Former Nottingham Forest coach Rob Kelly has taken caretaker charge of Barrow for the second time this season.
Kelly took over the reins on a temporary in December when David Dunn was sacked. Now Barrow, who are second bottom of League Two, have sacked Dunn's successor, Michael Jolley, after just seven games in charge.
A club statement confirmed Kelly will take over for the rest of the current campaign after Jolley oversaw one victory, one draw and five defeats in his short time in charge.
It said: “It has become apparent even in such a short space of time that unfortunately the board and Michael have differing visions for how the team should play, which has led to this change being made,” said chairman Paul Hornby.
“We believe that it’s best to recognise this now and make the change early so that the team can concentrate on the remaining games of the season. We’d like to thank Michael for all of his hard work and wish him well in his future career.
“Rob Kelly has been appointed as caretaker manager with immediate effect and will lead the team until the end of the season. Rob has had a successful, albeit brief, spell in charge of the team earlier in the season and is aligned to our philosophies and culture.
“This has not been an easy decision to make. However, the board feel that it’s the right decision and one that gives us the best possible chance of remaining in League Two, which is the ultimate aim of everybody associated with Barrow AFC.”
Kelly served as Steve McClaren's assistant at Forest and retained that position under Steve Cotterill and Sean O'Driscoll.
He was Forest's caretaker manager when Cotterill, O'Driscoll and Alex McLeish all left the City Ground, before joining West Brom in 2014 as assistant manager.
