West Bromwich Albion are on the hunt for their third manager of the season after the club called it quits on Eric Ramsay, just 44 days into his tenure.
Ramsay, who had only replaced Ryan Mason at the start of 2026, oversaw just nine games and leaves with a 0% win record (D4 & L5).
Below, we run through the latest odds and the main contenders in the mix to become the next Baggies boss.
Next West Brom Manager Odds
| Manager | talkSPORT BET Odds |
|---|---|
| James Morrison | 1/2 |
| Darren Moore | 6/4 |
| Slaven Bilic | 10/1 |
| Sean Dyche | 10/1 |
| Will Still | 14/1 |
| Tony Mowbray | 16/1 |
| Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | 25/1 |
| Lee Carsley | 25/1 |
| Russell Martin | 25/1 |
| Michael Skubala | 25/1 |
| Odds correct as of 26/02/2026 |
James Morrison
James Morrison has an excellent relationship with West fans from his playing days. He represented the club for 12 years, making 309 appearances and winning two promotions, and was widely respected for his professionalism and dedication.
As such, he’s already somebody who can galvanise the Baggies in their bid to secure their Championship status, and with seven years of experience coaching Scotland and his current employers, he could be ready to make that step into being a number one.
The initial commitment, though, should only be until the end of the season.
Darren Moore
Darren Moore is something of an EFL equivalent of Gareth Southgate.
The 51-year-old is an excellent man manager, and he excels working with big squads, mapping out a season using shrewd rotation to keep players in peak fitness, and adapt to the challenges of individual matches.
That, plus his pinpoint preparation for big games – like Sheffield Wednesday’s 2nd leg against Peterborough, in which they overturned a four-goal aggregate deficit – is as good as anyone’s.
Moore’s skillset seems to translate well to meeting expectations with a big budget, which is why he’s won two promotions in his career, and why his West Brom, Sheffield Wednesday, and Port Vale teams never finished below the Play-Offs when expected to.
However, when he doesn’t have that budgetary advantage, and it’s about creating a more coherent playing identity as opposed to relying on individual quality, he can be found wanting.
Slaven Bilic
Slaven Bilic won promotion with West Brom in 2019-20, while subsequent struggles in the Premier League – which saw the Croat sacked in December – can be put down to structural issues that have plagued the club since.
Bilic is popular with supporters, and his international pedigree should command respect from the dressing room, although his career has been quiet since leaving the Albion, with a short stay at Watford sandwiched by uneventful stints in China and Saudi Arabia.
Sean Dyche
Sean Dyche is the appointment, of all the candidates, that would give West Brom the best chance of beating the drop, and simultaneously the hardest to attain.
Dyche has only been relegated once in 11 seasons – narrowly with a Burnley squad lacking quality in 2014-15 – since which point he’s actively secured survival seven times, and sacked with a reasonable possibility that he would have kept his team up on another three occasions.
With that kind of reliability in the top flight, the former centre-back might think he can get another Premier League job very easily next season, and in the meantime enjoy his music and other hobbies.
If, however, Dyche wants to build something at a club over a number of years, like he did at Burnley, within a reasonable commute of his home city of Nottingham, then the West Brom job might be quite persuasive.
Michael Skubala
It sounds like an odd thing to say, a Lincoln City manager not wanting the West Brom job, given the respective histories of those clubs, but the thought of closing the loop holds appeal.
Michael Skubala has worked at Sincil Bank for over two years, and the last 13 (or more) games of the season provide the outcome of those efforts, and the opportunity to possibly celebrate an achievement with the fans.
To leave before that point of closing the chapter, instinctively, would feel premature, even if the potential for what can be achieved at the Hawthorns in the long-term is far greater.
In terms of the summer, Skubala may be very open to sitting down with Shilen Patel and others to talk about a move, after the outcome of the Imps’ season is decided.
In terms of now, Sean Dyche might, surprisingly, be an easier manager to recruit.
