List of Hull City A.F.C. managers
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Hull City A.F.C. is a professional football club based in Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The club was founded in 1904 and was initially managed by James Ramster who only took charge of the team for friendly matches. Ambrose Langley, a former Sheffield Wednesday player managed Hull for over 300 games from 1905 to 1913. Harry Chapman, Fred Stringer, David Menzies and Percy Lewis held short tenures as manager before Billy McCracken led the club from 1923 to 1931, overseeing 375 matches. Haydn Green took charge for almost three seasons, leaving the club in 1934 with a win percentage just shy of 50%.
Raich Carter became the next Hull City manager to lead the club for over 100 competitive matches, holding the tenure from March 1948 to September 1951. Five managers, Bob Jackson, Bob Brocklebank, Cliff Britton, Terry Neill and John Kaye, then led the club over the next 25 years. Mike Smith and Brian Horton also managed the club for over 100 games, while Terry Dolan took charge for over 300 matches in the 1990s. Dane Jan Mølby became the first and only manager from outside the United Kingdom when he took over in April 2002. His tenure was to be short-lived, he was replaced on a full-time basis after just 17 competitive matches in charge by Peter Taylor.
Phil Brown became the first Hull City manager to lead the club to the top division of English football in 2008 after winning the Football League Championship play-off Finals 1–0 against Bristol City at Wembley Stadium. Hull City player Nick Barmby took over, initially in a caretaker role, in November 2011, but was released from his duties the following May, to be replaced by Steve Bruce. On 22 July 2016 the BBC reported that manager Steve Bruce had resigned from his position.[1] This was later confirmed by the club that indicated Mike Phelan would act as caretaker manager.[2] On 13 October 2016, Phelan became the head coach.[3]
Managers
- Updated as of 29 November 2016. Only professional, competitive matches are counted.[4]
Name | Nat | Tenure | G | W | D | L | Win % |
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Ramster, JamesJames Ramster | ![]() | August 1904 – April 1905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00.00 |
Langley, AmbroseAmbrose Langley | ![]() | April 1905 – April 1913 | 318 | 143 | 67 | 108 | 44.96 |
Chapman, HarryHarry Chapman | ![]() | April 1913 – September 1914 | 45 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 44.44 |
Stringer, FredFred Stringer | ![]() | September 1914 – July 1916 | 43 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 51.16 |
Menzies, DavidDavid Menzies | ![]() | July 1916 – June 1921 | 90 | 31 | 27 | 32 | 34.44 |
Lewis, PercyPercy Lewis | ![]() | July 1921 – January 1923 | 71 | 27 | 18 | 26 | 38.02 |
McCracken, BillyBilly McCracken | ![]() | February 1923 – May 1931 | 375 | 134 | 104 | 137 | 35.73 |
Green, HaydnHaydn Green | ![]() | May 1931 – March 1934 | 123 | 61 | 24 | 38 | 49.59 |
Hill, JackJack Hill | ![]() | March 1934 – January 1936 | 77 | 24 | 15 | 38 | 31.16 |
Menzies, DavidDavid Menzies | ![]() | February 1936 – October 1936 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 20.83 |
Blackburn, ErnestErnest Blackburn | ![]() | December 1936 – January 1946 | 117 | 50 | 31 | 36 | 42.73 |
Buckley, FrankFrank Buckley | ![]() | May 1946 – March 1948 | 80 | 33 | 19 | 28 | 41.25 |
Carter, RaichRaich Carter | ![]() | March 1948 – September 1951 | 157 | 74 | 41 | 42 | 47.13 |
Jackson, BobBob Jackson | ![]() | June 1952 – March 1955 | 123 | 42 | 26 | 55 | 34.14 |
Brocklebank, BobBob Brocklebank | ![]() | March 1955 – May 1961 | 302 | 113 | 71 | 118 | 37.41 |
Britton, CliffCliff Britton | ![]() | July 1961 – November 1969 | 406 | 170 | 101 | 135 | 41.87 |
Neill, TerryTerry Neill | ![]() | June 1970 – September 1974 | 174 | 61 | 55 | 58 | 35.05 |
Kaye, JohnJohn Kaye | ![]() | September 1974 – October 1977 | 126 | 40 | 40 | 46 | 31.74 |
Collins, BobbyBobby Collins | ![]() | October 1977 – February 1978 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21.05 |
McGuinness, WilfWilf McGuinness* | ![]() | February 1978 – April 1978 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11.11 |
Houghton, KenKen Houghton | ![]() | April 1978 – December 1979 | 72 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 31.94 |
Smith, MikeMike Smith | ![]() | December 1979 – March 1982 | 117 | 30 | 37 | 50 | 25.64 |
Brown, BobbyBobby Brown* | ![]() | March 1982 – June 1982 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 52.63 |
Appleton, ColinColin Appleton | ![]() | June 1982 – May 1984 | 91 | 47 | 29 | 15 | 51.64 |
Horton, BrianBrian Horton | ![]() | June 1984 – April 1988 | 195 | 77 | 58 | 60 | 39.48 |
Gray, EddieEddie Gray | ![]() | June 1988 – May 1989 | 51 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 25.49 |
Appleton, ColinColin Appleton | ![]() | May 1989 – October 1989 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6.25 |
Ternent, StanStan Ternent | ![]() | November 1989 – January 1991 | 62 | 19 | 15 | 28 | 30.64 |
Dolan, TerryTerry Dolan | ![]() | January 1991 – July 1997 | 322 | 99 | 96 | 127 | 30.74 |
Hateley, MarkMark Hateley | ![]() | July 1997 – November 1998 | 76 | 17 | 14 | 45 | 22.36 |
Joyce, WarrenWarren Joyce | ![]() | November 1998 – April 2000 | 86 | 33 | 25 | 28 | 38.37 |
Russell, BillyBilly Russell* | ![]() | April 2000 – April 2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 00.00 |
Little , BrianBrian Little | ![]() | April 2000 – February 2002 | 97 | 41 | 28 | 28 | 42.26 |
Russell, BillyBilly Russell* | ![]() | February 2002 – April 2002 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14.29 |
Mølby, JanJan Mølby | ![]() | April 2002 – October 2002 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11.76 |
Russell, BillyBilly Russell* | ![]() | October 2002 – October 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
Taylor, PeterPeter Taylor | ![]() | October 2002 – June 2006 | 184 | 77 | 50 | 57 | 41.84 |
Parkinson, PhilPhil Parkinson | ![]() | June 2006 – December 2006 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20.83 |
Brown, PhilPhil Brown | ![]() | December 2006 – June 2010 | 157 | 52 | 40 | 65 | 33.12 |
Dowie, IainIain Dowie† | ![]() | March 2010 – June 2010 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11.11 |
Pearson, NigelNigel Pearson | ![]() | June 2010 – November 2011 | 64 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 35.94 |
Barmby, NickNick Barmby | ![]() | November 2011 – May 2012 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 39.39 |
Bruce, SteveSteve Bruce | ![]() | June 2012 – July 2016 | 201 | 83 | 44 | 74 | 41.29 |
Phelan, MikeMike Phelan* | ![]() | July 2016 – October 2016 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 44.44 |
Phelan, MikeMike Phelan‡ | ![]() | October 2016 – | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 37.50 |
* Caretaker manager
† Temporary football management consultant
‡ Head coach
References
- ↑ "Steve Bruce: Hull City manager leaves newly promoted club". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ↑ "Club Statement". Hull City A.F.C. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ↑ "Hull City: Mike Phelan named full-time head coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ "Manager History for Hull City". Soccerbase. Retrieved 31 December 2013.