Get to know more about new assistant head coach Craig Shakespeare

Together with new Norwich City head coach Dean Smith, Craig Shakespeare confirmed his move to the Canaries on Monday morning, taking the role of assistant head coach.

Together with new Norwich City head coach Dean Smith, Craig Shakespeare confirmed his move to the Canaries on Monday morning, taking the role of assistant head coach.

Craig has an impressive track record in his various coaching roles and brings a wealth of experience with himself to Norfolk.

canaries.co.uk has taken a closer look at his resume to date:

Craig was an attacking midfielder in his playing days, accruing over 500 professional appearances during his 19 year career.

He spent his first nine years as a professional with Walsall during the 1980s, making over 300 appearances.

He later when on to record over 100 appearances each for West Bromwich Albion and Grimsby Town, before his player career ended in 2000 after a brief spell at Hednesford Town.

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In 1999, Craig's coaching career began with West Brom, working with their community programme to promote grass roots football. He progressed into an academy coaching role a few years later and eventually became their reserve team coach in 2006.

In the same year, Craig became West Brom's caretaker manager for one match between the reigns of Bryan Robson and Tony Mowbray. Albion beat Crystal Palace 2-0 in that match.

Craig then worked under close ally Nigel Pearson for a number of years, first at Hull City and then at Leicester City. The pair enjoyed a fruitful time with the Foxes, until Pearson was sacked in July 2015.

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Craig remained as assistant manager at the King Power Stadium following the arrival of Claudio Ranieri, and the pair guided Leicester to the Premier League title in 2016, one of the greatest shocks in the history of English football.

Ranieri was sacked the following season and Craig took over as caretaker manager before being named the club's permanent manager on in March 2017.

He left in October of that year and has since held coaching positions with Everton, Watford and, most recently, with Dean Smith at Aston Villa.