List of Leeds United F.C. managers

The following is a list of managers of Leeds United Association Football Club and their major honours from the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1919 to the present day. Each manager's entry includes the dates of his tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost) and honours won while under his care. As of 19 October 2015, Leeds United have had 33 full-time managers. There have also been 9 caretaker managers, 3 of whom had previously occupied the role on a full-time basis, and one of whom has occupied the role three times.

The most successful person to manage Leeds United is Don Revie, who won two League Championships, two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, one Division Two Championship, one FA Cup, one League Cup and one Charity Shield in his 13-year reign as manager. He is also the club's longest-serving manager, presiding over a total of 740 games from 1961 to 1974.

Statistics

• The statistics include all competitive league, cup & European first team fixtures.
• Information correct as of 26 November 2016.

Key

  = Caretaker manager
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win %	Success Rate %(Points Gained from available, includes Cup ties)[1]	Honours	Notes
Ray, DickDick Ray	England	17 October 1919	1 February 1920	17	4	5	8	25	31	23.52	33.33		[2]
Fairclough, ArthurArthur Fairclough	England	1 February 1920	1 May 1927	326	118	81	127	427	425	36.19	44.48	see below	[2]
Ray, DickDick Ray	England	1 July 1927	1 March 1935	342	143	72	127	622	552	41.81	48.83	see below	[2]
Hampson, BillyBilly Hampson	England	1 July 1935	1 May 1947	231	74	51	106	334	418	32.03	39.39		[2]
Edwards, WillisWillis Edwards	England	1 May 1947	30 April 1948	47	13	8	26	60	87	27.65	33.33		[2]
Buckley, Major FrankMajor Frank Buckley	England	1 May 1948	30 April 1953	224	87	63	74	324	306	38.83	43.75		[2]
Carter, RaichRaich Carter	England	1 May 1953	1 June 1958	217	90	51	76	370	336	41.47	49.31	see below	[2]
Edwards, WillisWillis Edwards	England	1 June 1958	1 December 1958	10	5	1	4	17	16	50.00	53.33		[2]
Lambton, BillBill Lambton	England	1 December 1958	30 April 1959	30	10	7	13	40	57	33.33	41.11		[2]
Taylor, JackJack Taylor	England	1 May 1959	1 March 1961	81	27	17	37	136	169	33.33	40.33		[2]
Revie, DonDon Revie	England	1 March 1961	4 July 1974	740	394	197	149	1,262	703	53.24	62.12	see below	[2]
Clough, BrianBrian Clough	England	30 July 1974	12 September 1974	7	1	3	3	6	10	14.28	28.57	see below	[2]
Armfield, JimmyJimmy Armfield	England	4 October 1974	3 July 1978	193	87	47	59	277	222	45.07	53.20	see below	[2]
Stein, JockJock Stein	Scotland	21 August 1978	4 October 1978	10	4	3	3	13	8	40.00	50.00		[2]
Adamson, JimmyJimmy Adamson	England	25 October 1978	1 October 1980	98	35	29	34	138	136	35.71	45.58		[2]
Merrington, DavidDavid Merrington	England	1 October 1980	1 October 1980	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.00	33.33		[2]
Clarke, AllanAllan Clarke	England	1 October 1980	30 June 1982	84	27	22	35	77	104	32.14	40.87		[2]
Gray, EddieEddie Gray	Scotland	4 July 1982	11 October 1985	157	57	55	45	214	193	36.30	47.98		[2]
Gunby, PeterPeter Gunby	England	11 October 1985	11 October 1985	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.00	33.33		[2]
Bremner, BillyBilly Bremner	Scotland	11 October 1985	28 September 1988	143	58	31	54	192	186	40.45	47.78	see below	[2]
Hunter, NormanNorman Hunter	England	28 September 1988	10 October 1988	3	0	0	3	2	5	0.00	0.00		[2]
Wilkinson, HowardHoward Wilkinson	England	10 October 1988	10 September 1996	411	178	117	116	622	488	43.30	52.80	see below	[2]
Graham, GeorgeGeorge Graham	Scotland	10 September 1996	1 October 1998	95	37	27	31	118	99	41.05	48.42		[2]
O'Leary, DavidDavid O'Leary	Ireland	1 October 1998	27 June 2002	203	101	47	55	320	217	49.75	57.76		[2]
Venables, TerryTerry Venables	England	8 July 2002	21 March 2003	42	16	7	19	53	52	38.09	43.65		[2]
Reid, PeterPeter Reid	England	21 March 2003	10 November 2003	22	6	4	12	36	51	27.27	33.33		[2]
Gray, EddieEddie Gray	Scotland	10 November 2003	31 May 2004	26	6	7	13	30	51	23.07	32.05		[2]
Blackwell, KevinKevin Blackwell	England	1 June 2004	20 September 2006	115	44	37	34	128	117	38.26	48.99	see below	[2]
Carver, JohnJohn Carver	England	21 September 2006	23 October 2006	5	1	0	4	7	17	20.00	20.00		[2]
Geddis, DavidDavid Geddis	England	24 October 2006	24 October 2006	1	0	0	1	1	3	0.00	0.00		[2]
Wise, DennisDennis Wise	England	24 October 2006	28 January 2008	68	30	12	26	88	78	44.11	50.00		[2]
Williams, GwynGwyn Williams	Wales	29 January 2008	29 January 2008	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.00	0.00
McAllister, GaryGary McAllister	Scotland	30 January 2008	21 December 2008	50	25	8	17	84	61	50.00	55.33	see below	[3]
Grayson, SimonSimon Grayson	England	23 December 2008	1 February 2012	169	84	40	45	259	186	49.70	57.59	see below	[4]
Redfearn, NeilNeil Redfearn	England	1 February 2012	18 February 2012	4	2	0	2	8	6	50.00	50.00		[2]
Warnock, NeilNeil Warnock	England	18 February 2012	1 April 2013	63	23	15	25	81	92	36.50	44.44
Redfearn, NeilNeil Redfearn	England	1 April 2013	12 April 2013	1	0	0	1	1	2	0.00	0.00
McDermott, BrianBrian McDermott	England	12 April 2013	30 June 2014	54	20	9	25	68	77	37.01	42.59
Hockaday, DaveDave Hockaday	England	1 July 2014	28 August 2014	6	2	0	4	5	11	33.33	33.33
Redfearn, NeilNeil Redfearn	England	28 August 2014	23 September 2014	4	3	1	0	8	2	75.00	83.33
Milanič, DarkoDarko Milanič	Slovenia	23 September 2014	25 October 2014	6	0	3	3	4	8	0.00	16.67
Redfearn, NeilNeil Redfearn	England	1 November 2014	30 June 2015	33	11	7	15	36	44	33.34	40.41
Rösler, UweUwe Rösler	Germany	1 July 2015	18 October 2015	12	2	6	4	11	16	16.67	33.33
Evans, SteveSteve Evans	Scotland	19 October 2015	31 May 2016	38	14	12	12	44	45	36.84	47.37
Monk, GarryGarry Monk	England	2 June 2016	Present	22	11	4	7	27	24	50.00	56.06

