List of longest managerial reigns in association football

Fred Everiss managed West Bromwich Albion from 1902 to 1948—the longest managerial reign of all time.

The longest managerial reign in association football belongs to Englishman Fred Everiss, who was manager of Football League team West Bromwich Albion for over 45 years, starting his reign in 1902 and ending when he retired in 1948. ^[1] The longest post-war reign belongs to Frenchman Guy Roux, who managed Auxerre in three separate reigns totalling 44 years, taking them from France's fifth division to become Division 1 champions in 1996. ^{[2] [3]}

Managerial reigns in football have decreased since the 1960s, and by 2015, the average spell in England's top four divisions was 1.23 years. ^{[4] [5]} Managers such as Pep Guardiola and Béla Guttmann have been proponents of a "three-year rule", ^{[6] [7]} as has football journalist and author Jonathan Wilson, who writes that managers can succumb to a "fatalistic idealism" beyond this period, describing it as similar to a Greek tragedy. ^[8]

Longest reigns

In the early decades of organised football, team selection was often conducted by committee among the club directors, with an appointed 'secretary-manager' dealing with player contracts and other administrative tasks, assisted by 'trainers' dealing with coaching and fitness matters. ^{[9] [10]} As the secretary role was largely clerical and often occupied by one of the directors, they tended to remain in post for many years regardless of results in the short term. Until after World War I, some clubs never had a manager by name.

As demands and expectations on officials increased both on and off the field, gradually specialist roles became commonplace, and by the end of the 1930s, it was common for clubs in the British Isles to have an official manager as a figurehead dealing with most or all team matters, but with less long-term job security than the secretary-managers of old. Elsewhere, the separation between the office and pitchside functions persisted: the head coach in charge of training and match tactics became increasingly respected and prominent, but meanwhile while a figure closer to the ownership in the role of general manager, sporting director ^{[11] [12]} or director of football ^{[13] [14]} maintained control over financial and commercial aspects, with the levels of influence and balance of power between the coach and director varying between clubs and nations. ^{[15] [16] [17] [18]} As in the earlier era, the director would often have a tenure of several years to oversee the overall progress of the club, while the head coach would typically keep their job only for as long as the on-field results were positive.

For the purpose of this list, a separation has been made between pre-World War II reigns, which includes many secretary-managers, and the period after the conflict ended when regular competitions resumed in most countries, and longer managerial/head coach appointments became far less commonplace. For those whose terms spanned World War II, they have been placed in the section covering the majority of their reign. Long serving head coaches in international football are also recorded separately below.

Clubs

Pre-1946

• 
  George Ramsay was secretary-manager of Aston Villa from 1884 to 1926, during which time he established Villa as the most successful club in England.
• 
  Willie Maley was manager of Celtic from 1897 to 1940.
• 
  John Nicholson was secretary-manager of Sheffield United from 1899 to 1932.
• 
  Bill Struth was the Rangers manager from 1920 to 1954.

Longest managerial reigns (pre-1946)

