Former T&T and West Indies all rounder Phil Simmons is the new coach of the West Indies cricket team.

Simmons was given the nod over T&T-born former Indian national Robin Singh for the top post and will be signing a contract with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) today. He will take up the position for three years in the first instance. Simmons has been knocking on the door for a while and has been making the best advertisement with his work in Ireland with their national team. 

At the current World Cup, he led Ireland to an upset victory over the West Indies in their opening game. Ireland failed to get into the quarter-finals, however, after going down to Pakistan in their final match of the preliminary round. 

Full article at Trinidad Guardian

Simmons tired of the rainy, miserable, wet, cold Irish weather....

In reply to mikesiva
WEST INDIES TREATMENT OF WEST INDIANS has always been questionable .

Will there be any change ? Will Simmons get a better deal ?

I believe that this is a new era in West Indies cricket . Clive Lloyd's OPERATION CLEAN HOUSE that started with the removal of Bravo as captain and Pollard as sidekick will continue apace. If you are not playing in the next World Cup please announce your retirement because OPERATION CLEAN HOUSE will get you. A fresh new Crop Over of players , that should be -crop of players--will come to the fore. Sir Clive Lloyd has made his intentions very clear with the sacking of Bravo and Pollard and the bold decision to appoint Jason Holder as captain. Exciting times ahead . OPERATION CLEAN HOUSE in full effect.

Ditto for the Test Team

In reply to casiba

Lets hear from the coach, before we tell him who he shoild pick.