Managers with honours

Name	Nat	Tenure	Honours
Arthur Fairclough	England	1920–1927	1924 Second Division
Dick Ray	England	1927–1935	1928 Second Division runners-up 1932 Second Division runners-up
Raich Carter	England	1953–1958	1956 Second Division runners-up
Don Revie	England	1961–1974	1964 Second Division 1965 First Division runners-up 1965 FA Cup Final 1966 First Division runners-up 1967 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final 1968 Football League Cup 1968 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969 First Division 1969 FA Charity Shield 1970 First Division runners-up 1970 FA Cup Final 1971 First Division runners-up 1971 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Trophy play-off runners-up 1972 First Division runners-up 1972 FA Cup 1973 FA Cup Final 1973 European Cup Winners' Cup Final 1974 First Division
Brian Clough	England	1974	1974 FA Charity Shield runners-up
Jimmy Armfield	England	1974–1978	1975 European Cup Final
Billy Bremner	Scotland	1985–1988	1987 Football League Second Division play-off Final
Howard Wilkinson	England	1988–1996	1990 Second Division 1992 First Division 1992 FA Charity Shield 1996 Football League Cup Final
Kevin Blackwell	England	2004–2006	2006 Football League Championship play-off Final
Gary McAllister	Scotland	2008	2008 Football League One play-off Final
Simon Grayson	England	2008-2012	2010 League One runners-up

References

1. Success rate (%) is rounded to two decimal places
2. "Managers Ratings". Jabba. leeds-fans.org.uk. 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-16.
3. "Gary McAllister's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
4. "Simon Grayson's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2008-12-23.

External links

• Soccerbase – Managerial history
• Leeds-Fans.org.uk – Managerial statistics
• MightyLeeds.co.uk – Managers
• Wafll.com – Managers
• Wafll.com – Managers gallery

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