Managerial Career
Wilkins assumed the position of caretaker manager when Mark McGhee was sacked in early September 2006. Later that month, it was announced that Wilkins had been given the job on a permanent basis. On 3 April, Wilkins was offered a three year contract with Brighton & Hove Albion, which was agreed on 24 April.
Under his management, Brighton secured eighteenth position in League One at the end of the 2006–07 season, thus narrowly avoiding relegation. In early May 2008, it was announced he was to be replaced as manager at Brighton And Hove Albion by former manager Micky Adams, despite taking the Seagulls to a credible seventh place finish just outside of the playoffs in his first full season. As a consequence Wilkins was offered his former role as first team coach at the club. However, he rejected the offer and parted company with the club he had been associated with in various capacities for twenty years.
On 31 July 2009 Wilkins was named as Alan Pardew's assistant manager at Southampton. On 30 August 2010, Wilkins was appointed caretaker manager at Southampton after manager Alan Pardew was sacked, until 12 September when Nigel Adkins was appointed.
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