{"id":36475,"date":"2025-02-18T13:19:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=36475"},"modified":"2025-02-18T13:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:22:06","slug":"luke-williams-who-will-replace-sacked-swansea-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/luke-williams-who-will-replace-sacked-swansea-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Williams: Who will replace sacked Swansea coach?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Swansea City are on the hunt for a new manager following the sacking of head coach Luke Williams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams left the club after a poor run of results left them facing a relegation battle in the Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bookies&#8217; current favourites to take over are Des Buckingham of Oxford United and former Swansea head coach Russell Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"36486\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Des_Buckingham.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Des_Buckingham.png 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Des_Buckingham-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Des_Buckingham-293x366.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"36486\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Des_Buckingham.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Des_Buckingham.png 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Des_Buckingham-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Des_Buckingham-293x366.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former Oxford United coach Des Buckingham in 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"756\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"36487\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Russell_Martin_2019-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Russell_Martin_2019-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Russell_Martin_2019-1-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Russell_Martin_2019-1-293x346.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"756\" data-id=\"36487\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Russell_Martin_2019-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Russell_Martin_2019-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Russell_Martin_2019-1-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/02\/Russell_Martin_2019-1-293x346.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former Swansea coach Russell Martin in 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams was in charge of the club for 13 months and has seen the club losing seven of its last nine matches, including a 3-0 defeat to arch-rivals Cardiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This was a difficult decision and one that has not been taken lightly.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant head coach Alan Sheehan has been appointed as a caretaker coach &#8220;on an interim basis&#8221; 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