Yeovil Town have confirmed their appointment of Danny Webb as the club’s new Men’s First Team Head Coach.
Webb, a former player for the Glovers whose father, David, managed, owned and chaired the football club at various stages, joins the club from Chesterfield where he served as assistant to Paul Cook.
In a statement confirming the appointment on Friday morning, the club confirmed that Richard Dryden, who has been in interim charge since the departure of Mark Cooper, will be in the dug out for tomorrow’s home match with Woking.
Webb’s first game in charge will be next weekend’s visit to Tamworth.
He represented the Glovers eight times across two seasons as a player, in 2005/06 and 2006/07, with his final appearance coming on the final day of the 06/07 season, a 2-0 win over Gillingham, before the Glovers embarked on the League One play offs.
His time at the club also included short loans at Rushden & Diamonds and Woking.
He also played for Southend United, Chelmsford City and Salisbury amongst others before more moving into coaching.
His coaching career started in the youth set up at Leyton Orient, where he would have success with some of their age groups, before moving up through to their first team set up.
In 2017, he was named first team manager for the Orient, but the spell lasted just 12 games before Webb stepped down from the role.
He would manage at Huish Park though, a 1-1 draw between Orient and Yeovil, Gavin Masset salvaging a point for Webb’s side after François Zoko had given the Glovers a first half lead.
He would return to work under Justin Edinburgh but left Brisbane Road in 2020.
The former striker/defender would head north to work with James Rowe at Chesterfield in 2021, and had a spell as caretaker manager after Rowe’s suspension.
He worked under Paul Cook as the Spirites made their long awaited return to the EFL.
Credited with revolutionising their set piece success and being an active member of the staff on the training field. Webb would often take media duties at Chesterfield, meaning many supporters saw and heard from him as much as Cook himself.
Webb returns to Huish Park nearly 18 years after his departure and will take charge of his first game away at Tamworth next Saturday after watching the Woking game from stands.
Welcome back to Somerset, Danny!
Speaking to a Chesterfield fan friend of mine, he sees this as a big loss for them. As I understand it, Webb is seen by fans as as much of a driving force behind Chesterfield’s success as Cook is/was.
Welcome to Yeovil, Danny!
Danny Webb’s Green and White Army has got a good ring to it. Feeling optimistic about this appointment. Up the Glovers!
Was Steve Thompson too busy then?