Thomas Frank was removed from his post as Head Coach of the Tottenham Hotspur men's team last week. He was appointed in the summer of 2025 and has spent the better part of the current season at the helm in North London.

Despite a strong showing in the Champions League (which Spurs qualified for by winning the Europa league under Frank’s predecessor, Ange Postecoglou), the board thought Spurs’ recent results meant “a change at this point in the season is necessary,” according to a club statement. The team currently sits at 16th in the table, just 5 points clear of the relegation zone, and haven’t won a game in 2026.

Frank’s successor, Igor Tudor, last coached the Serie A side Juventus, joining that team in March 2025 and guiding them to a Champions League qualification by the end of the season. At Juventus and elsewhere, Tudor has “delivered improvements following mid-season appointments,” according to a statement from the club announcing his appointment.

Thomas Frank led the Spurs for less than a full season. He saw the team through 26 league games, the fourth shortest tenure of any Spurs manager since the 2000-2001 season. His immediate predecessor, Ange Postecoglou, had two full seasons – 76 league games total – to work with the squad. Before Postecoglou, Antonio Conte stuck with the team for much of the 2021-22 and 22-23 seasons for a total of 56 league games. His departure from the club in March 2023 – which came just days after a press conference in which he railed against “selfish players” at the club who “don’t want to put their heart” into the game – garnered headlines.

Despite Frank’s short tenure, he found the time to lose and draw games. Frank had the lowest league game win rate of any Spurs coach in the 2000s at just 27% (that’s 7 of his 26 total games in charge). He also had the fifth-highest loss rate, losing 11 of his games or 42% of the time.

Only four coaches during the time period had a win rate over 50% – André Villas Boas, Mauricio Pochettino, Antonio Conte and Tim Sherwood. Of that group, three were at the club for more than a season (all except Tim Sherwood, who was just shy of Frank’s tenure length at 22 league games). Mauricio Pochettino topped the tenure list at 202 total league games at the helm in Tottenham and was third in the win rate analysis – a result of his winning 113 games while in charge.

Tudor certainly has a task ahead of him. Tottenham’s 17th-place league finish last season was their worst in over 25 years. They currently sit at 16th place in the table with only 10 games to go in the season. Either Tudor will work his late-season magic, or Spurs will suffer a second consecutive record low result.

Tudor’s first match as coach will be on Feb. 22. Fittingly, as the test-of-all-tests for the new manager, the game will be the home occurrence of the North London Derby – among the most consequential games of Spurs’ season. Arsenal currently sit in first place in the league, adding just about as much pressure as there can be for Tudor’s debut.