As new head coach David Wagner prepares for his first Huddersfield Town match at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, here’s how the club’s last five team chiefs started out:
Chris Powell (appointed September 3, 2014)
First match: 2-1 home Championship defeat by Middlesbrough.
First line-up: Smithies, Peltier (Ward), J Robinson, Smith, Lynch, Hudson, Butterfield, Coady, Bunn (Lolley), Vaughan (Stead), Wells. Subs not used: Dixon, Wallace, Scannell, Murphy.
First five league games: L D L W W. (7 points)
Mark Robins (February 14, 2013)
First match: 4-1 home defeat by Wigan Athletic in FA Cup fifth round
First line-up: Smithies, Hunt, Woods, Gerrard, Clarke, Clayton, Arfield, Danns, Atkinson (Novak), Scannell (Norwood), Lee (Vaughan). Subs not used: Dixon, Lynch, Gobern, Bennett.
First five league games: L D W L W. (8 points)
Simon Grayson (February 20, 2012)
First match: 2-0 home League I win over Exeter City.
First line-up: Smithies, Hunt, Naysmith, Morrison, McCombe, Gobern, A Robinson (Gudjonsson), Ward, Rhodes, Lee (Novak), Roberts (Cadamarteri). Subs not used: Kay, Bennett.
First five league games: W D D W D. (9 points)
Lee Clark (December 15, 2008)
First match: 2-0 home League I win over Hereford United
First line-up: Smithies, Holdsworth, Williams, Butler, N Clarke, Craney (Cadamarteri), Berrett (Jevons), Goodwin, Collins, Parker (Worthington), Roberts. Subs not used: T Clarke, Glennon.
First five league games: W L W D D. (8 points)
Stan Ternent (May 3, 2008)
First match 1-1 home League I draw with Stockport County
First line-up: Glennon, Holdsworth, Unsworth, Butler, Lucketti, Flynn (Worthington), Goodwin, Collins, Booth (Beckett), Cadamarteri, Roberts. Subs not used: Skarz, Parker, Smithies.
First five league games: D D L L W. (5 points)