List of longest managerial reigns in association football

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

The longest managerial reign in association football belongs to Englishman Jimmy Davies who was manager of Waterloo Dock for 50 years. Second to this, Fred Everiss 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] [a] 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. [3] [4]

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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. [5] [6] Managers such as Pep Guardiola and Béla Guttmann have been proponents of a "three-year rule", [7] [8] 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. [9]

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. [10] [11] 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 [12] [13] or director of football [14] [15] 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. [16] [17] [18] [19] 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

Longest managerial reigns (pre-1946)
RankManagerClubFromToLengthReference
1 Flag of England.svg Fred Everiss Flag of England.svg West Bromwich Albion 1 August 190231 May 194845 years, 304 days [1] [20] [21]
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Maley Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic 1 September 18971 February 194042 years, 153 days [20] [22] [23]
3 Flag of Scotland.svg George Ramsay Flag of England.svg Aston Villa 1 August 188431 May 192641 years, 303 days [24] [25] [26]
4 Flag of England.svg Jack Addenbrooke Flag of England.svg Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 August 18851 June 192236 years, 304 days [27] [28]
5 Flag of Scotland.svg John Hunter Flag of Scotland.svg Motherwell 30 April 19111 May 194635 years, 1 day [29]
6 Flag of Scotland.svg Frank Watt Flag of England.svg Newcastle United 1 August 18951 January 193034 years, 153 days [30]
7 Flag of Scotland.svg Bill Struth Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers 20 May 192015 June 195434 years, 26 days [20] [23] [31]
8 Flag of Scotland.svg John Nicholson Flag of England.svg Sheffield United 1 May 18991 April 193232 years, 336 days [32]
9 Flag of England.svg Sam Allen Flag of England.svg Swindon Town 1 July 19021 April 193330 years, 274 days [33]
10 Flag of England.svg Syd King Flag of England.svg West Ham United 1 April 19021 November 193230 years, 214 days [34]
11 Flag of England.svg Arthur Dickinson Flag of England.svg Sheffield Wednesday 1 August 189131 May 192028 years, 304 days [35]
12 Flag of Scotland.svg Bob Jack Flag of England.svg Plymouth Argyle 1 August 19101 April 193827 years, 243 days [36]
13 Flag of Scotland.svg David Calderhead Flag of England.svg Chelsea 1 August 19071 June 193325 years, 304 days [37]
14 Flag of Scotland.svg Bob Cochrane Flag of Scotland.svg Greenock Morton 15 August 190821 April 193425 years, 249 days [38]
15 Flag of Scotland.svg George Easton Flag of Scotland.svg Partick Thistle 15 August 19031 April 192925 years, 229 days [39] [40]
16 Flag of Scotland.svg Johnny Madden Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slavia Prague 15 February 19051 June 193025 years, 106 days [41]
17 Flag of England.svg Charles Foweraker Flag of England.svg Bolton Wanderers 1 July 19191 August 194425 years, 31 days [42]
18 Flag of England.svg Bob Masters Flag of England.svg Nottingham Forest 1 August 191231 May 193522 years, 303 days [43]
19 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Bob Kyle Flag of England.svg Sunderland 1 August 19055 May 192822 years, 278 days [44]
20 Flag of England.svg Harry Curtis Flag of England.svg Brentford 1 May 19261 February 194922 years, 276 days [45]
21 Flag of England.svg Alfred Jones Flag of England.svg Birmingham City 1 August 189231 May 190822 years, 276 days [46]
22 Flag of England.svg Fred Stewart Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Cardiff City 1 May 19111 May 193322 years, 0 days [47]
