2009–10 Football League Championship
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Queens Park Rangers Managerless Managerless 9 April 2009 Jim Magilton 3 June 2009 Pre-season
Reading Steve Coppell Resigned 12 May 2009 Brendan Rodgers 5 June 2009 Pre-season
Watford Brendan Rodgers Signed by Reading 5 June 2009 Malky Mackay 15 June 2009 Pre-season
Swansea City Roberto Martínez Signed by Wigan Athletic 15 June 2009 Paulo Sousa 23 June 2009 Pre-season
West Bromwich Albion Tony Mowbray Signed by Celtic 16 June 2009 Roberto Di Matteo 30 June 2009 Pre-season
Barnsley Simon Davey Sacked 29 August 2009 Mark Robins 11 September 2009 24th
Middlesbrough Gareth Southgate Sacked 20 October 2009 Gordon Strachan 26 October 2009 3rd
Newcastle United Alan Shearer End of Contract 1 June 2009 Chris Hughton 27 October 2009 1st
Peterborough United Darren Ferguson Mutual Consent 9 November 2009 Mark Cooper 14 November 2009 24th
Plymouth Argyle Paul Sturrock Became Business Support 10 December 2009 Paul Mariner 10 December 2009 23rd
Sheffield Wednesday Brian Laws Sacked 13 December 2009 Alan Irvine 8 January 2010 22nd
Reading Brendan Rodgers Mutual Consent 16 December 2009 Brian McDermott 27 January 2010 21st
Queens Park Rangers Jim Magilton Mutual Consent 16 December 2009 Paul Hart 17 December 2009 14th
Preston North End Alan Irvine Sacked 29 December 2009 Darren Ferguson 6 January 2010 16th
Queens Park Rangers Paul Hart Mutual Consent 14 January 2010 Neil Warnock 1 March 2010 20th
Peterborough United Mark Cooper Sacked 1 February 2010 Jim Gannon 1 February 2010 24th
Crystal Palace Neil Warnock Signed by QPR 1 March 2010 Paul Hart 2 March 2010 21st
Bristol City Gary Johnson Mutual Consent 18 March 2010 Steve Coppell 22 April 2010 16th
Peterborough United Jim Gannon Mutual Consent 6 April 2010 Gary Johnson 6 April 2010 24th
Team overview -- Managerial changes
The 2009-10 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the league under its current title and eighteenth season under its current league division format. It started on 7 August 2009.