Notts County at the end of the season after guiding them to the League Two title.
He replaces Avram Grant, who left Fratton Park to take up the manager's position at West Ham.
Cotterill will have to undertake a rebuilding job at Portsmouth after the south-coast club were relegated to the Championship last season.
Pompey chief executive David Lampitt welcomed the arrival of Cotterill, saying: "Steve is the perfect fit for the rebuilding job we want to do here.
"He's talented, ambitious, energetic and positive, with a very good footballing CV, coming here on the back of a great achievement at Notts County.
"We've got lots of challenges ahead and like the rest of us here at the club Steve is ready to tackle them head on to bring stability and long-term success to Pompey."
BBC SPORT
The 45-year-old left Notts County at the end of the season after guiding them to the League Two title.
He replaces Avram Grant, who left Fratton Park to take up the manager's position at West Ham.
Cotterill will have to undertake a rebuilding job at Portsmouth after the south-coast club were relegated to the Championship last season.
Pompey chief executive David Lampitt welcomed the arrival of Cotterill, saying: "Steve is the perfect fit for the rebuilding job we want to do here.
"He's talented, ambitious, energetic and positive, with a very good footballing CV, coming here on the back of a great achievement at Notts County.
"We've got lots of challenges ahead and like the rest of us here at the club Steve is ready to tackle them head on to bring stability and long-term success to Pompey."
BBC SPORT