This is a list of the records of all the managers of Huddersfield Town since the club's inception in 1908.

Statistics

Information correct as of matches played up to and including 1 April 2023. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name Country From To P W D L GF GA Win%[1] Notes
Fred Walker  England August 1908 26 November 1910 92 40 12 40 183 173 043.48 [2][3][4]
Dick Pudan  England 26 November 1910 24 April 1912 66 21 13 32 106 115 031.82 [2]
Leslie Knighton  England 24 April 1912 27 April 1912 1 1 0 0 4 0 100.00 [2][5]
Arthur Fairclough  England 27 April 1912 23 December 1919 281 125 57 99 442 349 044.48
Ambrose Langley  England 23 December 1919 23 March 1921 65 33 13 19 101 73 050.77 [2]
Coaching Staff 24 March 1921 30 March 1921 2 2 0 0 6 2 100.00
Herbert Chapman  England 31 March 1921 10 June 1925 194 95 53 46 282 166 048.97 [2]
Cecil Potter  England 3 July 1925 16 August 1926 44 24 11 9 93 64 054.55 [2]
Jack Chaplin  Scotland 23 August 1926 27 May 1929 141 62 38 41 277 209 043.97
Clem Stephenson  England 27 May 1929 8 June 1942 556 235 132 189 980 833 042.27 [6]
Ted Magner  England 8 June 1942 20 September 1943 42 25 9 8 116 71 059.52 [7]
David Steele  Scotland 20 September 1943 16 June 1947 167 73 24 70 322 299 043.71 [8]
George Stephenson  England 21 August 1947 11 March 1952 211 62 45 104 259 380 029.38
Board of Directors 12 March 1952 17 April 1952 7 3 2 2 10 12 042.86
Andy Beattie  Scotland 18 April 1952 3 November 1956 196 84 45 67 314 288 042.86
Bill Shankly  Scotland 5 November 1956 1 December 1959 137 51 36 50 211 200 037.23
Eddie Boot  England 2 December 1959 18 January 1960 9 4 3 2 22 11 044.44 [5]
Eddie Boot  England 19 January 1960 2 September 1964 217 79 58 80 303 304 036.41
Ian Greaves  England 3 September 1964 25 October 1964 12 4 1 7 17 24 033.33 [5]
Tom Johnston  Scotland 26 October 1964 13 May 1968 170 73 41 56 224 189 042.94
Ian Greaves  England 11 June 1968 25 June 1974 281 89 88 104 306 338 031.67
Bobby Collins  Scotland June 1974 23 December 1975 76 24 18 34 82 106 031.58
Tom Johnston  Scotland 24 December 1975 22 April 1977 74 35 18 21 98 72 047.30
John Haselden  England 22 April 1977 29 September 1977 18 1 11 6 13 22 005.56
Tom Johnston  Scotland 29 September 1977 29 August 1978 44 15 12 17 62 55 034.09
Mick Buxton  England 30 August 1978 30 October 1978 12 4 3 5 15 15 033.33 [5]
Mick Buxton  England 31 October 1978 23 December 1986 426 174 113 139 616 506 040.85
Steve Smith  England 23 December 1986 12 January 1987 5 2 3 0 9 5 040.00 [5]
Steve Smith  England 13 January 1987 6 October 1987 33 7 13 13 41 54 021.21
Jimmy Robson  England 7 October 1987 11 October 1987 1 0 0 1 1 4 000.00 [5]
Malcolm Macdonald  England 12 October 1987 4 May 1988 37 6 7 24 33 81 016.22
Eoin Hand  Ireland 5 May 1988 6 March 1992 216 83 57 76 284 278 038.43
Ian Ross  Scotland 6 March 1992 14 July 1993 71 31 16 24 104 92 043.66
Neil Warnock  England 15 July 1993 5 June 1995 120 51 37 32 177 143 042.50
Brian Horton  England 21 June 1995 6 October 1997 120 39 35 46 142 161 032.50
Peter Jackson  England 7 October 1997 10 May 1999 94 33 27 34 121 143 035.11
Steve Bruce  England 24 May 1999 16 October 2000 66 25 16 25 80 76 037.88
Lou Macari  Scotland 16 October 2000 14 June 2002 93 36 29 28 115 102 038.71
Mick Wadsworth  England 1 July 2002 26 March 2003 43 10 10 23 32 54 023.26
Mel Machin  England 26 March 2003 6 May 2003 7 2 2 3 10 11 028.57 [5]
Peter Jackson  England 27 June 2003 5 March 2007 197 81 52 64 292 271 041.12
Gerry Murphy  Ireland 6 March 2007 10 April 2007 6 1 4 1 6 6 016.67 [5]
Andy Ritchie  England 11 April 2007 1 April 2008 51 22 5 24 62 77 043.14
Gerry Murphy  Ireland 1 April 2008 3 May 2008 6 4 2 0 7 2 066.67 [5]
Stan Ternent  England 3 May 2008 4 November 2008 18 5 5 8 27 31 027.78
Gerry Murphy  Ireland 4 November 2008 15 December 2008 5 3 0 2 8 7 060.00 [5]
Graham Mitchell  England 13 December 2008 13 December 2008 1 1 0 0 1 0 100.00 [5]
Lee Clark  England 15 December 2008 15 February 2012 177 86 50 41 310 218 048.59
Simon Grayson  England 20 February 2012 24 January 2013 49 17 15 17 58 69 034.69
Mark Lillis  England 24 January 2013 14 February 2013 5 2 2 1 4 5 040.00 [5]
Mark Robins  England 14 February 2013 10 August 2014 68 23 14 31 87 101 033.82
Mark Lillis  England 10 August 2014 3 September 2014 6 2 1 3 11 14 033.33 [5]
Chris Powell  England 3 September 2014 4 November 2015 58 15 21 22 69 85 025.86
Mark Lillis  England 4 November 2015 9 November 2015 1 0 0 1 0 3 000.00 [5]
David Wagner  United States 9 November 2015 14 January 2019 154 51 33 70 164 225 033.12
Mark Hudson  England 14 January 2019 21 January 2019 1 0 0 1 0 3 000.00 [5]
Jan Siewert  Germany 21 January 2019 16 August 2019 19 1 3 15 12 42 005.26 [9]
Mark Hudson  England 17 August 2019 9 September 2019 3 0 0 3 2 6 000.00 [5]
Danny Cowley  England 9 September 2019 19 July 2020 40 13 11 16 46 57 032.50 [10]
Danny Schofield  England 20 July 2020 22 July 2020 1 0 0 1 1 4 000.00 [5]
Carlos Corberán  Spain 23 July 2020 7 July 2022 102 38 28 36 123 129 037.25 [11]
Danny Schofield  England 7 July 2022 14 September 2022 9 1 1 7 9 17 011.11 [12][13]
Paul Harsley
Narcís Pèlach 		 England
 Spain 		14 September 2022 28 September 2022 1 1 0 0 1 0 100.00 [5][13]
Mark Fotheringham  Scotland 28 September 2022 8 February 2023 21 5 6 10 20 28 023.81 [14][15]
Narcís Pèlach  Spain 8 February 2023 15 February 2023 2 0 0 2 0 4 000.00 [5]
Neil Warnock  England 16 February 2023 20 September 2023 23 9 6 8 29 31 039.13 [16]
Darren Moore  Jamaica 21 September 2023

