In the end it lasted a little longer than his time at Manchester United, but the end result is the same.
David Moyes is out of management again after Real Sociedad decided to bring his underwhelming spell in charge of the Basque club to an end.
Where he goes next is open to question and there is also the possibility that he will take time before choosing his next move.
And that might be wise as the current Premier League status quo stands.
When you look at the 20 teams in the top flight, very few are struggling without having changed manager in recent weeks.
Sam Allardyce has been entrusted with turning Sunderland's flagging fortunes around, having been appointed last month, while Aston Villa showed some early encouraging signs in Remi Garde's first game in charge against league leaders Manchester City.
Elsewhere, there is speculation about the future of Garry Monk at Swansea, but given his achievements last year and the possibility that they could turn their form around starting with their fixture against Bournemouth after the international break, that is a long shot.
Also, it must be taken into account that Swans chairman Huw Jenkins is believed to still retain faith in Monk, which makes a change only likely if league form nosedives more dramatically.
For now, Newcastle United might appear to be the most likely Premier League possibility for Moyes should Steve McClaren find himself under pressure. The Magpies are out of the relegation zone after beating Bournemouth, but their next four fixtures are against high-flying Leicester City (home), former Newcastle manager Alan Pardew's strong Crystal Palace (away), Liverpool (home) and an in-form (assuming momentum remains the same) Tottenham (away), which all range from tricky to tough.
Moyes and McClaren in 2006 (Owen Humphreys / PA Archive/PA Images)
Should victories not be forthcoming, Mike Ashley could choose to pull the plug on the McClaren era, but that would raise another question.
Would Newcastle be attractive for Moyes or would he be better to wait for another chance?
The club, unlike his successful time at Everton, were not a model of stability in the Mike Ashley B.C. era and it's not been much better in the A.D period, while the level of control Moyes would have on incomings and outgoings of a player nature would be another point of discussion.
That being said, Newcastle do have a promising core of young players to potentially build around like Aleksandar Mitrovic, Georginio Wijnaldum, Florian Thauvin and Chancel Mbemba, as well as powerhouse midfielder Moussa Sissoko.
So, there could be temptation from that point of view, along with the fact that Newcastle are a big, if underachieving mould.
But Moyes could also look outside the Premier League and follow McClaren's path in a sense. Former England manager McClaren rebuilt a shattered reputation in the Netherlands with FC Twente, before choosing to remain abroad again by taking on the Wolfsburg job in Germany.
Moyes has spoken of his admiration for the Bundesliga before, but of course would have to look below the Top 4-5 clubs.
Of traditional giants who are punching below their weights, one could point to 2004 champions Werder Bremen and '07 winner Stuttgart, the latter of whom are third from bottom in the table heading into the international break.
But whether German clubs would be interested in him based on his recent experiences in management is another matter.
After his sacking at Man United, Eurosport Germany's Tobias Laure suggested that clubs there would not view him as a serious candidate for a job because his "reputation is not the best to be honest" - among other factors. His time at Real Sociedad will not have helped dispel that perception either.
Outside of that, the Netherlands would not pose a major linguistic barrier, given the propensity for speaking English there, with FC Twente struggling near the foot of the table, while there have been some noises about Scottish champions Celtic due to Moyes' ties with the club and the pressure on Ronny Deila.
He has previously stated: "I’ve always thought that some day. I always think you have to be ready to manage Celtic, you have to be prepared and ready for it. It’s a worldwide club so you have to be prepared and ready when you go to Celtic. One day I would say definite but I’d always say there’s always a chance. Scotland is my home, Glasgow is my home and it always will be."
That may well happen one day, but at 52 years of age, one would imagine that he would have his sights south on the border for now and if it's Newcastle, then it is not too far south of the frontier.
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