Life Off The Pitch
His younger brother is former player Dave Regis.
Regis became a Christian after a car crash claimed the life of his friend and former team mate Laurie Cunningham in 1989. He and Cunningham had been involved in a similar crash two years earlier. Since retiring from playing, Regis has worked in a variety of coaching roles before becoming an accredited football agent with The Stellar Group Ltd. Cyrille is uncle of footballer Jason Roberts, for whom he has acted as an agent, and cousin of sprinter John Regis.
He was awarded an honorary fellowship by the University of Wolverhampton in 2001. In 2004 Regis was voted as West Bromwich Albion's all time Cult Hero in a BBC Sport poll, gaining 65% of the vote. In the same year he was named as one of West Bromwich Albion's 16 greatest players, in a poll organised as part of the club's 125th anniversary celebrations. Regis and his wife Julia visited water-related projects in Ethiopia in 2007, as part of their continued support for WaterAid.
Cyrille Regis won the Coventry City London Supporter's Club Player of the Year in 1986/87 and regularly comes in high in any Sky Blue legend polls. In 2007/8 a Coventry City Hall of Fame picture gallery was erected at The Ricoh Arena, containing 30 all time Coventry greats since the war, among whom was Cyrille Regis.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.
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