Sunday, September 20, 2009

Sharp loses Hull operations role

Jon Sharp
Sharp wants to become a head coach again after a frustrating year

Hull FC have released football operations manager Jon Sharp after scrapping the role altogether.

The former Huddersfield Giants head coach had only served one year of his two-year contract and is now hoping to get back into coaching.

He said: "It appears that I don't figure in [head coach] Richard Agar's plans for next year.

"I came to the club as an experienced head coach and I found the role of operations manager really frustrating."

Sharp, who played for Hull for 10 years, guided Huddersfield to a first Challenge Cup final in 44 years in 2006 and their first ever Super League play-off campaign in 2007 but was sacked in June 2008.

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His season at the KC Stadium saw the club finish third from bottom in the league.

The former St Helens assistant added: "I wasn't able to influence the team as much as I would have liked due to my role. I really missed the responsibility and the challenge.

"It confirmed to me that I am a head coach and that's what I would like to do."

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