List of Hartlepool United F.C. managers

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Kevin Phillips, Hartlepool United's head coach since January 2024.

Hartlepool United Football Club is an association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham who currently play in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system.

Contents

This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Hartlepool United. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker managers are included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge.

Kevin Phillips is the incumbent head coach.

History

Fred Priest, who led the team to second in the North Eastern League in the 1909–10 season, [1] was elected as the club's first manager in August 1908. [2] [3] The club was managed by Cecil Potter when it was named as a founder member of the Football League Third Division North for the 1921–22 season, in which the team finished in 4th position. [1] [4] The club went throughout the period of 1940–43 without a manager due to the Second World War but appointed Fred Westgarth in August 1943. [5] [6] Under the management of Angus McLean, the club won promotion to Division Three from Division Four after finishing in third place in the 1967–68 season. [1] [7]

Danny Wilson, who managed Hartlepool United from 2006 to 2008 Wilson, Danny.jpg
Danny Wilson, who managed Hartlepool United from 2006 to 2008

The 1990–91 season saw promotion gained under the management originally of Cyril Knowles and later Alan Murray. [8] [9] [10]

1997–2013

Chris Turner was appointed manager in February 1999 with the club bottom of the Football League following Mick Tait's departure. [11] He proved to be an instant success at Victoria Park, keeping the club two places and three points ahead of the relegation zone. Turner led Hartlepool to three consecutive play-off finishes. However, they lost on each occasion in the semi-finals. [8] In November 2002, Turner left the club for Sheffield Wednesday with the side sitting top of the league. [12] Mike Newell was tasked with securing promotion which he did, albeit missing out on the title to Rushden & Diamonds. [8] [13] [14] [15] The club let Newell go following promotion to the Second Division. [16] Neale Cooper was appointed ahead of the 2003–04 season. He led the club to a 6th place finish, losing in the play-offs to Bristol City. [8] In the following season, Cooper left the club by mutual consent with the club on the verge of securing a second successive play-off finish. [17] Caretaker manager Martin Scott led Hartlepool into the play-offs where they would lose to Sheffield Wednesday in the play-off final after extra time. [18] Ahead of the 2005–06 season, Scott was named as the permanent manager. [19]

However, the club would suffer a relegation back to the fourth tier (now League Two) at the end of the season. [8] Danny Wilson managed the team to an immediate return to League One, promoted in second place. [8] [20] Wilson was sacked in December 2008, with the team in the bottom half of the table. [21] Chris Turner returned to the role, initially as a caretaker manager. He then led Hartlepool to a 19th-place finish in League One at the end of the 2008–09 season, two places and one point above the relegation zone. On 19 August 2010, Turner resigned from his position at Hartlepool. [22] Following the resignation of Turner, Mick Wadsworth was appointed on an interim basis and led Hartlepool to a 16th place finish. [23] He was appointed on a permanent basis ahead of the 2011–12 season but was dismissed in December 2011 following a run of bad home form. [23]

On 28 December 2011, Neale Cooper returned to the club. [24] Under Cooper, Hartlepool's form stabilised and he guided them to a 13th-place finish in the 2011–12 season, their highest league finish since 2004–05. After a poor run of form at the start of the 2012–13 season, Cooper resigned as Hartlepool boss in late October after a defeat at Bury. [25] John Hughes was appointed as the new manager in the midst of a 20-match-run without a win. [26] Despite an upturn in form that earned him a Manager of the Month award, Hartlepool were relegated to League Two. [26] Hughes publicly stated his desire to remain at the club, but he was sacked on 9 May 2013. [26] [27]

2013–2018

Ahead of the 2013–14 season, Colin Cooper became manager and led the club to a 19th place finish in League Two. [28] [8] Cooper resigned as Hartlepool United manager with the club at the bottom of the League Two table early in the following season. [29] In late October 2014, former player Paul Murray was appointed. However, he was sacked following defeat by non-League club Blyth Spartans in the FA Cup, just six weeks after taking the reins at the League Two club. [30] On 16 December 2014, Ronnie Moore was appointed as the new manager. [31] Hartlepool were at one stage ten points adrift at the bottom of the Football League and looked certain for relegation, but Moore inspired a revival in form, with the team having a four-match winning streak towards the latter stages of the season, which eventually ensured league survival in the penultimate game at home to Exeter City. [32] [33]

On 10 February 2016, Moore left Hartlepool by mutual consent with the club four points above the relegation places. [34] Craig Hignett returned to Hartlepool and led the club to a 16th place finish but departed the club by mutual consent in January 2017 after Hartlepool had won one of their previous nine matches. [35] Dave Jones was announced as the new manager. [36] Jones joined with the North-East club 19th in the table and four points clear of the relegation zone. [36] However, Hartlepool's form deteriorated further, winning only 13 points from a potential 51, and he left the club by mutual consent on 24 April 2017. [37] During Jones' last match in charge of Hartlepool, club president Jeff Stelling urged him to quit, in an impassioned speech on Soccer Saturday , following a home defeat to Barnet which had placed Hartlepool in the bottom two. [38] Matthew Bates was placed in temporary charge for the final two games of the season. [39] Despite Hartlepool winning their final game of the season against Doncaster Rovers, a late goal from Newport consigned Pools to relegation from the Football League for the first time after joining in 1921. [39]