Rank	Manager	Club	From	To	Length	Reference
1	Fred Everiss	West Bromwich Albion	1 August 1902 (1902-08-01)	31 May 1948 (1948-05-31)	45 years, 9 months and 30 days	[1] [19] [20]
2	Willie Maley	Celtic	1 September 1897 (1897-09-01)	1 February 1940 (1940-02-01)	42 years and 5 months	[19] [21] [22]
3	George Ramsay	Aston Villa	1 August 1884 (1884-08-01)	31 May 1926 (1926-05-31)	41 years, 9 months and 30 days	[23] [24] [25]
4	Jack Addenbrooke	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 August 1885 (1885-08-01)	1 June 1922 (1922-06-01)	36 years and 10 months	[26] [27]
5	John Hunter	Motherwell	30 April 1911 (1911-04-30)	1 May 1946 (1946-05-01)	35 years and 1 day	[28]
6	Frank Watt	Newcastle United	1 August 1895 (1895-08-01)	1 January 1930 (1930-01-01)	34 years and 5 months	[29]
7	Bill Struth	Rangers	20 May 1920 (1920-05-20)	15 June 1954 (1954-06-15)	34 years and 26 days	[19] [22] [30]
8	John Nicholson	Sheffield United	1 May 1899 (1899-05-01)	1 April 1932 (1932-04-01)	32 years and 11 months	[31]
9	Sam Allen	Swindon Town	1 July 1902 (1902-07-01)	1 April 1933 (1933-04-01)	30 years and 9 months	[32]
10	Syd King	West Ham United	1 April 1902 (1902-04-01)	1 November 1932 (1932-11-01)	30 years and 7 months	[33]
11	Arthur Dickinson	Sheffield Wednesday	1 August 1891 (1891-08-01)	31 May 1920 (1920-05-31)	28 years, 9 months and 30 days	[34]
12	Bob Jack	Plymouth Argyle	1 August 1910 (1910-08-01)	1 April 1938 (1938-04-01)	27 years and 8 months	[35]
13	David Calderhead	Chelsea	1 August 1907 (1907-08-01)	1 June 1933 (1933-06-01)	25 years and 10 months	[36]
14	Bob Cochrane	Greenock Morton	15 August 1908 (1908-08-15)	21 April 1934 (1934-04-21)	25 years, 8 months and 6 days	[37]
15	George Easton	Partick Thistle	15 August 1903 (1903-08-15)	1 April 1929 (1929-04-01)	25 years, 7 months and 17 days	[38] [39]
16	Johnny Madden	Slavia Prague	15 February 1905 (1905-02-15)	1 June 1930 (1930-06-01)	25 years, 3 months and 17 days	[40]
17	Charles Foweraker	Bolton Wanderers	1 July 1919 (1919-07-01)	1 August 1944 (1944-08-01)	25 years and 1 month	[41]
18	Bob Masters	Nottingham Forest	1 August 1912 (1912-08-01)	31 May 1935 (1935-05-31)	22 years, 9 months and 30 days	[42]
19	Bob Kyle	Sunderland	1 August 1905 (1905-08-01)	5 May 1928 (1928-05-05)	22 years, 9 months and 4 days	[43]
20	Harry Curtis	Brentford	1 May 1926 (1926-05-01)	1 February 1949 (1949-02-01)	22 years and 9 months	[44]
21	Alfred Jones	Birmingham City	1 August 1892 (1892-08-01)	31 May 1908 (1908-05-31)	22 years and 9 months	[45]
22	Fred Stewart	Cardiff City	1 May 1911 (1911-05-01)	1 May 1933 (1933-05-01)	22 years	[46]
23	Willie Nicol	Falkirk	16 August 1902 (1902-08-16)	9 February 1924 (1924-02-09)	21 years, 5 months and 24 days	[47] [48]
24	William Wilton	Rangers	19 August 1899 (1899-08-19)	2 May 1920 (1920-05-02)	20 years, 8 months and 13 days	[49]
25	Willie McAndrew	Hamilton Academical	3 October 1925 (1925-10-03)	26 January 1946 (1946-01-26)	20 years, 3 months and 23 days	[50]
