Roeder Overlooked
Last updated : 16 May 2007 By Footy Mad - Editor
The Royals chief picked up the award - voted for by fellow Premier League and Football League managers - at the League Managers' Association awards dinner in Nottingham.
But after guiding his team to eighth place in their first season in the top flight, they missed out on Europe with a bizarre home defeat to relegated Watford, of all teams.
Coppell won the award last year after setting a new record in the Coca-Cola Championship with 106 points - losing just two games along the way.
Meanwhile, Roy Keane was awarded the LMA's Championship manager of the year award after guiding Sunderland to the title.
Yeovil's Russell Slade and Hartlepool's Danny Wilson won the League One and League Two awards respectively.