List of Swansea City A.F.C. managers

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This is a list of Swansea City A.F.C. managers and their records from 1912, when the club was founded and their first professional manager appointed, to the present day.

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History

The first manager to be appointed to Swansea Town was Walter Whittaker. In the club's first season, Whittaker led Swansea to their first Welsh Cup win. Haydn Green is Swansea's longest serving manager, having held the position for 8 years, 123 days spanning World War II. Statistically, Roberto Martínez is Swansea's most successful manager with a 50% winning percentage in all competitive games. As a player-manager, John Toshack guided Swansea City to three promotions in four years, from the Fourth Division to the First Division. Swansea finished the 1981–81 season in sixth place – their highest ever league position. There have been three managers hired on a 'permanent' basis (Kevin Cullis, Jimmy Rimmer and Micky Adams) who had winless records during their brief stints at Swansea that spanned less than four weeks between all three of them, in two separate periods of 1996 and 1997.

List of managers

This list of all managers includes performance records and honours.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost

PictureNameNationalityFromToLengthPWDLWin%HonoursRef.
Walter Whittaker Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 191231 May 19142101050.001 Welsh Cup [1]
William BartlettFlag of England.svg  England 1 August 191431 May 19153111033.33 [2]
Joe Bradshaw Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 19191 May 19262721287371047.061 Third Division South Championship [3]
Jimmy ThomsonFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4 April 192731 May 1931176594374033.52 [4]
Neil Harris Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1 July 19341 May 1939218714998032.57 [5]
Haydn Green Flag of England.svg  England 1 May 19391 September 19475013928026.00 [6]
Billy McCandless Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1 November 19481 July 195529411361120038.441 Third Division South Championship, 1 Welsh Cup [7]
Ronnie Burgess Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1 July 19551 August 1958129502257038.76 [8]
Trevor Morris Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1 August 195831 May 196532711277138034.251 Welsh Cup [9]
Glyn Davies Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1 June 19651 October 196658161527027.591 Welsh Cup [10]
Billy Lucas Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1 February 19671 March 196997342439035.05 [11]
Roy Bentley Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 196916 October 1972153564552036.601 Fourth Division promotion [12]
Harry Gregg Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1 November 19721 January 1975101342344033.66 [13]
Harry Griffiths Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1 January 197529 October 1977127542845042.52 [14]
22 November 19771 February 19789423044.44 [14]
John Toshack 2011.jpg John Toshack [nb 1] Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1 February 197829 October 19832511045988041.431 Fourth Division promotion, 1 Third Division promotion, 1 Second Division promotion, 3 Welsh Cups [15]
Doug Livermore [nb 2] Flag of England.svg  England 29 October 198321 December 19839117011.11 [16]
John Toshack 2011.jpg John Toshack [nb 1] Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 21 December 19834 March 198411236018.18 [15]
Les Chappell [nb 2] Flag of England.svg  England 4 March 198416 May 198412327025.00
Colin Appleton Flag of England.svg  England 16 May 19846 December 1984224315018.18 [17]
Les Chappell [nb 2] Flag of England.svg  England 6 December 198416 December 19841010000.00 [18]
John Bond Flag of England.svg  England 16 December 198420 December 198554151128027.78 [19]
Tommy Hutchison [nb 1] Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 21 December 19851 May 1986236710026.09 [20]
Terry Yorath, Wales Team, 1988.jpg Terry Yorath [nb 1] Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 12 July 19862 February 1989139583546041.731 Fourth Division play-off winner, 1 Welsh Cup [21]
Ian Evans Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 27 February 198913 March 199058151924025.86 [22]
Terry Yorath, Wales Team, 1988.jpg Terry Yorath Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 15 March 199021 March 199151151026029.41 [21]
Frank Burrows Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 21 March 199131 July 1995231856581036.801 Welsh Cup, 1 Football League Trophy [23]
Bobby Smith Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 199531 July 199649121423024.49 [24]
Kevin Cullis Flag of England.svg  England 8 February 199614 February 19962002000.00 [25]
Jimmy Rimmer Flag of England.svg  England 14 February 199622 February 19962011000.00 [26]
Jan Molby.jpg Jan Mølby [nb 1] Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 22 February 19968 October 199780311633038.75 [27]
Micky Adams1.JPG Micky Adams [nb 1] Flag of England.svg  England 9 October 199722 October 19973003000.00 [28]
Alan Cork Flag of England.svg  England 22 October 199730 June 199835101015028.57 [29]
John Hollins Flag of England.svg  England 1 July 199812 September 2001170634760037.061 Third Division Championship [30]
Colin Addison Flag of England.svg  England 13 September 20017 March 20023511816031.43 [31]
Roger Freestone [nb 3] Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 8 March 200220 April 20028125012.50 [32]
Nick Cusack [nb 3] Flag of England.svg  England 8 March 200219 September 20028251025.00 [33]
Brian Flynn Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 19 September 200218 March 200482282232034.15 [34]
Alan Curtis [nb 2] Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 18 March 20045 April 20044112025.00 [35]
Kenny Jackett (05.04.2014).jpg Kenny Jackett Flag of England.svg  England 5 April 200415 February 2007156694047044.231 League Two promotion, 1 Football League Trophy [36]
Nugent, Kevin.jpg Kevin Nugent [nb 2] Flag of England.svg  England 15 February 200724 February 20073012000.00 [37]
Roberto Martinez 2010.jpg Roberto Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 24 February 200715 June 2009126633726050.001 League One Championship [38]
Football against poverty 2014 - Paulo Sousa (cropped) - 2.jpg Paulo Sousa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 22 June 20095 July 201049181813036.73 [39]
Brendan Rodgers.jpg Brendan Rodgers Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 16 July 20101 June 201296432033044.791 Championship play-off winner [40]
Michael Laudrup.jpg Michael Laudrup Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 17 June 20124 February 201484292431034.521 Football League Cup [41]
Garry Monk.jpg Garry Monk Flag of England.svg  England 4 February 20149 December 201577281732036.36 [42]
Alan Curtis [nb 2] Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 9 December 201518 January 20168224025.00 [43]
Guidolin francesco (1).JPG Francesco Guidolin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 18 January 20163 October 2016259511036.00 [44]
Bob-bradley-07-04-09.jpg Bob Bradley Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3 October 201627 December 201611227018.18 [45]
Alan Curtis [nb 2] Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 27 December 20163 January 20172101050.00 [46]
Paul Clement Real Madrid.jpg Paul Clement Flag of England.svg  England 3 January 201720 December 20173712520032.43 [47]
Leon Britton.jpg Leon Britton [nb 2] Flag of England.svg  England 21 December 201728 December 20172011000.00 [48]
Carvalhal.JPG Carlos Carvalhal Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 28 December 201718 May 201824888033.33 [49]
Graham Potter 2018.jpg Graham Potter Flag of England.svg  England 11 June 201820 May 201951211119041.18 [50]
Steve Cooper.jpg Steve Cooper Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 13 June 201921 July 2021105472830044.76 [51]
Russell Martin 2019.jpg Russell Martin Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1 August 202121 June 202399362637036.36 [52]
Michael Duff in June 2022.jpg Michael Duff Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 22 June 20234 December 202321669028.57 [53]
Alan Sheehan [nb 2] Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 4 December 20235 January 20247322042.86 [54]
Luke Williams in 2022 cropped.jpg Luke Williams Flag of England.svg  England 5 January 2024present3713816035.14 [55]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Player-manager
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Caretaker manager
  3. 1 2 Freestone and Cusack were appointed as co-player-managers.


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