Mark Venus

Mark Venus
Personal information
Full name Mark Venus
Date of birth (1967-04-06) 6 April 1967
Place of birth Hartlepool, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
West Bromwich Albion (assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985 Hartlepool United 4 (0)
1985–1988 Leicester City 61 (1)
1988–1997 Wolverhampton Wanderers 287 (7)
1997–2003 Ipswich Town 148 (16)
2003–2004 Cambridge United 21 (0)
2004Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 5 (0)
2004 Hibernian 0 (0)
Total 526 (24)
Managerial career
2006 Hibernian (caretaker)
2013 Middlesbrough (caretaker)
2016 Coventry City (caretaker)
2024 Birmingham City (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Venus (born 6 April 1967) is an English football coach and former player who was the assistant manager of EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion. As a player, he spent the majority of his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers and Ipswich Town. As a coach, he has served as assistant to Tony Mowbray at Hibernian, West Bromwich Albion, Celtic, Middlesbrough, Blackburn, Sunderland and Birmingham City.