Barnsley have sacked manager Steve Parkin following Saturday's 4-1 home defeat to Bristol City.
Parkin left Rochdale last November to succeed Nigel Spackman at Oakwell but could not prevent the club's slide into Division Two.
This season, having gone into administration, The Tykes managed just four wins in their opening 13 games and are currently in 17th position in the table, four points clear of the relegation zone.
A club statement issued today said: "The administrators of Barnsley Football Club, after consultation with club directors, announce that they have dismissed Steve Parkin from his position as team manager.
"Also dismissed from their positions with the club are assistant manager Tony Ford and chief scout Russell Richardson.
"The action which has been taken today is believed to be in the best interests of the club. The club wishes Steve, Tony and Russell every possible success in the future.
"Glyn Hodges, the club's reserve team coach, will have responsibility for playing matters at the club with immediate effect."
Parkin took up the vacant managerial post at Barnsley after five years managing in the Third Division. His management career began at Mansfield Town in 1996 and continued at Rochdale, as Steve established himself as one the lower league's brightest young bosses.
Speaking shortly after his dismissal, Steve said: "Apart from the first few months when I came to the club, we haven't got good results on a consistent basis but it would have been lovely to have been given a bit more time to turn things around."
Steve's dismissal is the fourth in the Nationwide League since last Monday. He joins the former managers of Brighton, Hull and Ipswich - Martin Hinshelwood, Jan Molby and George Burley – on the season's list of managerial casualties that also includes Dave Watson, Nick Cusack, John Cornforth and Peter Reid.
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