West Ham United parted ways with head coach Nuno Espírito Santo on Tuesday, November 3, just 13 matches into the Championship season. The club cited the team's performances and results as the reason for the change, pointing to back-to-back home defeats against Southampton and West Bromwich Albion as the final straw.
Despite those stumbles, the Hammers are not in crisis territory on paper. They sit eighth in the Championship table with six wins, four draws, and three losses. Still, the club made clear that the current standing does not match their expectations for the season.
Nuno, who is Portuguese, had only been in the job since September 2025, stepping in after Graham Potter's exit. His tenure will be remembered largely for one painful chapter: he could not stop West Ham from being relegated from the Premier League last season. His assistants Rui Pedro Silva and Rui Barbosa have also left the club as part of the same departure.
In the short term, club legend and former captain Mark Noble will take charge of preparations alongside Steve Potts and Gerard Prenderville. Their first assignment is Wednesday's Championship clash with Cardiff City.
West Ham say the search for a permanent head coach is already underway. Whoever walks through that door will inherit a squad with something to prove and a fanbase eager to see their club back where it belongs.
Originally published by NotJustOk.