Sam Allardyce is back in management after being named the new boss of West Brom.
The 66-year-old, whose last job at Everton ended in 2018, has replaced Slaven Bilic on an 18-month contract.
Here, the PA news agency looks at his managerial career in pictures.
![Sam Allardyce managed Notts County from 1997-1999](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/d3a7daada3beadd84e7fe1db156acb5eY29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNjA4MjA3Nzcz/2.1115539.jpg?w=640)
![Allardyce was appointed Bolton manager in 1999 and won promotion to the top flight in 2001](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/79a2cc8f299f57892e5f9e4dc7062b12Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNjA4MjA3ODYw/2.1434123.jpg?w=640)
![Allardyce brought the likes of World Cup winner Youri Djorkaeff to Bolton](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/bfd3ebe714cc0553848e18dbe9557863Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNjA4MjA4MDQx/2.2026448.jpg?w=640)
![Allardyce lasted less than a year as Newcastle manager](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/3af381e285a18dc578e44e7b06ee4953Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNjA4MjA4MTQ5/2.5067952.jpg?w=640)
![Allardyce spent two years as Blackburn before the club's new owners the Venky's brought .his reign to an end](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/06dd4ba1610f4c8281fc2856b0d2b4eaY29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNjA4MjA4MzU2/2.6666220.jpg?w=640)
![Allardyce struggled to win over the West Ham fans](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/0602ccc1efeba50ee118eaea2a7db572Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNjA4MjA4NjU4/2.22698914.jpg?w=640)
![Allardyce defied the odds to keep Sunderland in the Premier League](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/648bc25f5a90d676ba7bac2c92fec059Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNjA4MjA4ODQ5/2.26301407.jpg?w=640)
![Allardyce was appointed England manager in 2016](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/5ca29acc0f3190f851bb63a02b5462b5Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNjA4MjA5MDM0/2.28144775.jpg?w=640)
![But he took charge of just one game, a 1-0 win over Slovakia, before he lost his job following comments he made in an undercover newspaper sting](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/3fd0ad409b889b320230544cf3a4f3caY29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNjA4MjA5MTA1/2.28761778.jpg?w=640)
![Allardyce was back in management that same year at Crystal Palace](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/3301d66f7751d8984f2b22fd5bade974Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNjA4MjA5MzMz/2.29577573.jpg?w=640)
![Allardyce reversed his decision to retire from manager by joining Everton in 2017, but fans did not take to his style of play](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/47ca479a2e881e5c0a3716d2c8ab7c2fY29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNjA4MjA5NTc1/2.35569131.jpg?w=640)