Sam Allardyce is married to Lynne Allardyce. He met his wife, Lynne Ward while still a youth team player at Bolton Wanderers, and the pair married on June 1, 1974. They have a son, Craig and a daughter, Rachel.
There isn’t much information about Lynne Allardyce on the internet.
Moving into management, he took charge of Irish club Limerick in 1991, leading the club to the League of Ireland First Divison (second tier) title in 1991-92. He returned to England as a youth coach at Preston North End, also serving briefly as caretaker manager.
Allardyce has been labelled a long-ball manager by some analysts, though he has disputed this perception as “totally and utterly wrong”. He takes a modern technology and statistics-centred approach to tactics and coaching and has been praised for his organisational and man-management skills.