Mark Bonner: Cambridge United head coach signs new three-year contract
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Mark Bonner became just the sixth manager to lead Cambridge United to a promotion in the EFL on Saturday
Cambridge United head coach Mark Bonner has signed a new three-year contract.
The 35-year-old has been rewarded after guiding the U's to League One for the first time since 2002.
He took temporary charge after Colin Calderwood left in January 2020 and was given the job permanently shortly before the outbreak of Covid-19.
Bonner led Cambridge to a second-placed finish in League Two this season, behind champions Cheltenham Town, and has won 32 of his 61 games in charge.
Cambridge-born Bonner never played professionally and began coaching with the club's academy in 2011.
He progressed to join the first team's coaching staff and later stepped up as interim head coach for three games when Joe Dunne was sacked in December 2018.
"Mark has shown exceptional leadership over the last year, not just what was seen on the park but off the park - with the club, the community trust, with fans," Cambridge United's majority owner Paul Barry told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
"The discussions started weeks ago and it would have happened irrespective of what happened in the last few games of the season.
"I'm just delighted to have Mark around and that the extra passion he has for the football club is showing through with the results."