List of Leeds United F.C. managers
The following is a list of managers of Leeds United Association Football Club and their major honours from the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1919 to the present day. Each manager's entry includes the dates of his tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost) and honours won while under his care. As of 19 October 2015, Leeds United have had 33 full-time managers. There have also been 9 caretaker managers, 3 of whom had previously occupied the role on a full-time basis, and one of whom has occupied the role three times.
The most successful person to manage Leeds United is Don Revie, who won two League Championships, two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, one Division Two Championship, one FA Cup, one League Cup and one Charity Shield in his 13-year reign as manager. He is also the club's longest-serving manager, presiding over a total of 740 games from 1961 to 1974.
Statistics
- The statistics include all competitive league, cup & European first team fixtures.
- Information correct as of 9 January 2016.
- Key
= Caretaker manager
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win % | Success Rate %(Points Gained from available, includes Cup ties)[1] | Honours | Notes |
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Dick Ray | ![]() |
17 October 1919 | 1 February 1920 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 23.52 | 33.33 | [2] | |
Arthur Fairclough | ![]() |
1 February 1920 | 1 May 1927 | 326 | 118 | 81 | 127 | 427 | 425 | 36.19 | 44.48 | see below | [2] |
Dick Ray | ![]() |
1 July 1927 | 1 March 1935 | 342 | 143 | 72 | 127 | 622 | 552 | 41.81 | 48.83 | see below | [2] |
Billy Hampson | ![]() |
1 July 1935 | 1 May 1947 | 231 | 74 | 51 | 106 | 334 | 418 | 32.03 | 39.39 | [2] | |
Willis Edwards | ![]() |
1 May 1947 | 30 April 1948 | 47 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 60 | 87 | 27.65 | 33.33 | [2] | |
Major Frank Buckley | ![]() |
1 May 1948 | 30 April 1953 | 224 | 87 | 63 | 74 | 324 | 306 | 38.83 | 43.75 | [2] | |
Raich Carter | ![]() |
1 May 1953 | 1 June 1958 | 217 | 90 | 51 | 76 | 370 | 336 | 41.47 | 49.31 | see below | [2] |
Willis Edwards | ![]() |
1 June 1958 | 1 December 1958 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 50.00 | 53.33 | [2] | |
Bill Lambton | ![]() |
1 December 1958 | 30 April 1959 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 57 | 33.33 | 41.11 | [2] | |
Jack Taylor | ![]() |
1 May 1959 | 1 March 1961 | 81 | 27 | 17 | 37 | 136 | 169 | 33.33 | 40.33 | [2] | |
Don Revie | ![]() |
1 March 1961 | 4 July 1974 | 740 | 394 | 197 | 149 | 1,262 | 703 | 53.24 | 62.12 | see below | [2] |
Brian Clough | ![]() |
30 July 1974 | 12 September 1974 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14.28 | 28.57 | see below | [2] |
Jimmy Armfield | ![]() |
4 October 1974 | 3 July 1978 | 193 | 87 | 47 | 59 | 277 | 222 | 45.07 | 53.20 | see below | [2] |
Jock Stein | ![]() |
21 August 1978 | 4 October 1978 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 40.00 | 50.00 | [2] | |
Jimmy Adamson | ![]() |
25 October 1978 | 1 October 1980 | 98 | 35 | 29 | 34 | 138 | 136 | 35.71 | 45.58 | [2] | |
David Merrington | ![]() |
1 October 1980 | 1 October 1980 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 33.33 | [2] | |
Allan Clarke | ![]() |
1 October 1980 | 30 June 1982 | 84 | 27 | 22 | 35 | 77 | 104 | 32.14 | 40.87 | [2] | |
Eddie Gray | ![]() |
4 July 1982 | 11 October 1985 | 157 | 57 | 55 | 45 | 214 | 193 | 36.30 | 47.98 | [2] | |
Peter Gunby | ![]() |
