Ian Atkins

Managerial career Colchester United Atkins' managerial career began at Colchester United in 1990, signing as player-manager from Birmingham City. The onus was on Atkins to regain immediate promotion back to the Football League from the Conference, Colchester having been relegated the previous season. The club remained full-time in their first season outside the Football League since 1950, as the U's finished in second place, two points behind Barnet and missing out on promotion much to the dismay of the United chairman Jonathan Crisp. Atkins made 41 league appearances for the club and scored seven goals.

Cambridge United After leaving Colchester, Atkins returned to Birmingham City as player-coach, but made only eight appearances between 1991 and 1992.

Northampton Town Atkins became manager of Northampton Town in January 1995 and was quick to turn around the fortunes of the club.

Carlisle United In June 2000, Atkins was appointed manager at Carlisle United.

Atkins left Carlisle to become assistant manager to Alan Cork at Cardiff City in July 2001, but was sacked in October.

Oxford United Soon after, he took over from Mark Wright as director of football at Oxford United, and was appointed manager in April 2002.

2001–02 was Oxford's first season in the bottom division of the Football League for over 30 years, and they finished a record low 21st place in the final table.

Atkins rebuilt the team during the 2002 close season and the new-look squad looked capable of achieving a far higher position in the coming season. Oxford United occupied the automatic promotion and playoff places in Division Three for much of the 2002–03 season, but a slight dip in form during the final weeks of the season saw them finish eighth in the final table—one place short of the playoffs.

A lively start to the 2003–04 season saw Oxford United leading the Division Three table at Christmas with just one defeat in over 20 fixtures. Atkins was suspended in March 2004 and then dismissed the following month for talking to Bristol Rovers about the possibility of taking over as manager, which he subsequently did.

Bristol Rovers Atkins was at Bristol Rovers for just over a year, and he was sacked after a disappointing start to the 2005–06 season.

Torquay United He returned to management in April 2006 when tasked with the seemingly impossible task of keeping Torquay United in the Football League, after joining the club as an advisor to John Cornforth the previous month. However, a run of four straight wins and a draw on the last day of the season lifted Torquay out of the relegation zone, and then Atkins was appointed manager for the following season. However, on 27 November 2006, Atkins was replaced as manager by Czech international star Luboš Kubík. Atkins was offered the role of Director of Football, but turned it down.

Post Management Since leaving Torquay, Atkins went on to work as a recruitment officer throughout Europe for Sunderland, He spent four years as head of recruitment at Everton before taking on the role of head of European recruitment at Aston Villa in 2016.

In August 2019 he was working for Wolverhampton Wanderers as a scout.

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