23 Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Nicol Flag of Scotland.svg Falkirk 16 August 19029 February 192421 years, 177 days [48] [49]
24 Flag of Scotland.svg William Wilton Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers 19 August 18992 May 192020 years, 257 days [50]
25 Flag of Scotland.svg Willie McAndrew Flag of Scotland.svg Hamilton Academical 3 October 192526 January 194620 years, 115 days [51]
26 Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy Philip Flag of Scotland.svg Aberdeen 20 August 190419 April 192419 years, 243 days [52] [53]
27 Flag of Scotland.svg Bob McGlashan Flag of Scotland.svg Arbroath 1 June 19271 June 194619 years, 0 days [54]
28 Flag of England.svg Tom Watson Flag of England.svg Liverpool 26 July 189616 May 191518 years, 294 days [55]
29 Flag of England.svg Edmund Goodman Flag of England.svg Crystal Palace 1 April 19071 November 192518 years, 214 days [56]
30 Flag of Scotland.svg Hugh Spence Flag of Scotland.svg Kilmarnock 15 August 191911 December 193718 years, 118 days [57]
31 Flag of England.svg Charlie Paynter Flag of England.svg West Ham United 1 November 19321 August 195017 years, 273 days [58]
32 Flag of Scotland.svg Donald Turner Flag of Scotland.svg Partick Thistle 10 August 19293 May 194717 years, 266 days [59]
33 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Cosme Damião Flag of Portugal (official).svg Benfica 17 October 190828 March 192617 years, 162 days [60]
34 Flag of Scotland.svg Sandy Paterson Flag of Scotland.svg Cowdenbeath 22 December 190624 April 192417 years, 124 days [61]
35 Flag of England.svg Will Cuff Flag of England.svg Everton 1 August 190131 May 191816 years, 303 days [62]
36 Flag of England.svg Frank Buckley Flag of England.svg Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 July 192731 March 194416 years, 274 days [28] [63]
37 Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy Methven Flag of England.svg Derby County 1 August 190630 June 192215 years, 333 days [64]
38 Flag of England.svg Thomas H. McIntosh Flag of England.svg Everton 1 August 191931 May 193515 years, 303 days [65]
39 Flag of England.svg Harry Kent Flag of England.svg Watford 1 August 191031 May 192615 years, 303 days [66]
40 Flag of England.svg George Jobey Flag of England.svg Derby County 1 August 19251 May 194115 years, 273 days [67]
41 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter O'Rourke Flag of England.svg Bradford City 1 November 190530 June 192115 years, 241 days [68]
42 Flag of Scotland.svg Willie McCartney Flag of Scotland.svg Heart of Midlothian 22 November 191927 April 193515 years, 156 days [69]
43 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Elisha Scott Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Belfast Celtic 1 May 193430 May 194915 years, 29 days [70] [71]
44 Flag of Scotland.svg Tully Craig Flag of Scotland.svg Falkirk 27 April 19351 May 195015 years, 4 days [72] [73]
45 Flag of Austria.svg Dionys Schönecker Flag of Austria.svg Rapid Wien 1 September 191030 June 192514 years, 302 days
46 Flag of England.svg Wilf Wild Flag of England.svg Manchester City 1 March 19321 November 194614 years, 245 days [74]
47 Flag of England.svg John Haworth Flag of England.svg Burnley 31 July 19104 December 192414 years, 183 days [75]
48 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Dan McMichael Flag of Scotland.svg Hibernian 20 August 19041 February 191914 years, 165 days [76]
49 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter McWilliam Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur 1 January 19131 February 192714 years, 31 days [77]
50 Flag of England.svg Robert Brown Flag of England.svg Sheffield Wednesday 1 June 19201 December 193313 years, 183 days [78]
51 Flag of Scotland.svg Paddy Travers Flag of Scotland.svg Aberdeen 1 August 192420 November 193713 years, 111 days [79] [80]

