FORMER Millwall manager Gary Rowett is set to be named interim head coach of Birmingham City, according to a report.
Rowett, 50, has been out of management work since stepping stepping down as Lions boss last October.
Blues want Rowett to take over until the end of the season from Tony Mowbray, who has stepped away to receive medical treatment.
John Percy of The Telegraph has reported Birmingham want Rowett as a “short-term appointment as interim head coach/consultant”.
Rowett would be the fourth boss in charge of the club this season after the sackings of John Eustace and Wayne Rooney.
Former Birmingham defender Rowett managed Blues from 2014 to 2016. Rowett took over in October 2014 and guided the side from 21st in the Championship to a tenth-place finish.
Birmingham also finished tenth the next season before Rowett was controversially sacked after a 2-1 win over Ipswich Town in December with the side seventh in the table. Gianfranco Zola was appointed as his successor but won just two games out of 24 before resigning in April 2017 with the side in 20th place.
Rowett took over as manager of Millwall in October 2019 after Neil Harris stepped down. Rowett consistently had the Lions punching above their weight, as they finished eighth, eleventh, ninth and eighth in his four seasons. Millwall were in the play-offs with 45 minutes of the campaign to go in 2022-23 before losing 4-3 to Blackburn Rovers at The Den.
Birmingham are level on 39 points with third-last Huddersfield Town, above the relegation zone only on goal difference with eight games left.
Mark Venus has been in charge of the team since Mowbray stepped away after a 2-1 win against his former club Sunderland in February. The side have lost five and drawn one of their six games under Venus.
