Colchester United: U's appoint Kevin Keen as new manager

League One strugglers Colchester United have named Kevin Keen as their new manager, with David Wright appointed as his assistant.

The 48-year-old, a former caretaker boss at West Ham, sat alongside chairman Robbie Cowling during Saturday's 3-1 loss to Rochdale.

The U's have not had a permanent boss since Tony Humes left in November.

Colchester, bottom of the table, have lost their last seven league games and have won just five times in 2015-16.

Midfielder Keen spent his playing career with the Hammers, Wolves, Stoke and Macclesfield before taking his first managerial steps as an academy coach with West Ham.

He then joined Liverpool as a first-team coach under Kenny Dalglish in 2011, before becoming Steve Clarke's number two at both West Brom and Reading prior to leaving the Championship side in early December.