26	Jimmy Philip	Aberdeen	20 August 1904 (1904-08-20)	19 April 1924 (1924-04-19)	19 years, 7 months and 30 days	[51] [52]
27	Tom Watson	Liverpool	26 July 1896 (1896-07-26)	16 May 1915 (1915-05-16)	18 years, 9 months and 20 days	[53]
28	Edmund Goodman	Crystal Palace	1 April 1907 (1907-04-01)	1 November 1925 (1925-11-01)	18 years and 7 months	[54]
29	Hugh Spence	Kilmarnock	15 August 1919 (1919-08-15)	11 December 1937 (1937-12-11)	18 years, 3 months and 26 days	[55]
30	Charlie Paynter	West Ham United	1 November 1932 (1932-11-01)	1 August 1950 (1950-08-01)	17 years and 9 months	[56]
31	Donald Turner	Partick Thistle	10 August 1929 (1929-08-10)	3 May 1947 (1947-05-03)	17 years, 8 months and 23 days	[57]
32	Cosme Damião	Benfica	17 October 1908	28 March 1926	17 years, 5 months and 11 days	[58]
33	Sandy Paterson	Cowdenbeath	22 December 1906 (1906-12-22)	24 April 1924 (1924-04-24)	17 years, 4 months and 2 days	[59]
34	Will Cuff	Everton	1 August 1901 (1901-08-01)	31 May 1918 (1918-05-31)	16 years, 9 months and 30 days	[60]
35	Frank Buckley	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 July 1927 (1927-07-01)	31 March 1944 (1944-03-31)	16 years, 8 months and 30 days	[27] [61]
36	Jimmy Methven	Derby County	1 August 1906 (1906-08-01)	30 June 1922 (1922-06-30)	15 years, 10 months and 29 days	[62]
37	Thomas H. McIntosh	Everton	1 August 1919 (1919-08-01)	31 May 1935 (1935-05-31)	15 years, 9 months and 30 days	[63]
38	Harry Kent	Watford	1 August 1910 (1910-08-01)	31 May 1926 (1926-05-31)	15 years, 9 months and 30 days	[64]
39	George Jobey	Derby County	1 August 1925 (1925-08-01)	1 May 1941 (1941-05-01)	15 years and 9 months	[65]
40	Peter O'Rourke	Bradford City	1 November 1905 (1905-11-01)	30 June 1921 (1921-06-30)	15 years, 7 months and 29 days	[66]
41	Willie McCartney	Heart of Midlothian	22 November 1919 (1919-11-22)	27 April 1935 (1935-04-27)	15 years, 5 months and 5 days	[67]
42	Elisha Scott	Belfast Celtic	1 May 1934	30 May 1949	15 years and 29 days	[68] [69]
43	Tully Craig	Falkirk	27 April 1935 (1935-04-27)	1 May 1950 (1950-05-01)	15 years and 4 days	[70] [71]
44	Dionys Schönecker	Rapid Wien	1 September 1910	30 June 1925	14 years, 9 months and 29 days
45	Wilf Wild	Manchester City	1 March 1932 (1932-03-01)	1 November 1946 (1946-11-01)	14 years and 8 months	[72]
46	John Haworth	Burnley	31 July 1910 (1910-07-31)	4 December 1924 (1924-12-04)	14 years, 5 months and 30 days	[73]
47	Dan McMichael	Hibernian	20 August 1904 (1904-08-20)	1 February 1919 (1919-02-01)	14 years, 5 months and 12 days	[74]
48	Peter McWilliam	Tottenham Hotspur	1 January 1913 (1913-01-01)	1 February 1927 (1927-02-01)	14 years and 1 month	[75]
49	Robert Brown	Sheffield Wednesday	1 June 1920 (1920-06-01)	1 December 1933 (1933-12-01)	13 years and 6 months	[76]
50	Paddy Travers	Aberdeen	1 August 1924 (1924-08-01)	20 November 1937 (1937-11-20)	13 years, 3 months and 19 days	[77] [78]