On 26 May 2017, Craig Harrison was appointed as manager of Hartlepool ahead of their first campaign in non-League. [40] Following one victory since late November, Harrison left his position as manager in February 2018. [41] On 21 February 2018, Matthew Bates took temporary charge of Hartlepool again following the dismissal of Harrison. [42]

2018–present

Bates kept Hartlepool in the division and was appointed as permanent first-team manager in May 2018. [43] Craig Hignett returned to Hartlepool in March 2018 as the club's Director of Football. [44] Following the dismissal of Bates in November 2018 after six successive defeats, [45] Hignett took temporary charge of the first team in addition to his role as director of football. [46] Although Richard Money took charge in December 2018, he was later moved to a senior position before departing and Hignett was reinstated as first-team manager on 23 January 2019. [47] [48] On 10 October 2019, Hignett was sacked. [49]

On 11 November 2019, Challinor was appointed manager of National League side Hartlepool United with the club in 13th place. [50] [51] In his first full season in charge, Challinor guided Hartlepool to a 4th placed finish and a place in the 2020–21 National League play-offs. On 20 June 2021, Hartlepool defeated Torquay United in the 2021 National League play-off final at Ashton Gate Stadium on penalties to return to the Football League. [52] On 24 September 2021, Challinor signed a new three-year contract to remain as manager. [53] On 1 November 2021, Challinor announced his intentions to step down from the position to join National League club Stockport County. [54]

After Challinor left, former defender Graeme Lee was appointed as his successor in December 2021. [55] During his five-month spell as manager, Lee led the team to the semi-finals of the EFL Trophy losing on penalties to Rotherham United and the fourth round of the FA Cup losing away to Premier League side Crystal Palace. [56] However, Lee was dismissed with one game left of the 2021–22 season. [57] It was the downturn in form following the defeat to Rotherham that was citing in Lee losing his job, with the club winning once out of their eleven games following the match. [57]

Ahead of the 2022–23 season, Cove Rangers manager Paul Hartley was appointed as the next permanent manager. [58] During the summer transfer window, Hartley signed 16 new players in a major overhaul of the squad. [59] After a winless first nine league matches, Hartley was sacked by Hartlepool following a poor start to the season, with the club in the relegation zone at the time of his departure. [59] Hartley was replaced by Keith Curle the same day, initially as an interim manager. [60] Curle was given the permanent job in December 2022. [61] However, he was dismissed in February 2023. [62]

John Askey was appointed manager on 23 February 2023, with the club sitting just one point above the relegation zone but having played four more games than 23rd-place Crawley Town. [62] However, he could not prevent Hartlepool from being relegated to the National League. [63] On 30 December 2023, Askey was dismissed following a downturn of form which had left the club in 17th in the National League at the time of his departure. [64] On 20 January 2024, Kevin Phillips was announced as Askey's successor. [65]