11 October 1985 | 11 October 1985 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 33.33 | [2] | |
Billy Bremner | ![]() |
11 October 1985 | 28 September 1988 | 143 | 58 | 31 | 54 | 192 | 186 | 40.45 | 47.78 | see below | [2] |
Norman Hunter | ![]() |
28 September 1988 | 10 October 1988 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | [2] | |
Howard Wilkinson | ![]() |
10 October 1988 | 10 September 1996 | 411 | 178 | 117 | 116 | 622 | 488 | 43.30 | 52.80 | see below | [2] |
George Graham | ![]() |
10 September 1996 | 1 October 1998 | 95 | 37 | 27 | 31 | 118 | 99 | 41.05 | 48.42 | [2] | |
David O'Leary | ![]() |
1 October 1998 | 27 June 2002 | 203 | 101 | 47 | 55 | 320 | 217 | 49.75 | 57.76 | [2] | |
Terry Venables | ![]() |
8 July 2002 | 21 March 2003 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 53 | 52 | 38.09 | 43.65 | [2] | |
Peter Reid | ![]() |
21 March 2003 | 10 November 2003 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 51 | 27.27 | 33.33 | [2] | |
Eddie Gray | ![]() |
10 November 2003 | 31 May 2004 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 51 | 23.07 | 32.05 | [2] | |
Kevin Blackwell | ![]() |
1 June 2004 | 20 September 2006 | 115 | 44 | 37 | 34 | 128 | 117 | 38.26 | 48.99 | see below | [2] |
John Carver | ![]() |
21 September 2006 | 23 October 2006 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20.00 | 20.00 | [2] | |
David Geddis | ![]() |
24 October 2006 | 24 October 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | [2] | |
Dennis Wise | ![]() |
24 October 2006 | 28 January 2008 | 68 | 30 | 12 | 26 | 88 | 78 | 44.11 | 50.00 | [2] | |
Gwyn Williams | ![]() |
29 January 2008 | 29 January 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
Gary McAllister | ![]() |
30 January 2008 | 21 December 2008 | 50 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 84 | 61 | 50.00 | 55.33 | see below | [3] |
Simon Grayson | ![]() |
23 December 2008 | 1 February 2012 | 169 | 84 | 40 | 45 | 259 | 186 | 49.70 | 57.59 | see below | [4] |
Neil Redfearn | ![]() |
1 February 2012 | 18 February 2012 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 50.00 | 50.00 | [2] | |
Neil Warnock | ![]() |
18 February 2012 | 1 April 2013 | 63 | 23 | 15 | 25 | 81 | 92 | 36.50 | 44.44 | ||
Neil Redfearn | ![]() |
1 April 2013 | 12 April 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
Brian McDermott | ![]() |
12 April 2013 | 30 June 2014 | 55 | 21 | 9 | 25 | 63? | 67? | 38.2 | 43.64 | ||
Dave Hockaday | ![]() |
1 July 2014 | 28 August 2014 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 33.33 | 33.33 | ||
Neil Redfearn | ![]() |
28 August 2014 | 23 September 2014 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 75.00 | 83.33 | ||
Darko Milanič | ![]() |
23 September 2014 | 25 October 2014 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0.00 | 16.67 | ||
Neil Redfearn | ![]() |
1 November 2014 | 30 June 2015 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 44 | 33.34 | 40.41 | ||
Uwe Rösler | ![]() |
1 July 2015 | 18 October 2015 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 16.67 | 33.33 | ||
Steve Evans | ![]() |
19 October 2015 | Present | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 40.00 | 53.33 |
Managers with honours
References
- ↑ Success rate (%) is rounded to two decimal places
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External links
- Soccerbase – Managerial history
- Leeds-Fans.org.uk – Managerial statistics
- MightyLeeds.co.uk – Managers
- Wafll.com – Managers
- Wafll.com – Managers gallery
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