Up until Peter Hodge was hired after World War I, Leicester City had no official manager. A nominal role of secretary/manager was employed, though the board and the selection committee took control of most team affairs. It was Hodge who instated a system at the club for the manager having complete control over player and staff recruitment, team selection and tactics. Though Hodge was originally also titled "secretary/manager" he has retrospectively been named as the club's first official "manager". [1]
The current manager of Leicester City is Ruud van Nistelrooy. [2] Former managers Nigel Pearson and Peter Hodge have both had two separate spells at the club, Dave Bassett also had a second spell as caretaker manager after his spell as permanent manager. Listed below is Leicester's complete managerial history. [3]
This is the full list with dates of tenure and records while at the club. [1]
Name | Nat. | Dates |
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Frank Gardner | ![]() | 1884–1892 |
Ernest Marson | ![]() | 1892–1894 |
J. Lee | ![]() | 1894–1895 |
Henry Jackson | ![]() | 1895–1897 |
William Clark | ![]() | 1897–1898 |
George Johnson | ![]() | 1898–1912 |
John W. Bartlett | ![]() | 1912–1914 |
Louis Ford | ![]() | 1914–1915 |
Harry Linney | ![]() | 1915–1919 |
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win % | Honours |
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Peter Hodge | ![]() | 6 September 1919 | May 1926 | 310 | 125 | 84 | 101 | 40.32 | Second Division champions: 1924–25 |
Willie Orr | ![]() | July 1926 | January 1932 | 242 | 102 | 50 | 90 | 42.15 | First Division runners-up: 1928–29 |
Board | January 1932 | March 1932 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20.00 | ||
Peter Hodge | ![]() | March 1932 | 1 August 1934 | 100 | 34 | 26 | 40 | 34.00 | |
Board | 1 August 1934 | 17 October 1934 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20.00 | ||
Arthur Lochhead | ![]() | 17 October 1934 | 2 September 1936 | 81 | 33 | 15 | 33 | 40.74 | |
Board | 2 September 1936 | October 1936 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12.50 | ||
Frank Womack | ![]() | October 1936 | May 1939 | 123 | 48 | 29 | 46 | 39.02 | Second Division champions: 1936–37 |
Tom Bromilow | ![]() | August 1939 | May 1945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | |
Tom Mather | ![]() | August 1945 | March 1946 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 00.00 | |
Johnny Duncan | ![]() | March 1946 | 11 October 1949 | 156 | 56 | 42 | 58 | 35.90 | FA Cup runners-up: 1948–49 |
Board | 11 October 1949 | December 1949 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14.29 | ||
Norman Bullock | ![]() | December 1949 | February 1955 | 232 | 91 | 64 | 77 | 39.22 | Second Division champions: 1953–54 |
Board | February 1955 | May 1955 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 46.67 | ||
Dave Halliday | ![]() | June 1955 | November 1958 | 146 | 64 | 27 | 55 | 43.84 | Second Division champions: 1956–57 |
Matt Gillies | ![]() | 8 November 1958 | 30 November 1968 | 508 | 201 | 123 | 184 | 39.57 | FA Cup runners-up: 1960–61 FA Cup runners-up: 1962–63 League Cup winners: 1963–64 League Cup runners-up: 1964–65 |
Frank O'Farrell | ![]() | December 1968 | 6 June 1971 | 134 | 62 | 27 | 55 | 46.27 | FA Cup runners-up: 1968–69 Second Division champions: 1970–71 |
Jimmy Bloomfield | ![]() | 23 June 1971 | 23 May 1977 | 285 | 85 | 104 | 96 | 29.82 | FA Charity Shield winners: 1971 |
Frank McLintock | ![]() | 9 June 1977 | 5 April 1978 | 40 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 12.50 | |
Ian MacFarlane | ![]() | 5 April 1978 | 24 May 1978 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20.00 | |
Jock Wallace | ![]() | 24 May 1978 | 12 July 1982 | 189 | 69 | 51 | 69 | 37.10 | Second Division champions: 1979–80 |
Gordon Milne | ![]() | 2 August 1982 | 3 June 1986 | 184 | 64 | 41 | 79 | 34.78 | Second Division promotion: 1982–83 |
Gordon Milne Bryan Hamilton | ![]() ![]() | June 1986 | May 1987 | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 28.26 | |
Bryan Hamilton | ![]() | May 1987 | 11 December 1987 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 37.04 | |
David Pleat | ![]() | 24 December 1987 | 29 January 1991 | 157 | 49 | 45 | 63 | 31.21 | |
Gordon Lee | ![]() | 30 January 1991 | 29 May 1991 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 35.00 | |
Brian Little | ![]() | 30 May 1991 | 22 November 1994 | 188 | 81 | 45 | 62 | 43.09 | First Division promotion: 1993–94 |
