Central Coast Mariners Football Club are a football club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales which was founded in 2004. They have had eleven managers in their history (including two caretakers), the first being Lawrie McKinna and the current being Mark Jackson.
All figures are correct as of 25 May 2024.
Note: Games included are A-League Men (including finals and Pre-Season Cup), Australia Cup, AFC Champions League, AFC Cup and Oceania Club Championship Qualification. Friendlies are not included.
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Image | Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% | Honours | Source |
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Lawrie McKinna | Scotland | 7 May 2005 | 12 February 2010 | 148 | 54 | 40 | 54 | 200 | 141 | +59 | 36.49 | Team 2005 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup Personal | [2] | |
Graham Arnold | Australia | 5 August 2010 | 10 November 2013 | 112 | 54 | 29 | 29 | 168 | 87 | +81 | 48.21 | Team Personal 2011–12 A-League Coach of the Year | [3] | |
Phil Moss | Australia | 23 November 2013 | 28 February 2015 | 54 | 20 | 10 | 24 | 61 | 71 | -10 | 37.04 | [4] | ||
Tony Walmsley | England | 8 March 2015 | 2 August 2016 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 43 | 82 | -39 | 13.51 | [5] | ||
Paul Okon | Australia | 8 October 2016 | 18 March 2018 | 51 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 58 | 75 | -17 | 19.61 | [6] | ||
Wayne O'Sullivan (caretaker) | Ireland | 24 March 2018 | 14 April 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 0.00 | [7] | ||
Mike Mulvey | England | 1 August 2018 | 9 March 2019 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 55 | -31 | 4.55 | [8] | ||
Alen Stajcic | Australia | 16 March 2019 | 12 June 2021 | 63 | 22 | 9 | 32 | 74 | 96 | -22 | 34.92 | [9] | ||
Nick Montgomery | Scotland | 13 November 2021 | 11 September 2023 | 63 | 32 | 11 | 20 | 132 | 67 | +65 | 50.79 | Team | [10] | |
Abbas Saad (caretaker) | Australia | 20 September 2023 | 20 September 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.00 | |||
Mark Jackson | England | 4 October 2023 | Present | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 91 | 38 | +53 | 66.67 | Team Personal 2023–24 A-League Coach of the Year |
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