In January 1987, he joined
Chester City as a player and assistant manager. The long-term plan was for qualified coach Fazackerley to succeed
Harry McNally as manager, but he grew unhappy at the lack of progress at the club. He moved on in the summer of 1988 to
York City to assist ex-Rovers manager
Bobby Saxton. In February 1989, he joined
Bury where
Martin Dobson was manager and ended the season helping run the side after Dobson departed. This was his final playing season in professional football. In May 1990, he became player-manager of
Kumu in Finland before moving to
Newcastle United as first team coach. He was involved in the
England setup as assistant manager under
Kevin Keegan, working alongside
Les Reed. He has since coached at other clubs, including Blackburn,
Bolton Wanderers and
Barnsley. He was a scout for
Manchester City and sat alongside
Sven-Göran Eriksson on the bench at City's matches during his only season in charge. His position at the club was placed under review following Eriksson's departure, On 17 February 2014, it was widely reported that he and assistant manager
Terry McDermott had left Birmingham; the club stated they had "no comment to issue on the matter at this moment in time." Fazackerley joined
Oxford United as assistant manager under
Michael Appleton on 21 July 2014. He remained at the club when Appleton joined
Leicester City as assistant manager at the end of the
2016–17 season, and when Appleton's successor
Pep Clotet was sacked in January 2018, Fazackerley took over as caretaker manager. He was in charge for two months, during which time the team won twice in eight games, before the appointment of
Karl Robinson on 22 March 2018. He left his coaching position in 2020, though he retained an advisory position at the club and was involved in the recruitment of Robinson's successor,
Liam Manning, in 2023. ==References==