West Brom have dismissed head coach Ryan Mason after a 2-1 defeat at Leicester City, a result that left the Championship club 18th and heading towards their lowest second-tier finish since ending 1999-00 in 21st place.
West Brom now sit seven points above the relegation zone and 10 behind the play-off positions, with the board acting after poor progress towards promotion and ongoing concerns about form during Mason’s tenure at the Hawthorns in the 2025-26 season.
The loss at the King Power Stadium came after Abdul Fatawu’s 94th-minute volley, which sealed Leicester City’s win and extended West Brom’s away sequence to 10 straight defeats, the club’s longest such run for almost 100 years.
Mason had arrived before the 2025-26 campaign following several
roles at Tottenham, where Mason twice worked as interim head coach in 2021 and 2023, but the former midfielder could not deliver a sustained promotion challenge at Championship level.
In the same announcement, West Brom confirmed assistant coach Nigel Gibbs and first-team coach Sam Pooley had also left the club, with the changes signalling a wider reset of the senior technical staff around the first-team group.
James Morrison, who played 341 games for West Brom from 2007 to 2019, will take interim control while the Championship side search for a permanent appointment, as the club attempt to stabilise results and avoid deeper trouble near the bottom.
West Bromwich Albion have today parted company with mens first team Head Coach Ryan Mason.West Bromwich Albion (@WBA) January 6, 2026
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