List of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. managers

Bill Nicholson (pictured) is Tottenham Hotspur's most successful manager, with 12 honours during his tenure at the club.

The following is a table of managers and coaches that have been in charge of Tottenham Hotspur in date ascending order from past to present. ^[1]

Managers

• Listed according to when they became managers for Tottenham Hotspur:
• (A) – acting
• (C) – caretaker
• (I) – interim

Year	Nat	Name	Year	Nat	Name	Year	Nat	Name
1898		Frank Brettell	1994		Steve Perryman (C)	2023		Ange Postecoglou [2]
1899		John Cameron	1994		Gerry Francis	2025		Thomas Frank [3]
1907		Fred Kirkham	1997		Chris Hughton (C)
1912		Peter McWilliam	1997		Christian Gross
1927		Billy Minter	1998		David Pleat (C)
1930		Percy Smith	1998		George Graham
1935		Wally Hardinge (C)	2001		David Pleat (C)
1935		Jack Tresadern	2001		Glenn Hoddle
1938		Peter McWilliam	2003		David Pleat (C)
1942		Arthur Turner	2004		Jacques Santini
1946		Joe Hulme	2004		Martin Jol
1949		Arthur Rowe	2007		Clive Allen & Alex Inglethorpe (C)
1955		Jimmy Anderson	2007		Juande Ramos
1958		Bill Nicholson	2008		Clive Allen & Alex Inglethorpe (C)
1974		Terry Neill	2008		Harry Redknapp
1976		Keith Burkinshaw	2012		André Villas-Boas
1984		Peter Shreeves	2013		Tim Sherwood
1986		David Pleat	2014		Mauricio Pochettino [4]
1987		Trevor Hartley (C)	2019		José Mourinho [5]
1987		Doug Livermore	2021		Ryan Mason (I) [6]
1987		Terry Venables	2021		Nuno Espírito Santo [7]
1991		Peter Shreeves	2021		Antonio Conte [8]
1992		Doug Livermore & Ray Clemence	2023		Cristian Stellini (A) [9]
1993		Osvaldo Ardiles	2023		Ryan Mason (A) [10]

Managers with the highest win percentage

Based on win percentage in all competitive competitions

• Stats correct as of 13 April 2025

Rank	Manager	Years	Played	Won	Win %	Ref
1	Frank Brettell	1898–1899	52	34	65.38	[11] [12]
2	Arthur Turner [ citation needed ]	1942–1946	49	27	55.10
3	André Villas-Boas	2012–2013	80	44	55.00	[13]
4	Mauricio Pochettino	2014–2019	293	159	54.27	[14]
5	Antonio Conte	2021–2023	76 [nb 1]	41	53.95	[15]
6	John Cameron [ citation needed ]	1899–1907	570	296	51.93
7	José Mourinho	2019–2021	86	44	51.16	[16]
8	David Pleat	1986–1987, 1998, 2001, 2003–2004 [nb 2]	118	59	50.00	[17]
9	Tim Sherwood	2013–2014	28	14	50.00	[18]
10	Harry Redknapp	2008–2012	198	98	49.49	[19]
11	Bill Nicholson	1958–1974	823	401	48.72	[20] [21]
12	Arthur Rowe	1949–1955	278	135	48.56	[22] [23]

Notes

1. Does not include 0–3 loss in forfeited match in the UEFA Europa Conference League against Rennes on 9 December 2021.
2. David Pleat was permanent manager for the period 1986–1987 and caretaker manager for the periods 1998, 2001 and 2003–2004. Statistics are for Pleat's combined total of games for all four periods.

Honours

Manager	Honours	Total
John Cameron	Southern League: 1899–1900 FA Cup: 1900–01 Sheriff of London Charity Shield: 1902 Western League: 1903–04	3
Peter McWilliam	Second Division: 1919–20 FA Cup: 1920–21 FA Charity Shield: 1921	3
Arthur Rowe	First Division: 1950–51 Second Division: 1949–50 FA Charity Shield: 1951	3
Bill Nicholson	First Division: 1960–61 FA Cup: 1960–61, 1961–62, 1966–67 League Cup: 1970–71, 1972–73 FA Charity Shield: 1961, 1962, 1967 (shared) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1962–63 UEFA Cup: 1971–72 Anglo-Italian League Cup: 1971	12
Keith Burkinshaw	FA Cup: 1980–81, 1981–82 FA Charity Shield: 1981 (shared) UEFA Cup: 1983–84	4
Terry Venables	FA Cup: 1990–91	1
Peter Shreeves	FA Charity Shield: 1991 (shared)	1
George Graham	League Cup: 1998–99	1
Juande Ramos	League Cup: 2007–08	1
Ange Postecoglou	UEFA Europa League: 2024–25	1

References

1. "Manager list". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 8 November 2004.
2. "Club announcement – Appointment of Ange Postecoglou as Head Coach". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
3. "Club announcement – Thomas Frank Joins as Head Coach". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
4. "Mauricio Pochettino: Tottenham appoint Southampton boss". BBC Sport. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
5. Aarons, Ed (20 November 2019). "Tottenham Hotspur: José Mourinho named new manager of Spurs". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
6. "Coaching update". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
7. "Nuno Espírito Santo appointed new Head Coach". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
8. "Antonio Conte appointed new Head Coach". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
9. "Club Announcement – Antonio Departs". Tottenham Hotspur. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
10. "Coaching Update". Tottenham Hotspur. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
11. Soar, Phil (1997). The Official Illustrated History: Tottenham Hotspur 1882–1997. London: Hamlyn. p. 200. ISBN   978-0-60059-265-5.
12. "Frank Brettell". TopSpurs. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
13. "Tottenham – Managers – Andre Villas-Boas". SoccerBase. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
14. "Tottenham – Managers – Mauricio Pochettino". SoccerBase. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
15. "Tottenham – Managers – Antonio Conte". SoccerBase. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
16. "Tottenham – Managers – Jose Mourinho". SoccerBase. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
17. "Tottenham – Managers – David Pleat". SoccerBase. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
18. "Tottenham – Managers – Tim Sherwood". SoccerBase. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
19. "Tottenham – Managers – Harry Redknapp". SoccerBase. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
20. "Tottenham – Managers – Bill Nicholson". SoccerBase. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
21. "Bill Nicholson Manager Statistics". ManagerStats. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
22. "Tottenham – Managers – Arthur Rowe". SoccerBase. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
23. "Arthur Rowe Manager Statistics". ManagerStats. Retrieved 15 April 2025.

External links

• List of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. managers at Topspurs.com