Tom Hounsell's Winning Streak as Interim Wycombe Wanderers Coach

Tom Hounsell is in no hurry to make this about him.

Three games, three wins, a club dragged from the foot of the table to mid-pack in the space of a fortnight – and still the interim Wycombe Wanderers head coach refuses to talk about taking the job permanently.

The 30-year-old has stepped in since Michael Duff was sacked earlier this month after a dismal start to the season, and Wycombe have not looked back. His first match in charge brought a wild 3-2 victory away at Leyton Orient, a chaotic, breathless afternoon that immediately changed the mood around the club.

The momentum did not fade. Wycombe then saw off Chelsea Under-21s in the EFL Trophy, before backing it up with a league win over Wigan on Saturday. From second-bottom to 14th in League One in three games: that is the scale of the turnaround.

Hounsell, though, will not be drawn on whether he wants the role full-time.

"I've said it before. My thoughts are never on myself, it's about the group of players," he told BBC Three Counties Radio, keeping the focus firmly on the dressing room rather than his own future.

"I'm employed by this football club, ultimately, to help us get wins. That's my commitment and it's a commitment from the whole staff.

"I'm pleased with the work we're doing, pleased with the momentum we're taking, pleased with the week that we've had but I haven't thought more about it than that."

This is only his second taste of management. His previous spell came at Burton Albion, where he also worked in an interim capacity for 12 matches in 2024 before Gary Bowyer was appointed. There, too, he was the stopgap. At Wycombe, he is rapidly becoming the story.

Yet he talks like a man determined to keep his ego out of it.

"Whoever is manager of this football club is in an incredibly blessed position. It's an incredibly privileged role to have," he said.

"Whatever happens with the manager's post, that individual will be extremely lucky to work with this group of players and the structure and processes that exist behind the scenes."

Wycombe’s hierarchy will decide how long this caretaker chapter lasts. For now, Hounsell is doing the one thing that always forces a club’s hand: he keeps winning.