West Brom confirm Tottenham's Mason as head coach

West Brom person appointed Ryan Mason arsenic their caput coach.

The Championship side, who dismissed Tony Mowbray connected 21 April, opened talks pinch Mason, 33, past week and he arrives astatine nan Hawthorns connected a three-year deal.

It brings a seven-year coaching profession astatine Tottenham to an extremity for Mason, who progressed done nan club's academy to besides play 70 times for his boyhood team.

"This is simply a immense nine pinch a awesome infrastructure and an unthinkable fanbase, and I americium excited astir what we tin execute together," said Mason.

"Having spoken astatine magnitude to nan committee and those astatine nan nine I americium convinced that Albion is nan cleanable spot for maine to beryllium and I can't hold to get started.

"I will bring pinch maine a immense magnitude of enthusiasm, dedication and ambition, and look guardant to a affirmative early together astatine specified a awesome club."

The erstwhile midfielder's statement astatine Spurs had been group to expire astatine nan extremity of June.

Mason will now effort to guideline West Brom backmost into nan Premier League for nan first clip since 2020-21, pinch nan nine finishing conscionable extracurricular nan play-off spots past term.

Nigel Gibbs, who joins from Reading, has been named Mason's assistant, pinch Sam Pooley coming successful from Rangers arsenic nan club's first-team coach and caput of performance.

Mason joined Tottenham's coaching squad successful April 2018, playing a cardinal domiciled successful nan club's academy earlier becoming interim first-team head pursuing nan sacking of Jose Mourinho successful 2021.

He had been portion of Tottenham's elder set-up ever since, becoming acting caput coach for a 2nd clip pursuing nan departure of Antonio Conte successful 2023.

Mason remained a elder coach during Ange Postecoglou's reign.