Sources: Blackpool and Port Vale in race to appoint Grimsby boss Paul Hurst
Grimsby Town boss Paul Hurst is under consideration for the manager’s jobs at Blackpool and Port Vale, sources have told Football Insider.
Championship strugglers Blackpool are searching for a new manager to replace Mick McCarthy for next season, while Port Vale are beginning their hunt for a new boss following the sacking of Darrell Clarke earlier this week.
Hurst, 48, has impressed during his second stint at Grimsby winning promotion from the National League last season and having them on course for their highest league finish in 17 years this term.
The former Ipswich and Shrewsbury manager has won many admirers having masterminded Grimsby’s historical run to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the first time since 1939.
In doing so, his side became the first team in FA Cup history to knock out five teams from a higher division from the first round by seeing off Plymouth, Cambridge, Burton, Luton and Southampton.
Blackpool, who are battling to avoid relegation to League One and Port Vale are keen to bring in a new manager with a proven track in League One with Hurst having guided Shrewsbury to the third-tier play-off final in 2017-18 before leaving for Ipswich.
Port Vale are currently 18th in League One with 46 points from 43 games this season and the three teams above them all have at least a game in hand on the struggling side.
Port Vale have failed to win a game since the beginning of March when they beat 19th-placed MK Dons 1-0 and have lost four out of their last five league matches.
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