Alex Bruce: Macclesfield appoint former Hull defender as manager

Alex Bruce (left) was on his father Steve Bruce's coaching staff at West Brom in 2022

Non-league Macclesfield have appointed Alex Bruce as manager.

Bruce, 39, the son of former Birmingham, Hull City and Newcastle boss Steve Bruce, worked under his dad during his time in charge of West Brom.

He will be assisted by former Manchester United and Burnley defender Phil Bardsley and ex-United academy manager Paul McGuinness.

Bruce starts his first managerial role with the Silkmen seventh in the Northern Premier League.

Seventh-tier Macclesfield are a phoenix club of Macclesfield Town who were wound up in 2020.

"Looking at Alex, Paul, and Phil and with my upbringing, the key values of coming through the system at Manchester United is a fundamental part of why we made these appointments," director of football Robbie Savage told the club website.

"The ethos and the morals and the principles which we want to integrate into the football club are vital going forward. Alex with his coaching experience at West Brom dealing with first-team players and his ability to handle a squad."

Bruce played under his father at Birmingham and Hull City, and appeared in the 2014 FA Cup final with the latter.

Steve Bruce started his managerial career with Sheffield United in 1998 and passed 1,000 games as a manager during his time in charge of Newcastle in 2021.