Russell Wilcox (born 25 March 1964) is an English football coach and former player who is manager of Gainsborough Trinity.

Wilcox played as a defender between 1980 and 2003 and spent the final six years of his career with Scunthorpe United which is where he began working under Brian Laws.

[2] Wilcox dropped into non-League football to play for Alliance Premier League club Frickley Athletic during 1982–83.

[5] Wilcox earned two caps and scored one goal for the England national semi-pro team, in matches against the Republic of Ireland and Wales in 1986.

[7] On 13 January 2010, he joined Premier League club Burnley as assistant manager, yet again moving to work under Brian Laws.

[14] On 12 April 2014, Wilcox broke the record for the longest unbeaten run at the beginning of a managerial reign, with a draw against Bury being his 26th game in charge without defeat.

[17] A week after leaving Scunthorpe Wilcox was appointed as the new manager of League Two club York City on 15 October 2014, following the resignation of Nigel Worthington.