Post-1946

Longest managerial reigns (post-1946)
RankManagerClubFromToLengthReference
1 Flag of France.svg Guy Roux Flag of France.svg Auxerre 1 July 196430 June 200035 years, 365 days [23] [81] [82]
2 Ulster Banner.svg Ronnie McFall Ulster Banner.svg Portadown 1 December 19865 March 201629 years, 95 days [23] [83]
3 Flag of Scotland.svg Alex Ferguson Flag of England.svg Manchester United 6 November 198619 May 201326 years, 194 days [23] [81]
4 Flag of France.svg Michel Le Millinaire Flag of France.svg Laval 1 July 196827 October 199224 years, 118 days [81] [84]
5 Flag of Italy.svg Dario Gradi Flag of England.svg Crewe Alexandra 9 June 19831 July 200724 years, 22 days [81]
6 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mickey Evans Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Caersws 1 August 19831 June 200723 years, 304 days [23]
7 Flag of Scotland.svg Matt Busby Flag of England.svg Manchester United 1 October 19454 June 196923 years, 246 days [85]
8 Flag of England.svg Jimmy Seed Flag of England.svg Charlton Athletic 16 May 19331 October 195623 years, 138 days [86]
9 Flag of England.svg Joe Smith Flag of England.svg Blackpool 19 August 193530 April 195822 years, 254 days [87]
10 Flag of France.svg Arsène Wenger Flag of England.svg Arsenal 1 October 199613 May 201821 years, 224 days [81]
11 Flag of Scotland.svg Jim McLean Flag of Scotland.svg Dundee United 6 December 197115 May 199321 years, 160 days [88] [89]
12 Flag of France.svg Bruno Luzi Flag of France.svg Chambly 1 July 20012 April 202220 years, 275 days [90]
13 Flag of England.svg Teddy Davison Flag of England.svg Sheffield United 1 June 19321 August 195220 years, 61 days [91]
14 Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy McGrory Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic 11 August 19456 March 196519 years, 207 days [92] [93]
15 Ulster Banner.svg Stephen Baxter Ulster Banner.svg Crusaders 23 February 200517 July 202419 years, 145 days [94]
16 Flag of Scotland.svg Paddy Travers Flag of Scotland.svg Clyde 27 November 193728 April 195618 years, 153 days [95]
17 Flag of England.svg Brian Clough Flag of England.svg Nottingham Forest 3 January 19758 May 199318 years, 125 days [81]
18 Flag of England.svg Ted Bates Flag of England.svg Southampton 1 September 195518 November 197318 years, 78 days [96]
19 Flag of Scotland.svg Bill Murray Flag of England.svg Sunderland 1 April 19391 June 195718 years, 61 days [97]
20 Flag of Germany.svg Frank Schmidt Flag of Germany.svg Heidenheim 17 September 2007Present17 years, 344 days [98]
21 Flag of Scotland.svg Eddie Hunter Flag of Scotland.svg Queen's Park 30 April 197910 December 199417 years, 124 days [99] [100]
22 Flag of Scotland.svg Dave Halliday Flag of Scotland.svg Aberdeen 25 December 193723 April 195517 years, 119 days [101] [102]
23 Ulster Banner.svg David Jeffrey Ulster Banner.svg Linfield 4 January 199730 April 201417 years, 116 days [103]
24 Flag of Scotland.svg Bert Henderson Flag of Scotland.svg Arbroath 6 October 196219 January 198017 years, 105 days [104]
25 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Anhaeuser Flag of the United States.svg Charleston Battery 1 September 20041 November 202117 years, 61 days [105] [106]
26 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Gurban Gurbanov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Qarabağ 4 August 2008Present17 years, 23 days [107]
27 Flag of Norway.svg Vegard Hansen Flag of Norway.svg Mjøndalen 10 October 200518 August 202216 years, 312 days [108] [109]
28 Flag of England.svg Bill Ridding Flag of England.svg Bolton Wanderers 1 October 19511 August 196816 years, 305 days [110]
29 Flag of England.svg Tony Waddington Flag of England.svg Stoke City 1 June 196022 March 197716 years, 294 days [81]
30 Flag of England.svg Eric Taylor Flag of England.svg Sheffield Wednesday 1 April 194231 July 195816 years, 121 days [111]
31 Flag of England.svg Stan Cullis Flag of England.svg Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 June 19481 August 196416 years, 61 days [28] [112]
32 Flag of England.svg Simon Weaver Flag of England.svg Harrogate Town 20 May 2009Present16 years, 99 days [113]
33 Flag of Russia.svg Iurii Hodîchin Flag of Moldova.svg Dinamo Bender 1 January 19991 January 201516 years, 0 days [114]
34 Flag of Spain.svg José Arribas Flag of France.svg Nantes 14 July 196030 June 197615 years, 352 days [81]
35 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Francky Dury Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Zultse VV /
Zulte Waregem [b]
1 July 19949 June 201015 years, 343 days [23]
36 Flag of Germany.svg Volker Finke Flag of Germany.svg Freiburg 1 July 199127 May 200715 years, 330 days [81]
37 Flag of England.svg Bill Nicholson Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur 11 October 195829 August 197415 years, 322 days [115] [116]
38 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Vermes Flag of the United States.svg Sporting Kansas City 4 August 200931 March 202515 years, 239 days [117]
39 Flag of Scotland.svg Bert Herdman Flag of Scotland.svg Raith Rovers 23 February 194614 October 196115 years, 233 days [118]
40 Flag of Scotland.svg Tommy Walker Flag of Scotland.svg Heart of Midlothian 17 February 195124 September 196615 years, 219 days [119]
41 Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy Davies Flag of Scotland.svg Greenock Morton 28 October 193929 January 195515 years, 93 days [120]
42 Flag of England.svg John Rudge Flag of England.svg Port Vale 5 December 198318 January 199915 years, 44 days [121] [122]
43 Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Vicó Flag of Argentina.svg Club Atlético Brown 21 March 20093 May 202415 years, 43 days [123]
44 Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy McKinnell Jr. Flag of Scotland.svg Queen of the South 20 April 194629 April 196115 years, 9 days [124]
45 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eugène Gerards Flag of Greece.svg OFI 1 July 198530 June 200014 years, 365 days [125]
46 Flag of England.svg George Kay Flag of England.svg Liverpool 1 May 193628 February 195114 years, 303 days [126]
47 Flag of England.svg John Lyall Flag of England.svg West Ham United 16 August 19745 June 198914 years, 293 days [81]
48 Flag of Scotland.svg Bill Shankly Flag of England.svg Liverpool 14 December 195912 July 197414 years, 210 days [127]
49 Flag of Germany.svg Otto Rehhagel Flag of Germany.svg Werder Bremen 2 April 198130 June 199514 years, 89 days [128]
50 Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Schaaf Flag of Germany.svg Werder Bremen 10 May 199918 May 201314 years, 8 days [128] [129]
55 Flag of Scotland.svg Hugh Shaw Flag of Scotland.svg Hibernian 31 January 19484 November 196113 years, 277 days [130]
56 Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 17 April 196015 January 197413 years, 273 days [131]
57 Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Simeone Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid 23 November 2011Present13 years, 77 days

