Just two and a half years into his managerial career, Kieran McKenna has guided Ipswich to two promotions and a return to the Premier League.
and Ipswich Town to describe Kieran McKenna on the day he left Old Trafford to become manager at Portman Road.
Last summer, following promotion from the third tier after winning 28 of their 46 games and losing only four, Mills said that ifBut such has been the quality of McKenna's coaching and the success of Town's recruitment, they have not been outside the top six for the entire season - and in the top two for the majority of it.
"He's a different type of manager to what I grew up with, where you have one man that controlled the whole club," Mills told BBC Radio Suffolk, following McKenna's accolade. He became the 19th full-time manager of Ipswich when he succeeded Paul Cook on 16 December 2021, the day after a shock FA Cup defeat by Barrow.
McKenna is also adept at enhancing the skills of younger talent, with Leif Davis supplying 18 assists this season from the left wing-back position. "He will be gaining the attention of an awful lot of people, and quite rightly so. We want him to stay here," said Mills.
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