In his second spell with the Sky Blues, Robins twice led them to promotion, from League Two and League One earlier than reaching the Championship play-off ultimate in 2023, once they misplaced to Luton City on penalties.
They then took Manchester United, the place Robins began his taking part in profession, to a penalty shootout in final season’s FA Cup semi-final earlier than falling away within the league late on as they did not match the earlier season’s top-six end.
Stoke began the season below Schumacher, beating Robins’ Coventry on the opening day, however surprisingly sacked him in mid-September to nominate former Huddersfield and Norwich coach Pelach.
Nonetheless, they received simply 3 times within the 36-year-old Catalan’s 19 video games in cost and he was sacked after a 2-0 dwelling reverse by Leeds stretched their winless run to 9 matches.
Robins is now the membership’s seventh managerial appointment since their 10-year spell within the Premier League got here to an finish in Might 2018. Since being relegated, they’ve all the time completed within the backside half of the Championship – sixteenth, fifteenth, 14th, 14th, sixteenth and seventeenth.
“With the confirmed monitor report Mark brings to the position, I consider it is a genuinely thrilling second for Stoke Metropolis,” mentioned Stoke chair John Coates.
“The win over Sunderland, with the way in which the group competed on the sphere and linked with the followers, gave everybody an enormous increase and offered a glimpse of what will be created at our membership.”