This is a list of former and current managers of Crewe Alexandra Football Club. Since 1892, 29 men have managed Crewe; Ernie Tagg had two spells in charge, and Dario Gradi four (including one spell co-managing with Steve Holland). Gradi holds the record for the most games: 1,359 first team games. [1]
Two Crewe managers have been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame: Gradi in 2004 [2] and Harry Catterick, posthumously, in 2010. [3]
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% | Honours | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.C. McNeill [a] |  England | August 1892 | May 1894 | 50 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 24.00 | ||
| J.G. Hall [a] | England | August 1895 | May 1896 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16.13 | ||
| Robert Roberts [a] |  Wales | January 1897 | December 1897 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| John B. Blomerley [b] | England | January 1898 | May 1925 | 169 | 56 | 44 | 69 | 33.14 | 4 Cheshire Senior Cups | |
| Tom Bailey | England | August 1925 | May 1938 | 578 | 223 | 113 | 242 | 38.58 | 2 Welsh Cups | |
| George Lillycrop | England | August 1938 | July 1944 | 45 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 44.44 | ||
| Frank Hill |  Scotland | July 1944 | October 1948 | 102 | 45 | 19 | 38 | 44.12 | ||
| Arthur Turner | England | October 1948 | December 1951 | 149 | 56 | 39 | 54 | 37.58 | ||
| Harry Catterick | England | December 1951 | June 1953 | 74 | 31 | 11 | 32 | 41.89 | ||
| Ralph Ward | England | June 1953 | May 1955 | 96 | 25 | 28 | 43 | 26.04 | ||
| Maurice Lindley | England | August 1955 | May 1958 | 143 | 23 | 28 | 92 | 16.08 | ||
| Harry Ware | England | August 1958 | May 1960 | 100 | 36 | 22 | 42 | 36.00 | ||
| Jimmy McGuigan | Scotland | June 1960 | November 1964 | 222 | 87 | 85 | 50 | 39.19 | ||
| Ernie Tagg | England | November 1964 | October 1970 | 273 | 105 | 69 | 99 | 38.46 | ||
| Tom McAnearney | Scotland | October 1970 | July 1971 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 38.46 | ||
| Dennis Viollet | England | August 1971 | November 1971 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 26.67 | ||
| Jimmy Melia | England | May 1972 | December 1973 | 70 | 16 | 23 | 31 | 22.86 | ||
| Ernie Tagg | England | January 1974 | December 1974 | 48 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 27.08 | ||
| Harry Gregg |  Northern Ireland | January 1975 | May 1978 | 163 | 53 | 53 | 57 | 32.52 | ||
| Warwick Rimmer | England | August 1978 | May 1979 | 46 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 13.04 | ||
| Tony Waddington | England | June 1979 | July 1981 | 93 | 24 | 27 | 42 | 25.81 | ||
| Arfon Griffiths | England | August 1981 | October 1982 | 59 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 15.25 | ||
| Peter Morris | England | November 1982 | June 1983 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 24.24 | ||
| Dario Gradi [6] [c] | England | June 1983 | July 2007 | 1,241 | 464 | 476 | 301 | 37.39 | 2 Cheshire Senior Cups 1 Second Division play-off | |
| Dario Gradi [d] Steve Holland [e] | England England | July 2007 | November 2008 | 72 | 19 | 16 | 37 | 26.39 | ||
| Dario Gradi [6] † | England | November 2008 | December 2008 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 37.50 | ||
| Guðjón Þórðarson |  Iceland | December 2008 | October 2009 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 32.43 | ||
| Dario Gradi [6] | England | October 2009 | November 2011 | 110 | 38 | 23 | 49 | 34.55 | 2 Cheshire Premier Cups | |
| Steve Davis | England | November 2011 | January 2017 | 272 | 84 | 71 | 117 | 30.88 | 1 League Trophy 1 League Two play-off | [7] |
| David Artell |  Gibraltar | January 2017 | April 2022 | 274 | 100 | 51 | 123 | 36.50 | ||
| Alex Morris | England | April 2022 | November 2022 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 20.83 | ||
| Lee Bell | England | November 2022 | Present | 109 | 43 | 30 | 36 | 39.45 |
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