List of West Bromwich Albion F.C. managers

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Fred Everiss was West Bromwich Albion's secretary-manager for a league record 46 years. Fred Everiss.jpg
Fred Everiss was West Bromwich Albion's secretary-manager for a league record 46 years.

The following is a list of West Bromwich Albion managers from the founding of West Bromwich Albion F.C. in 1878 until the present. It includes both those who have been in permanent charge as well as caretaker managers.

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All managers prior to 1948 were given the title secretary-manager, and dates for appointment of these should be taken only as approximate, although the years should be correct. The first secretary-manager was Louis Ford in 1890. Fred Everiss served as Albion's secretary-manager during 1902–1948, his 46 years in the post constituting a league record. A high turnover of managers at the club since then has meant that no-one has come close to this length of service, with 28 full-time managers having been appointed in the period 1948–2006. [1]

The full-time post of manager was created in 1948, with Jack Smith the first to take up the position. Albion's longest serving full-time manager was Vic Buckingham, who led the club for six years and in 1953–54 guided the club to victory in the FA Cup and a runners-up spot in the league.

From the 2009–10 season the title of manager was changed to head coach.

Managers and head coaches

Only competitive matches are counted. As of 13th April 2024.

NameNationalityFromToPWDLWin %HonoursNotes
Louis Ford Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 189031 May 18925818103031.03 FA Cup winners 1892 [2]
Henry Jackson Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 189231 May 1894622692741.94 [2]
Edward Stephenson Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 189431 May 1895361451738.89FA Cup runners-up 1895 [2]
Clement Keys Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 189531 May 1896381091926.32 [2]
Frank Heaven Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 18961 August 190221486458340.19 Division Two winners 1901–02 [2]
Fred Everiss Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 190231 May 1948152065633153343.16Division Two winners 1910–11, FA Cup runners-up 1912, 1935, Division One winners 1919–20, Division One runners-up 1924–25, Division Two runners-up 1930–31, FA Cup winners 1931 [2] [3]
Jack Smith Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1 July 194830 April 195217970466339.11Division Two runners-up 1948–49 [4]
Jesse Carver Flag of England.svg  England 1 May 19521 February 195329164955.17
Vic Buckingham Flag of England.svg  England 1 February 195331 May 1959301130789343.19Division One runners-up 1953–54, FA Cup winners 1954 [5]
Gordon Clark Flag of England.svg  England 1 June 19591 October 19619942183942.42
Archie Macaulay Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1 October 19611 April 19636726182338.81
Jimmy Hagan Flag of England.svg  England 1 April 196331 May 196720178497438.81 League Cup winners 1966, League Cup runners-up 1967
Alan Ashman Flag of England.svg  England 1 June 19671 June 197118264496935.16FA Cup winners 1968, League Cup runners-up 1970
Don Howe Flag of England.svg  England 8 July 19717 April 197516552466731.52
Brian Whitehouse Flag of England.svg  England 7 April 197514 June 1975320166.67 [6] [7]
Johnny Giles Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 5 July 197521 May 19778536272242.35 [8]
Ronnie Allen Flag of England.svg  England 21 June 197722 December 19772097445.00
John Wile Flag of England.svg  England 23 December 197711 January 1978411225.00 [6] [8] [9] [10]
Ron Atkinson Flag of England.svg  England 12 January 19789 June 198115970533644.03
Ronnie Allen Flag of England.svg  England 1 July 19811 May 1982379111724.32
Ron Wylie Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 27 July 198213 February 19846924162934.78
Johnny Giles Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 14 February 198429 September 19857424153532.43
Nobby Stiles Flag of England.svg  England 29 September 19851 February 198621381014.29
Ron Saunders Flag of England.svg  England 14 February 19862 September 19876414193121.88
Ron Atkinson Flag of England.svg  England 3 September 198712 October 19885315152328.30
Brian Talbot Flag of England.svg  England 13 October 19881 November 19884400100.00 [6] [8]
Brian Talbot Flag of England.svg  England 2 November 19888 January 199111434394129.82 [8]
Stuart Pearson Flag of England.svg  England 9 January 199125 February 1991621333.33 [6]
Bobby Gould Flag of England.svg  England 25 February 19915 May 19926622232133.33
Osvaldo Ardiles Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 8 May 199219 June 19935530111454.55Division Two play-off winners 1992–93
Keith Burkinshaw Flag of England.svg  England 19 June 199317 October 19946415193023.44
Alan Buckley Flag of England.svg  England 20 October 199422 January 199711839344533.05
Arthur Mann Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 21 January 19975 February 1997311133.33 [6]
Ray Harford Flag of England.svg  England 6 February 19974 December 1997401971447.50
Richie Barker Flag of England.svg  England 5 December 199712 December 19971100100.00 [6]
John Trewick Flag of England.svg  England 13 December 199723 December 199720020.00 [6]
Denis Smith Flag of England.svg  England 24 December 199727 July 19997422203229.73 [11] [12] [13]
Cyrille Regis &
John Gorman 		Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 		28 July 19992 August 19990000 [6]
Brian Little Flag of England.svg  England 3 August 19996 March 2000418181519.51
Cyrille Regis &
Allan Evans 		Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 		7 March 20008 March 20001100100.00 [6]
Gary Megson Flag of England.svg  England 9 March 200026 October 200422194507742.53Division One runners-up 2001–02, 2003–04 [14]
Frank Burrows Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 27 October 20048 November 200420110.00 [6] [15]
Bryan Robson Flag of England.svg  England 9 November 200418 September 20068119243823.46 [16]
Nigel Pearson Flag of England.svg  England 19 September 200617 October 2006431075.00 [6] [17]
Craig Shakespeare Flag of England.svg  England 17 October 200617 October 20061100100.00 [6] [18]
Tony Mowbray Flag of England.svg  England 18 October 200616 June 200914057325140.71 Football League Championship winners 2007–08 [19]
Roberto Di Matteo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 30 June 20096 February 20118240192348.78 Football League Championship runners up 2009–10 [20] [21]
Michael Appleton Flag of England.svg  England 6 February 201114 February 201110100.00 [6] [22]
Roy Hodgson Flag of England.svg  England 14 February 20111 May 20125420132137.04 [23]
Steve Clarke Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 12 June 201214 December 20136019152631.67 [24]
Keith Downing Flag of England.svg  England 14 December 201311 January 2014613216.67 [6] [25]
Pepe Mel Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9 January 201412 May 20141736817.65 [26]
Alan Irvine Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 14 June 201429 December 201422561122.73 [27]
Rob Kelly Flag of England.svg  England 29 December 20141 January 201510100.00 [6] [28]
Tony Pulis Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1 January 201520 November 201712136364929.75 [29]
Gary Megson Flag of England.svg  England 20 November 201729 November 201720200.00 [14] [6]
Alan Pardew Flag of England.svg  England 29 November 20172 April 201821351314.3 [30]
Darren Moore Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2 April 20189 March 20194823131247.92 [31]
James Shan Flag of England.svg  England 10 March 201913 June 20191271458.33 [6] [32]
Slaven Bilić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 13 June 201916 December 20206526221740.00 Football League Championship runners up 2019–2020
Sam Allardyce Flag of England.svg  England 16 December 202023 May 202126481415.4
Valérien Ismaël Flag of France.svg  France 24 June 20212 February 2022311291038.71

