Ipswich Town announce that Kieran McKenna has decided to resign, before the club's Premier League campaign.
Kieran McKenna has resigned as Ipswich Town manager, just weeks after clinching a return to the Premier League. The 40-year-old took charge of the Tractor Boys in 2021 and guided them to three promotions in the past four seasons, two of which have taken the club into the top flight.job, after Marco Silva's departure, but said his departure from Portman Road is because of his desire to take a break from the game and spend more time with his family.
"I do so with great pride at the incredible progress we have made and with huge hope and optimism for the future of the club. "After giving so much to the role over the previous five seasons, I now look forward to taking a break from management and dedicating some time to my family, who have been with me every step of my career so far.
"He led them back into the second tier of English football at the end of his first full season in charge. McKenna who was born in London and raised in Northern Ireland, had two years remaining on his contract at Ipswich after signing a four-year deal in 2024.
He won 105 of his 222 games in charge, and chairman Mark Ashton said: "Achieving three promotions in four seasons, in what is your first role as a manager, is an achievement which means Kieran is now rightly discussed in the same breath as the legends of this club.
"The mark he, his staff and his players have made on Ipswich Town and its community will live forever. It has captured a generation. "
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