Post-1946

• 
  Guy Roux managed Auxerre for over 40 years in total
• 
  Alex Ferguson managed Manchester United for 26 years, the longest reign in post-war English football
• 
  Arsène Wenger was manager of Arsenal for 22 seasons
• 
  Francky Dury managed Zultse VV and their successor Zulte Waregem for a combined 28 years across three spells

Longest managerial reigns (post-1946)

Rank	Manager	Club	From	To	Length	Reference
1	Jimmy Davies	Waterloo Dock	1 January 1963 (1963-01-01)	1 January 2013 (2013-01-01)	50 years	[79]
2	Guy Roux	Auxerre	1 January 1964 (1964-01-01)	30 June 2000 (2000-06-30)	36 years, 5 months and 29 days	[22] [80] [81]
3	Roly Howard	Marine	12 August 1972 (1972-08-12)	1 June 2005 (2005-06-01)	32 years, 9 months and 20 days	[82]
4	Ronnie McFall	Portadown	1 December 1986 (1986-12-01)	5 March 2016 (2016-03-05)	29 years, 3 months and 4 days	[22] [83]
5	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	6 November 1986 (1986-11-06)	19 May 2013 (2013-05-19)	26 years, 6 months and 13 days	[22] [80]
6	Michel Le Millinaire	Laval	1 July 1968 (1968-07-01)	27 October 1992 (1992-10-27)	24 years, 3 months and 26 days	[80] [84]
7	Dario Gradi	Crewe Alexandra	9 June 1983 (1983-06-09)	1 July 2007 (2007-07-01)	24 years and 22 days	[80]
8	Mickey Evans	Caersws	1 August 1983 (1983-08-01)	1 June 2007 (2007-06-01)	23 years and 10 months	[22]
9	Matt Busby	Manchester United	1 October 1945 (1945-10-01)	4 June 1969 (1969-06-04)	23 years, 8 months and 3 days	[85]
10	Jimmy Seed	Charlton Athletic	16 May 1933 (1933-05-16)	1 October 1956 (1956-10-01)	23 years, 4 months and 15 days	[86]
11	Joe Smith	Blackpool	19 August 1935 (1935-08-19)	30 April 1958 (1958-04-30)	22 years, 8 months and 11 days	[87]
12	Arsène Wenger	Arsenal	1 October 1996 (1996-10-01)	13 May 2018 (2018-05-13)	21 years, 7 months and 12 days	[80]
13	Jim McLean	Dundee United	6 December 1971 (1971-12-06)	15 May 1993 (1993-05-15)	21 years, 5 months and 9 days	[88] [89]
14	Bruno Luzi	Chambly	1 July 2001 (2001-07-01)	2 April 2022 (2022-04-02)	20 years, 9 months and 1 day	[90]
15	Teddy Davison	Sheffield United	1 June 1932 (1932-06-01)	1 August 1952 (1952-08-01)	20 years and 2 months	[91]
16	Jimmy McGrory	Celtic	11 August 1945 (1945-08-11)	6 March 1965 (1965-03-06)	19 years, 6 months and 23 days	[92] [93]
17	Stephen Baxter	Crusaders	23 February 2005 (2005-02-23)	Present	19 years, 2 months and 1 day	[94]
18	Paddy Travers	Clyde	27 November 1937 (1937-11-27)	28 April 1956 (1956-04-28)	18 years, 5 months and 1 day	[95]
19	Brian Clough	Nottingham Forest	3 January 1975 (1975-01-03)	8 May 1993 (1993-05-08)	18 years, 4 months and 5 days	[80]
20	Ted Bates	Southampton	1 September 1955 (1955-09-01)	18 November 1973 (1973-11-18)	18 years, 2 months and 17 days	[96]
21	Bill Murray	Sunderland	1 April 1939 (1939-04-01)	1 June 1957 (1957-06-01)	18 years and 2 months	[97]
22	Eddie Hunter	Queen's Park	30 April 1979 (1979-04-30)	10 December 1994 (1994-12-10)	17 years, 4 months and 2 days	[98] [99]
23	Dave Halliday	Aberdeen	25 December 1937 (1937-12-25)	23 April 1955 (1955-04-23)	17 years, 3 months and 29 days	[100] [101]
24	David Jeffrey	Linfield	4 January 1997 (1997-01-04)	30 April 2014 (2014-04-30)	17 years, 3 months and 26 days	[102]
25	Bert Henderson	Arbroath	6 October 1962 (1962-10-06)	19 January 1980 (1980-01-19)	17 years, 3 months and 13 days	[103]
