Charlton Athletic can announce that James Brayne has left the club to take up a new role at Premier League side Sunderland, with Danny Hylton promoted to Set-Piece Coach and First-Team Coach.
Brayne initially joined Charlton as the club’s Individual Development Coach in March 2024 before being promoted to Set Piece Coach and First-Team Coach that summer.
Hylton joined the Addicks as Player-Coach in September 2024 before transitioning to a full-time member of the men's first-team's coaching staff following his retirement in June.
Charlton Manager Nathan Jones said: "James is a very good coach who has progressed during his time at the football club. He came in to a development coaching role with no first-team experience and we saw what he could do and took a leap of faith, and he repaid that faith and played his part in our promotion-winning season. He’s a great lad, has been an excellent part of our coaching team and he goes with our best wishes.
"It is important we always have a succession plan in place, not just with players but with staff too. We have a history of educating and promoting from within, as we did with James. We earmarked Danny Hylton a long time ago as someone we wanted in our coaching environment and someone we wanted to give more responsibility to, and he is the natural successor to James. He’s someone we know very well and has the knowledge and ability to thrive in his new role."
