List of Everton F.C. managers

Everton's current manager Ronald Koeman

The following is a list of Everton F.C. managers from the founding of Everton F.C. in 1878 until the present.

William Edward Barclay was the club secretary for Everton's first season in the newly founded Football League but was replaced the following season by Dick Molyneux. Molyneux brought the first title to the club, winning the First Division in the 1890–91 season. He managed the club for eleven seasons before being replaced in 1901 by William C. Cuff who brought further success in the shape of another League title in the 1914–15 season and the club's first FA Cup, a 1–0 victory over Newcastle United at Crystal Palace. Between the First and Second World Wars, the club enjoyed its first prolonged period of success under the guidance of Thomas H. McIntosh. Despite relegation to the Second Division in the 1928–29 season, he led the team to back-to-back Second and First Division championships in 1931 and 1932, the 1933 FA Cup and two successful appearances in the Charity Shield. A fifth league title was secured in 1938–39 while the club was run by committee, while in 1939 Theo Kelly was appointed as the club's first manager after the succession of secretaries and senior coaches who were responsible for team selection.^[1][2]

With the pre-War team dispersed, the club struggled to reassert its dominance in the late 1940s and eventually suffered relegation to the Second Division under Cliff Britton in the 1950–51 season. After finishing second in the 1953–54 season, the club returned to the top tier of English football, the level at which they have played ever since. In 1961, the club appointed Harry Catterick as manager who led the club to the league title again in both the 1962–63 and 1969–70 seasons, with the league successes punctuated by another FA Cup triumph, this time a 3–2 victory over Sheffield Wednesday at Wembley.

The club failed to achieve further league or cup success until the appointment of former Everton player Howard Kendall in 1981. Kendall initially proved unpopular with the Goodison Park crowd, but this was not to last as he led Everton to their most successful season ever winning the European Cup Winners' Cup and the First Division in the 1984–85 season.^[3] Following success in the Charity Shield twice and another League championship in 1986–87, Kendall resigned from Everton to manage Spanish side Athletic Bilbao. He returned for two further spells during the 1990s but without such success. Former Everton player and Oldham Athletic manager Joe Royle was appointed in 1994, winning the FA Cup in the same season. Injury crises and players such as Andrei Kanchelskis being sold led to Royle's resignation in March 1997.^[4] Former Rangers manager, Walter Smith, took the position in August 1998, but he failed to transfer the success he had achieved in Scotland. With three bottom-half finishes in his first three seasons, and facing relegation in the 2001–02 season, Smith was sacked. He was replaced by fellow Scot David Moyes who led the club back into European football, finishing fifth in the 2006–07 season. Under Moyes's 11-year managership, the club prospered, qualifying for the Champions League in 2005 and reaching the FA Cup final in 2009. However, the long-awaited trophy that his leadership deserved eluded him. Having stalled on contract renewal discussions, and following the announcement of Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement as manager of Manchester United at the end of the 2013 season, Moyes succeeded him at Old Trafford.

On 5 June 2013 Roberto Martínez was announced as the new Everton manager. After three seasons under Martínez, the last of which saw Everton return their worst home record in the club's 138-year history, Martínez was sacked from his position on 12 May 2016 and replaced on 14 June by Ronald Koeman.