26	Michael Anhaeuser	Charleston Battery	1 September 2004 (2004-09-01)	1 November 2021 (2021-11-01)	17 years and 2 months	[104] [105]
27	Vegard Hansen	Mjøndalen	10 October 2005 (2005-10-10)	18 August 2022 (2022-08-18)	16 years, 10 months and 8 days	[106] [107]
28	Bill Ridding	Bolton Wanderers	1 October 1951 (1951-10-01)	1 August 1968 (1968-08-01)	16 years and 10 months	[108]
29	Tony Waddington	Stoke City	1 June 1960 (1960-06-01)	22 March 1977 (1977-03-22)	16 years, 9 months and 21 days	[80]
30	Frank Schmidt	Heidenheim	17 September 2007 (2007-09-17)	Present	16 years, 7 months and 7 days	[109]
31	Ionuţ Vintilă	F.C. Romania	1 August 2006 (2006-08-01)	31 December 2022 (2022-12-31)	16 years, 4 months and 30 days	[110]
32	Eric Taylor	Sheffield Wednesday	1 April 1942 (1942-04-01)	31 July 1958 (1958-07-31)	16 years, 3 months and 30 days	[111]
33	Stan Cullis	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 June 1948 (1948-06-01)	1 August 1964 (1964-08-01)	16 years and 2 months	[27] [112]
34	Iurii Hodîchin	Dinamo Bender	1 January 1999 (1999-01-01)	1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)	16 years	[113]
35	José Arribas	Nantes	14 July 1960 (1960-07-14)	30 June 1976 (1976-06-30)	15 years, 11 months and 16 days	[80]
36	Francky Dury	Zultse VV / Zulte Waregem [lower-alpha 1]	1 July 1994 (1994-07-01)	9 June 2010 (2010-06-09)	15 years, 11 months and 8 days	[22]
37	Volker Finke	Freiburg	1 July 1991 (1991-07-01)	27 May 2007 (2007-05-27)	15 years, 10 months and 26 days	[80]
38	Bill Nicholson	Tottenham Hotspur	11 October 1958 (1958-10-11)	29 August 1974 (1974-08-29)	15 years, 10 months and 18 days	[114] [115]
39	Gurban Gurbanov	Qarabağ	4 August 2008 (2008-08-04)	Present	15 years, 8 months and 20 days	[116]
40	Bert Herdman	Raith Rovers	23 February 1946 (1946-02-23)	14 October 1961 (1961-10-14)	15 years, 7 months and 21 days	[117]
41	Tommy Walker	Heart of Midlothian	17 February 1951 (1951-02-17)	24 September 1966 (1966-09-24)	15 years, 7 months and 7 days	[118]
42	Jimmy Davies	Greenock Morton	28 October 1939 (1939-10-28)	29 January 1955 (1955-01-29)	15 years, 3 months and 1 day	[119]
43	John Rudge	Port Vale	5 December 1983 (1983-12-05)	18 January 1999 (1999-01-18)	15 years, 1 month and 13 days	[120] [121]
44	Jimmy McKinnell Jr.	Queen of the South	20 April 1946 (1946-04-20)	29 April 1961 (1961-04-29)	15 years and 9 days	[122]
45	Eugène Gerards	OFI	1 July 1985 (1985-07-01)	30 June 2000 (2000-06-30)	14 years, 11 months and 29 days	[123]
46	Simon Weaver	Harrogate Town	20 May 2009 (2009-05-20)	Present	14 years, 11 months and 4 days	[124]
47	George Kay	Liverpool	1 May 1936 (1936-05-01)	28 February 1951 (1951-02-28)	14 years, 9 months and 27 days	[125]
48	John Lyall	West Ham United	16 August 1974 (1974-08-16)	5 June 1989 (1989-06-05)	14 years, 9 months and 20 days	[80]
49	Peter Vermes	Sporting Kansas City	4 August 2009 (2009-08-04)	Present	14 years, 8 months and 20 days	[126]
50	Bill Shankly	Liverpool	14 December 1959 (1959-12-14)	12 July 1974 (1974-07-12)	14 years, 6 months and 28 days	[127]
51	Otto Rehhagel	Werder Bremen	2 April 1981	30 June 1995	14 years, 2 months and 28 days	[128]
52	Thomas Schaaf	Werder Bremen	10 May 1999	18 May 2013	14 years and 8 days	[128] [129]
53	Hugh Shaw	Hibernian	31 January 1948 (1948-01-31)	4 November 1961 (1961-11-04)	13 years, 9 months and 4 days	[130]
54	Miguel Muñoz	Real Madrid	17 April 1960 (1960-04-17)	15 January 1974 (1974-01-15)	13 years, 8 months and 29 days	[131]