Key

Managers

Table of managers, including tenure, record and honours
Name [66] NationalityFromToRecordHonoursRef.
PWDLWin %
Fred Priest Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 190831 May 191214569373947.6- [3]
Percy Humphreys Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 191231 May 1913431961844.2- [67]
Jack Manners Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 19131 May 192013355334541.4- [68]
Cecil Potter Flag of England.svg  England 1 May 19201 July 1922381781344.7- [4]
David Gordon Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 19 July 192216 February 19248017234021.3- [69]
Jack Manners Flag of England.svg  England 16 June 192431 May 192713244286033.3- [70]
Bill Norman Flag of England.svg  England 29 July 192716 September 193117756328931.6- [71]
Jack Carr Flag of England.svg  England 1 April 19321 April 193513253225740.2- [72]
Jimmy Hamilton Flag of England.svg  England 1 July 193530 July 194018261437833.5- [5]
Fred Westgarth Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 19431 February 19575102079920440.6- [6]
Ray Middleton Flag of England.svg  England 1 May 195720 November 195911638265232.8- [73]
Bill Robinson Flag of England.svg  England 1 July 195930 June 196212527247421.6- [74]
Allenby Chilton Flag of England.svg  England 1 July 19621 April 196334562314.7- [75]
Bob Gurney Flag of England.svg  England 1 April 19636 January 1964449102520.5- [76]
Alvan Williams Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 6 January 196431 May 19656320172631.7- [77]
Geoff Twentyman Flag of England.svg  England 1 June 196529 October 1965831437.5- [78]
Brian Clough Flag of England.svg  England 29 October 19655 June 19678435133641.7- [79]
Angus McLean Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 5 June 196724 April 197013945405432.4 Division Four promotion: 1967–68 [7]
John Simpson Flag of England.svg  England 24 April 19701 March 197131591716.1- [80]
Len Ashurst Flag of England.svg  England 1 March 19711 June 197415548386931.0- [81]
Ken Hale Flag of England.svg  England 1 June 19741 October 197610133254332.7- [82]
Billy Horner Flag of England.svg  England 1 October 197631 March 1983307957713530.9- [83]
John Duncan Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1 April 19831 June 1983931533.3- [84]
Mick Docherty Flag of England.svg  England 14 June 198315 December 19831815125.6- [85] [86]
Billy Horner Flag of England.svg  England 15 December 19831 November 19869430214331.9- [87]
John Bird Flag of England.svg  England 1 October 19863 October 19889432273534.0- [88]
Bobby Moncur Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2 November 198827 November 19895814143024.1- [89]
Cyril Knowles Flag of England.svg  England 9 December 19894 March 19918540182747.1- [9]
Alan Murray Flag of England.svg  England 5 March 199115 February 19939036233140.0 Division Four promotion: 1990–91 [10]
Viv Busby Flag of England.svg  England 15 February 199324 November 199340992222.5- [90]
John MacPhail Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 24 November 19931 September 199436762319.4- [91]
David McCreery Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 9 September 199420 April 19954410102422.7- [92]
Keith Houchen Flag of England.svg  England 20 April 19954 November 19967319173726.0- [93]
Mick Tait Flag of England.svg  England 4 November 199618 January 199911533374528.7- [94]
Paul Baker
Brian Honour †		Flag of England.svg  England 18 January 199924 February 1999721428.6- [95]
Chris Turner Flag of England.svg  England 24 February 19997 November 200219582496442.1- [14]
Colin West †Flag of England.svg  England 7 November 200221 November 2002211050.0- [15]
Mike Newell Flag of England.svg  England 21 November 200231 May 2003351681145.7 Division Three runner-up: 2002–03 [13]
Neale Cooper Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28 June 20034 May 200511048263643.6- [96] [97]
Martin Scott Flag of England.svg  England 4 May 200528 January 20063911101828.2- [98]
Paul Stephenson †Flag of England.svg  England 2 February 200613 June 20061537520.0- [99]
Danny Wilson Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 13 June 200615 December 200813358294643.6 League Two runner-up: 2006–07 [20] [21]
Chris Turner Flag of England.svg  England 15 December 200819 August 20108123193928.4- [21] [100]
Mick Wadsworth Flag of England.svg  England 19 August 20106 December 20117426173135.1- [101]
Micky Barron †Flag of England.svg  England 6 December 201128 December 2011310233.3- [102]
Neale Cooper Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28 December 201124 October 2012407141917.5- [103]
Micky Barron †Flag of England.svg  England 24 October 201212 November 201240130.0- [102]
John Hughes Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 13 November 20129 May 20131654731.3- [104]
Colin Cooper Flag of England.svg  England 24 May 20134 October 20146519143229.2- [105]
Sam Collins †Flag of England.svg  England 4 October 201423 October 2014510420.0- [106]
Paul Murray Flag of England.svg  England 23 October 20145 December 2014711514.3- [107]
Sam Collins †Flag of England.svg  England 9 December 201416 December 201410010.0- [106]
Ronnie Moore Flag of England.svg  England 16 December 201410 February 20165919112932.2- [108]
Craig Hignett Flag of England.svg  England 10 February 201615 January 20175215122528.8- [109]
Sam Collins †Flag of England.svg  England 15 January 201723 January 20171100100.0- [106]
Dave Jones Flag of England.svg  England 23 January 201724 April 201717341017.6- [110]
Matthew Bates †Flag of England.svg  England 24 April 201726 May 2017210150.0-
Craig Harrison Flag of England.svg  England 26 May 201721 February 20183610101627.8- [111]
Matthew Bates Flag of England.svg  England 21 February 201828 November 20183813121334.2- [112]
Craig Hignett †Flag of England.svg  England 29 November 201811 December 2018210150.0- [113]
Richard Money Flag of England.svg  England 11 December 201823 January 2019822425.0- [114]
Craig Hignett Flag of England.svg  England 23 January 201910 October 20193211101134.4- [115]
Antony Sweeney †Flag of England.svg  England 10 October 201911 November 2019531160.0- [116]
Dave Challinor Flag of England.svg  England 11 November 20191 November 20219041242545.6 National League play-offs: 2021 [117]
Antony Sweeney †Flag of England.svg  England 1 November 20211 December 2021831437.5- [118]
Graeme Lee Flag of England.svg  England 1 December 20215 May 20223210121031.3- [119]
Michael Nelson
Antony Sweeney †		Flag of England.svg  England 5 May 20223 June 202210010.0-
Paul Hartley Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3 June 202218 September 2022111469.1- [120]
Antony Sweeney †Flag of England.svg  England 18 September 202221 September 202210100.0-
Keith Curle Flag of England.svg  England 21 September 202222 February 202329771524.1- [121]
John Askey Flag of England.svg  England 23 February 202330 December 20234112111829.3- [122]
Lennie Lawrence †Flag of England.svg  England 3 January 202423 January 2024521240.0- [123]
Kevin Phillips Flag of England.svg  England 24 January 2024Present1675443.8-

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