order to terminate his registration with them. After impressing over his 17 games in the 2020–21 season, Coke was offered and duly signed a one-year contract extension on 9 June 2021. Coke was named as Grimsby's club captain for the 2021–22 season, going on to say "“I am really happy about it - it shows the manager believes in me. Even if I don't play every game, I will always try to help everyone in the team as much as I can, so we can all be successful. Even though I am captain, I also see some of the others as captains as well in a way. There are others who can add similar things to the team and just because I am wearing the armband doesn't mean they haven't got an input." Grimsby secured promotion with victory in the play-off final, though Coke was not in the matchday squad at London Stadium. On 11 June 2022, following promotion back to the Football League the club announced their retained list ahead of the 2022–23 season and confirmed that Coke would be among those released when his contract expires on 30 June. Coaching career Following the end of his playing contract, Coke made an immediate return to Grimsby Town as a development coach. Grimsby chairman Jason Stockwood hailed Coke on his appointment saying “I’ve been working with Giles on a couple of projects outside his playing. I’m trying to think of how you help players transition post their football careers. What he did for us last year in the locker room was pretty clear and Paul couldn’t speak highly [enough] of him as a character, as a professional. So that was the first thing. And then we’ve had some interactions around just trying to think about how we help people transition with all the skills that they’ve got that are transferable. We haven’t got an answer for that yet. But Giles showed great capacity and intellect for taking stuff on beyond the playing side of the game. Neil Woods and the staff at the academy are doing an amazing job at developing players. But we thought: ‘how do we bridge that gap between the development players and the first team? So Paul came to us with that recommendation. It was an easy yes with the sort of character he is, the way that Paul thinks he can play a positive influence