National teams

Guillermo Stábile managed Argentina for almost 19 years, the longest reign in international football

Oscar Tabárez was Uruguay manager for 16 years, the longest streak in the 21st century

Longest managerial reigns in international football ^[132]

Rank	Manager	National team	From	To	Length	Reference
1	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina	13 August 1939 (1939-08-13)	15 June 1958 (1958-06-15)	18 years, 10 months and 2 days	[133]
2	Vittorio Pozzo	Italy	1 December 1929 (1929-12-01)	5 August 1948 (1948-08-05)	18 years, 8 months and 4 days	[19] [22] [134]
3	Hugo Meisl	Austria	5 October 1919 (1919-10-05) [lower-alpha 2]	17 February 1937 (1937-02-17)	17 years, 4 months and 12 days	[134] [135]
4	Walter Winterbottom	England	28 September 1946 (1946-09-28)	21 November 1962 (1962-11-21)	16 years, 1 month and 24 days	[134] [136]
5	Paul Philipp	Luxembourg	25 September 1985 (1985-09-25)	10 June 2001 (2001-06-10)	15 years, 8 months and 16 days	[134] [137]
6	Óscar Tabárez	Uruguay	7 March 2006 (2006-03-07)	19 November 2021 (2021-11-19)	15 years, 8 months and 12 days	[138]
7	John Pettersson	Sweden	26 March 1921 (1921-03-26)	27 September 1936 (1936-09-27)	15 years, 6 months and 1 day	[139]
8	Morten Olsen	Denmark	1 July 2000 (2000-07-01)	17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)	15 years, 4 months and 16 days	[134] [140]
9	Bob Glendenning	Netherlands	15 March 1925 (1925-03-15)	21 April 1940 (1940-04-21)	15 years, 1 month and 6 days	[134] [141]
10	Giampaolo Mazza	San Marino	10 October 1998 (1998-10-10)	15 October 2013 (2013-10-15)	15 years and 5 days	[134] [142]
11	Joachim Löw	Germany	12 July 2006 (2006-07-12)	29 June 2021 (2021-06-29)	14 years, 11 months and 17 days	[143]
12	Koldo Álvarez	Andorra	2 February 2010 (2010-02-02)	Present	14 years, 2 months and 22 days	[144]
13	Billy Bingham	Northern Ireland	26 March 1980 (1980-03-26)	17 November 1993 (1993-11-17)	13 years, 7 months and 22 days	[134] [145]
14	Helmut Schön	West Germany	4 November 1964 (1964-11-04)	21 June 1978 (1978-06-21)	13 years, 7 months and 17 days	[134] [146]
15	Luc Holtz	Luxembourg	4 August 2010 (2010-08-04)	Present	13 years, 8 months and 20 days	[147]
16	Sepp Herberger	West Germany	22 November 1950 (1950-11-22)	7 June 1964 (1964-06-07)	13 years, 6 months and 16 days	[134] [148]
17	Guy Thys	Belgium	22 May 1976 (1976-05-22)	8 June 1989 (1989-06-08)	13 years and 17 days	[134] [149]
18	Olavi Laaksonen	Finland	19 June 1962 (1962-06-19)	9 October 1974 (1974-10-09)	12 years, 3 months and 20 days	[150]
19	Didier Deschamps	France	8 July 2012 (2012-07-08)	Present	11 years, 9 months and 16 days	[151]
20	Alf Ramsey	England	27 February 1963 (1963-02-27)	3 April 1974 (1974-04-03)	11 years, 1 month and 7 days	[152]
21	Georg Buschner	East Germany	1 May 1970 (1970-05-01)	31 May 1981 (1981-05-31)	11 years and 30 days	[153]
22	José María Mateos	Spain	1 January 1922 (1922-01-01)	1 January 1933 (1933-01-01)	11 years	[154]
23	David Rodrigo	Andorra	1 May 1999 (1999-05-01)	1 February 2010 (2010-02-01)	10 years and 9 months	[155]
24	Sepp Piontek	Denmark	1 July 1979 (1979-07-01)	1 April 1990 (1990-04-01)	10 years and 9 months	[156]
25	Enzo Bearzot	Italy	27 September 1975 (1975-09-27)	17 June 1986 (1986-06-17)	10 years, 8 months and 21 days	[157]
26	Peter Doherty	Northern Ireland	6 October 1951 (1951-10-06)	9 May 1962 (1962-05-09)	10 years, 7 months and 3 days	[158]
27	Dave Bowen	Wales	1 September 1964 (1964-09-01)	30 June 1974 (1974-06-30)	9 years, 9 months and 29 days	[159]
28	Aliou Cisse	Senegal	5 March 2015 (2015-03-05)	Present	9 years, 1 month and 19 days

See also

• List of football managers with most games

Notes

1. Retained as manager after Zultse merged with K.S.V. Waregem in 2001.
2. Prior to this, joint manager from October 1914 along with Heinrich Retschury.

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