Managers

As of 14 June 2016. Only professional, competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nationality	From	To	Games	W	D	L	Win %	Honours[5]	Notes
Barclay, William EdwardWilliam Edward Barclay	Ireland	August 1888	May 1889	22	9	2	11	40.9		[6]
Molyneux, DickDick Molyneux	England	August 1889	May 1901	386	194	64	128	50.3	1 Division One title	[7]
Cuff, WillWill Cuff	England	August 1901	May 1918	577	275	110	192	47.7	1 Division One title, 1 FA Cup	[8]
Sawyer, W.J.W.J. Sawyer	England	August 1918	May 1919	0	0	0	0	—		[9][10]
McIntosh, Thomas H.Thomas H. McIntosh	England	August 1919	May 1935	719	286	179	254	39.8	2 Division One championships, 1 Division Two championship, 1 FA Cup, 2 Charity Shields	[11]
Committees		May 1935	June 1939	180	76	36	68	42.2	1 Division One championship	[12]
Kelly, TheoTheo Kelly	England	June 1939	September 1, 1948	100	38	19	43	38.0		[12]
Britton, CliffCliff Britton	England	September 1, 1948	February 1, 1956	344	125	92	127	36.3		[13]
Buchan, IanIan Buchan	Scotland	February 1, 1956	October 1, 1958	116	38	24	54	32.8		[14]
Carey, JohnnyJohnny Carey	Ireland	October 1, 1958	April 15, 1961	122	51	22	49	41.8		[15]
Catterick, HarryHarry Catterick	England	April 22, 1961	April 7, 1973	594	276	157	161	46.5	2 Division One championships, 1 FA Cup, 2 Charity Shields	[16]
Eggleston, TomTom Eggleston*	England	April 12, 1973	May 28, 1973	6	1	2	3	16.7		[17][18]
Bingham, BillyBilly Bingham	Northern Ireland	August 25, 1973	January 8, 1977	172	64	55	53	37.2		[19]
Burtenshaw, SteveSteve Burtenshaw*	England	January 10, 1977	January 30, 1977	4	0	2	2	00.0		[17][20]
Lee, GordonGordon Lee	England	February 1, 1977	May 4, 1981	234	92	72	70	39.3		[21]
Kendall, HowardHoward Kendall	England	May 1981[22]	May 11, 1987	338	183	78	77	54.1	2 Division One championships, 1 FA Cup, 1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 3 Charity Shields,	[23]
Harvey, ColinColin Harvey	England	August 1, 1987	October 30, 1990	170	72	52	46	42.4	1 Charity Shield	[24]
Gabriel, JimmyJimmy Gabriel*	Scotland	November 3, 1990	November 3, 1990	1	1	0	0	100.00		[17][25]
Kendall, HowardHoward Kendall	England	November 10, 1990	December 4, 1993	162	63	40	59	38.9		[23]
Gabriel, JimmyJimmy Gabriel*	Scotland	December 8, 1993	January 3, 1994	7	0	1	6	00.0		[17][25]
Walker, MikeMike Walker	Wales	January 8, 1994	November 5, 1994	35	6	11	18	17.1		[26]
Royle, JoeJoe Royle	England	November 21, 1994	March 27, 1997	123	48	39	36	39.0	1 FA Cup, 1 Charity Shield	[27][28]
Watson, DaveDave Watson*	England	April 5, 1997	May 11, 1997	7	1	3	3	14.3		[29][30]
Kendall, HowardHoward Kendall	England	June 27, 1997	May 10, 1998	42	11	13	18	26.2		[23]
Smith, WalterWalter Smith	Scotland	August 15, 1998	March 10, 2002	173	56	50	67	32.4		[31]
Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes	Scotland	March 16, 2002	May 19, 2013	516	217	139	160	42.1		[32]
Martínez, RobertoRoberto Martínez	Spain	August 17, 2013	May 12, 2016	140	60	39	41	42.9
Unsworth, DavidDavid Unsworth*	England	May 15, 2016	May 15, 2016	1	1	0	0	100.00
Koeman, RonaldRonald Koeman	Netherlands	June 14, 2016	Present	0	0	0	0	—

• indicates caretaker manager

Cumulative goal difference

Chart showing the cumulative goal difference of Everton F.C. from the inaugural season of The Premier League to 25 October 2009

References

1. "Managers - Theo Kelly". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
2. "Managers". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
3. "Managers - Howard Kendall". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
4. "Managers - Joe Royle". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
5. "Honours and records". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
6. "W.E. Barclay's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
7. "Dick Molyneux's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
8. "William Cuff's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
9. "W.J. Sawyer's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
10. The First World War prevented W.J. Sawyer from managing the team in any competitive matches.
11. "Thomas H. McIntosh's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
12. "Everton F.C.'s managerial statistics". EFCHistory.com. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
13. "Cliff Britton's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
14. "Ian Buchan's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
15. "Johnny Carey's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
16. "Harry Catterick's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
17. Caretaker manager.
18. "Tom Eggleston's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
19. "Billy Bingham's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
20. "Steve Burtenshaw's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
21. "Gordon Lee's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
22. "Why Sharp's fears were unfounded". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
23. "Howard Kendall's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
24. "Colin Harvey's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
25. "Everton Manager Stats Jimmy Gabriel". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
26. "Mike Walker's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
27. "Joe Royle's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
28. "Joe Royle's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
29. Player-manager/caretaker.
30. "Dave Watson's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
31. "Walter Smtih's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
32. "David Moyes' managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.

External links

• Official website – all dates taken from this site reflect the manager's first and last games rather than their dates of appointment and departure.