Kevin MacDonald Tony McAndrew | ![]() | 22 November 1994 | 14 December 1994 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 00.00 | |
Mark McGhee | ![]() | 14 December 1994 | 7 December 1995 | 51 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 31.37 | |
David Nish Chris Turner Garry Parker Steve Walsh | ![]() | 7 December 1995 | 21 December 1995 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | |
Martin O'Neill | ![]() | 21 December 1995 | 1 June 2000 | 222 | 85 | 67 | 70 | 38.29 | First Division promotion: 1995–96 League Cup winners: 1996–97 League Cup runners-up: 1998–99 League Cup winners: 1999–2000 |
Peter Taylor | ![]() | 12 June 2000 | 30 September 2001 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 26 | 35.19 | |
Garry Parker | ![]() | 30 September 2001 | 10 October 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00.00 | |
Dave Bassett | ![]() | 10 October 2001 | 6 April 2002 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 14.29 | |
Micky Adams | ![]() | 7 April 2002 | 11 October 2004 | 111 | 41 | 38 | 32 | 36.94 | First Division promotion: 2002–03 |
Dave Bassett Howard Wilkinson | ![]() | 11 October 2004 | 30 October 2004 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 00.00 | |
Craig Levein | ![]() | 1 November 2004 | 25 January 2006 | 70 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 28.57 | |
Rob Kelly | ![]() | 13 February 2006 | 11 April 2007 | 63 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 33.33 | |
Nigel Worthington | ![]() | 11 April 2007 | 7 May 2007 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40.00 | |
Martin Allen | ![]() | 25 May 2007 | 29 August 2007 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | |
Jon Rudkin Steve Beaglehole Mike Stowell | ![]() | 30 August 2007 | 13 September 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00.00 | |
Gary Megson | ![]() | 13 September 2007 | 24 October 2007 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 33.33 | |
Frank Burrows Gerry Taggart | ![]() ![]() | 24 October 2007 | 22 November 2007 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20.00 | |
Ian Holloway | ![]() | 22 November 2007 | 23 May 2008 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 28.13 | |
Nigel Pearson | ![]() | 22 June 2008 | 29 June 2010 | 107 | 55 | 30 | 22 | 51.40 | League One champions: 2008–09 |
Paulo Sousa | ![]() | 7 July 2010 | 1 October 2010 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 33.33 | |
Chris Powell Mike Stowell | ![]() | 1 October 2010 | 4 October 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
Sven-Göran Eriksson | ![]() | 4 October 2010 | 24 October 2011 | 55 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 43.64 | |
Jon Rudkin Steve Beaglehole Mike Stowell | ![]() | 24 October 2011 | 15 November 2011 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 | |
Nigel Pearson | ![]() | 15 November 2011 | 30 June 2015 | 175 | 80 | 37 | 58 | 45.71 | Championship champions: 2013–14 |
Claudio Ranieri | ![]() | 13 July 2015 | 23 February 2017 | 81 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 44.44 | Premier League champions: 2015–16 |
Craig Shakespeare | ![]() | 23 February 2017 | 17 October 2017 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 42.31 | |
Michael Appleton | ![]() | 17 October 2017 | 25 October 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
Claude Puel | ![]() | 25 October 2017 | 24 February 2019 | 67 | 23 | 18 | 26 | 34.33 | |
Mike Stowell Adam Sadler | ![]() | 24 February 2019 | 26 February 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
Brendan Rodgers | ![]() | 26 February 2019 | 2 April 2023 | 204 | 92 | 42 | 70 | 45.10 | FA Cup winners: 2020–21 FA Community Shield winners: 2021 |
Mike Stowell Adam Sadler | ![]() | 2 April 2023 | 10 April 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 00.00 | |
Dean Smith | ![]() | 10 April 2023 | 16 June 2023 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 25.00 | |
Enzo Maresca | ![]() | 16 June 2023 | 3 June 2024 | 53 | 36 | 4 | 13 | 67.92 | Championship champions: 2023–24 |
Steve Cooper | ![]() | 20 June 2024 | 24 November 2024 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20.00 | |
Ben Dawson | ![]() | 24 November 2024 | 1 December 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00.00 | |
Ruud van Nistelrooy | ![]() | 1 December 2024 | 27 June 2025 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 15.79 | |
This table lists the Leicester manager by nationality. Includes permanent managers and secretary/manager only.
Nationality | Number |
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