Charlotte FC to nominate Dean Smith as new head coach

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Dean Smith is ready to take over Charlotte FC as the brand new head coach, sources verify to 90min.

Each Smith and Frank Lampard interviewed for the opening, however sources reveal the previous Leicester Metropolis supervisor satisfied the Charlotte board of his value.

He replaces Christian Lattanzio, who departed the membership in November. Lattanzio initially joined the membership as an assistant below former head coach Miguel Angel Ramirez, earlier than taking up because the interim supervisor when the Spaniard left the workforce 14 video games into The Crown’s inaugural 2022 season.

Lattanzio guided the Jap Convention facet to an general 22W-24L-17D document in his year-and-a-half in cost, qualifying to a playoff Wild Card spot in 2023 for the primary time in membership historical past earlier than falling 5-2 to the New York Pink Bulls.

Now, Smith will lead the enlargement workforce. He joins after managing Leicester, unsuccessful at preserving the workforce within the Premier League when taking up in April with solely eight video games left to play. He additionally noticed a three-year stint with Aston Villa, teaching the membership again up from the Championship.

Charlotte will want the expertise on the helm when heading into their third ever Main League Soccer season. Although the workforce reached the playoffs as a wild card workforce in 2023, Charlotte has but to win any silverware since their inaugural season in 2022.