David Moyes David Moyes David William Moyes ( ; born 25 April 1963) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player who was most recently the manager of West Ham United. He was previously the manager of Preston North End, Everton, Manchester United, Real Sociedad and Sunderland. Moyes was the 2003, 2005 and 2009 League Managers Association Manager of the Year. He is also on the committee for the League Managers Association in an executive capacity. Moyes made over 540 league appearances as a centre-half in a playing career that began with Celtic, where he won a championship medal. He then
Jerry Moyes the league had been blindsided and that Moyes had no authority to put the club into bankruptcy protection. Moyes was saddled with massive financial losses dating to the time the former Winnipeg Jets moved to Phoenix. Unable to turn around the team's fiscal picture, he agreed in principle to sell the Coyotes to a group headed by Research in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie, who intended to move the team to Hamilton, Ontario. The league responded by stripping Moyes of virtually all of his ownership authority, though he was still nominally the team's owner. The NHL argued that Moyes had no