National teams

Guillermo Stabile managed Argentina for almost 19 years, the longest reign in international football Stabile hurac 1926.jpg
Guillermo Stábile managed Argentina for almost 19 years, the longest reign in international football
Oscar Tabarez was Uruguay manager for 16 years, the longest streak in the 21st century 20171114 AUT URU 4562 (cropped).jpg
Oscar Tabárez was Uruguay manager for 16 years, the longest streak in the 21st century
Longest managerial reigns in international football [132]
RankManagerNational teamFromToLengthReference
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Stábile Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 13 August 193915 June 195818 years, 306 days [133]
2 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Pozzo Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1 December 19295 August 194818 years, 248 days [20] [23] [134]
3 Flag of Mauritius.svg Mohammad Anwar Elahee Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 1 January 19701 January 198818 years, 0 days
4 Flag of Austria.svg Hugo Meisl Flag of Austria.svg Austria 5 October 1919 [c] 17 February 193717 years, 135 days [134] [135]
5 Flag of England.svg Walter Winterbottom Flag of England.svg England 28 September 194621 November 196216 years, 54 days [134] [136]
6 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Paul Philipp Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 25 September 198510 June 200115 years, 258 days [134] [137]
7 Flag of Uruguay.svg Óscar Tabárez Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 7 March 200619 November 202115 years, 257 days [138]
8 Flag of Andorra.svg Koldo Álvarez Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra 2 February 2010Present15 years, 206 days [139]
9 Flag of Sweden.svg John Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 26 March 192127 September 193615 years, 185 days [140]
10 Flag of France.svg Gaston Barreau Flag of France.svg France 7 December 193019 May 194615 years, 163 days [141] [d]
11 Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Olsen Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 1 July 200017 November 201515 years, 139 days [134] [144]
12 Flag of England.svg Bob Glendenning Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 15 March 192521 April 194015 years, 37 days [134] [145]
13 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luc Holtz Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 4 August 201011 August 202515 years, 7 days [146] [147]
14 Flag of San Marino.svg Giampaolo Mazza Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino 10 October 199815 October 201315 years, 5 days [134] [148]
15 Flag of Germany.svg Joachim Löw Flag of Germany.svg Germany 12 July 200629 June 202114 years, 352 days [149]
16 Ulster Banner.svg Billy Bingham Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 26 March 198017 November 199313 years, 236 days [134] [150]
17 Flag of Germany.svg Helmut Schön Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 4 November 196421 June 197813 years, 229 days [134] [151]
18 Flag of Germany.svg Sepp Herberger Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 22 November 19507 June 196413 years, 198 days [134] [152]
19 Flag of France.svg Didier Deschamps Flag of France.svg France 8 July 2012Present13 years, 50 days [153]
20 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Guy Thys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 22 May 19768 June 198913 years, 17 days [134] [154]
21 Flag of Finland.svg Olavi Laaksonen Flag of Finland.svg Finland 19 June 19629 October 197412 years, 112 days [155]
22 Flag of Germany.svg Helmut Kosmehl Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 1 January 19761 January 198812 years, 0 days
23 Flag of England.svg Alf Ramsey Flag of England.svg England 27 February 19633 April 197411 years, 35 days [156]
24 Flag of East Germany.svg Georg Buschner Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 1 May 197031 May 198111 years, 30 days [157]
25 Flag of Spain.svg David Rodrigo Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra 1 May 19991 February 201010 years, 276 days [158]
26 Flag of Poland.svg Sepp Piontek Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 1 July 19791 April 199010 years, 274 days [159]
27 Flag of Italy.svg Enzo Bearzot Flag of Italy.svg Italy 27 September 197517 June 198610 years, 263 days [160]
28 Ulster Banner.svg Peter Doherty Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 6 October 19519 May 196210 years, 215 days [161]
29 Flag of France.svg Gaston Barreau Flag of France.svg France 18 January 192025 May 193010 years, 127 days [141] [d]

See also

Notes

  1. James Black was manager and secretary for Forfar Athletic during 66 years uninterrupted years. [2]
  2. Retained as manager after Zultse merged with K.S.V. Waregem in 2001.
  3. Prior to this, joint manager from October 1914 along with Heinrich Retschury.
  4. 1 2 Gaston Barreau served as the head of the French selection committee for 25 years, from 1920 to 1946, but he was not the coach of France during the 1930 FIFA World Cup. [142] [143]

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