 The following season , in 2007 – 08 , Mowbray led the Baggies to Wembley again , this time in the semi @-@ finals of the FA Cup , where they lost 1 – 0 to Portsmouth . One month later , Albion were promoted to the Premier League as winners of the Championship , but were relegated at the end of the 2008 – 09 campaign . In June 2009 , Mowbray left the club to manage Celtic and was replaced by Roberto Di Matteo in the role of head coach . Di Matteo led the club back to the Premier League at the first attempt , but was dismissed in February 2011 and replaced by Roy Hodgson . May 2012 saw Roy Hodgson , having led West Brom to a 10th @-@ place finish in his first season , leave to accept an offer to become the manager of the England national football team . Steve Clarke then led Albion to an 8th @-@ place finish in 2012 – 13 , their highest in the Premier League , but was sacked during the following season after four consecutive league defeats and only winning 7 league games throughout the calendar year . Clarke was replaced as head coach by Pepe Mel , who left by mutual consent a few months later at the end of the 2013 / 14 season . He was replaced by Alan Irvine . Irvine then got his first win with West Brom against Tottenham Hotspur F.C. on 21 September 2014 in a 1 – 0 victory . Alan Irvine was sacked on 29 December 2014 following 7 defeats in 9 games and only 4 wins in 19 games . On 1 January 2015 , Pulis was appointed head coach . He won his first game in charge 7 – 0 against Conference Premier side Gateshead in an FA Cup third round match . 
