Norwich City have appointed former Huddersfield Town boss David Wagner as their new head coach on a 12-month rolling contract.
The 51-year-old succeeds Dean Smith, who was sacked the day after his side’s defeat at Luton Town on 26 December.
Wagner guided the Terriers to Premier League promotion in 2017 and kept them in the top flight for a season before leaving by mutual consent in 2019.
“This is a very special and proud moment,” he told the club website.
“To be here, back in England, as the head coach of Norwich City is a huge honour.
“I’m very pleased with what I have seen so far. The facilities at the Lotus Training Centre are top class. We now have to look forward and work extremely hard.
“This is a new challenge for us all. Will it be easy? No. We have to leave what has happened in the past behind. If we want success, we have to be together. Together as a group of players, backroom staff and supporters.”
Wagner, who will take charge for Sunday’s FA Cup third round tie at home to Blackburn, is joined by Christophe Buhler as assistant head coach. Current Canaries loan player manager Andrew Hughes becomes first-team coach.
Wagner’s return to English football with Championship side Norwich will again see him work with Canaries sporting director Stuart Webber, a key figure who brought the Germany-born former United States international to Huddersfield as a relative unknown in 2015.
He takes over a Canaries side that are 11th in the Championship table, having collected just one point from a possible 12 since mid-December.