Steve Bruce

Flag of England.svg  England 3 February 202210 October 2022328121225.0

Richard Beale

Flag of England.svg  England 10 October 202224 October 2022310233.33

Carlos Corberan

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25 October 2022present7738162349.35

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ronnie Allen, Ron Atkinson and Johnny Giles all served as manager during two separate spells at Albion, thus are each counted twice in this total.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Secretary-manager
  3. ↑ Longest serving manager or secretary-manager
  4. ↑ First dedicated, full-time manager
  5. ↑ Longest serving full-time manager
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Caretaker manager(s)
  7. ↑ Robson pp. 26–27
  8. 1 2 3 4 Player-manager
  9. ↑ Matthews (2005) p. 257
  10. ↑ Matthews (2007) p. 332
  11. ↑ Moore, David (24 December 1997). "Football: Albion job for Smith". Daily Mirror. London. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Denis Smith". League Managers Association. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "West Bromwich Albion 1997–1998: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
    "West Bromwich Albion 1998–1999: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  14. 1 2 "Gary Megson's managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "Frank Burrows's managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  16. ↑ "Bryan Robson's managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  17. ↑ "Nigel Pearson's managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  18. ↑ "Crystal Palace 0-2 West Brom". BBC Sport. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  19. ↑ "Tony Mowbray's managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 26 March 2008.
  20. ↑ "Roberto Di Matteo's managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  21. ↑ Di Matteo's role is head coach, not manager.
  22. ↑ "Michael Appleton's managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  23. ↑ "Roy Hodgson's managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  24. ↑ "Steve Clarke's managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  25. ↑ "Keith Downing's managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  26. ↑ "Pepe Mel's managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  27. ↑ "Alan Irvine's managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  28. ↑ "Rob Kelly's managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  29. ↑ "Tony Pulis' managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  30. ↑ "Alan Pardew's managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  31. ↑ "Darren Moore's managerial career". soccerbase.com. Racing Post . Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  32. ↑ Caretaker manager

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