Bobby Mimms

Coaching career Between 2001 and 2008, Mimms worked as goalkeeping coach at Wolverhampton Wanderers, before returning to Blackburn to fulfil the same role in August 2008, until he was sacked on 27 December 2012. During the pre-season preceding the 2013–14 season, Mimms was appointed goalkeeping coach at Oldham Athletic. In February 2014, he left his role at Oldham to join the Bahrain as their new goalkeeping coach. In October 2014, Mimms was appointed as goalkeeping coach at Premier League side West Ham United.

After leaving West Ham, he had short spells coaching at Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers, and in November 2016, joined the coaching staff at Hull City following goalkeeper coach Gary Walsh's move to Aston Villa. He left the club in January 2017, following the sacking of head coach Mike Phelan.

After leaving Hull City, he joined Jamshedpur in the Indian Super League as a goalkeeper coach under Steve Coppell in September 2017. In June 2018, he joined ATK with Coppell as a goalkeeper coach. After the sacking of Coppell, he also left the club after the Super Cup in April 2019. In June 2019, he was appointed as the goalkeeper coach of Bangladesh. He became goalkeeping coach of SC East Bengal, but left his role in September 2021.

In October 2022 Mimms signed a twelve-month contract with the Fiji Football Association to be the Fiji national goalkeeper coach and to work closely with the other goalkeeping coaches in Fiji. In May 2023 Mimms was head coach of the Fiji national under-20 football team at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Honours Everton FA Charity Shield: 1986 (shared), 1987 FA Cup runner-up: 1985–86

Blackburn Rovers

Football League Second Division play-offs: 1992