29 January 2024

23 3 11 9 6 15 013.04

Managers with honours

Name Tenure Honours
Fred Walker 1908–1910 Election into the English Football League
Ambrose Langley 1919–1921 1920 FA Cup Final
1920 Second Division Runners-up
Herbert Chapman 1921–1925 1922 FA Cup
1922 FA Charity Shield
1924 First Division
1925 First Division
Cecil Potter 1925–1926 1926 First Division
Jack Chaplin 1926–1929 1927 First Division Runners-up
1928 FA Cup Final
1928 First Division Runners-up
1929 FA Cup Semi Final
Clem Stephenson 1929–1942 1930 FA Cup Final
1934 First Division Runners-up
1938 FA Cup Final
1939 FA Cup Semi Final
Andy Beattie 1952–1956 1953 Second Division Runners-up
Tom Johnston 1964–1968 1968 Football League Cup Semi Final
Ian Greaves 1968–1974 1970 Second Division
Mick Buxton 1978–1986 1980 Fourth Division
1983 Promoted Automatically from Third Division
Neil Warnock 1993–1995, 2023 1994 Football League Trophy Final
1995 Football League Second Division play-off final
Peter Jackson 2003–2007 2004 Football League Third Division play-off final
Simon Grayson 2012–2013 2012 Football League One play-off final
David Wagner 2015–2019 2017 EFL Championship play-off final

References

  1. ^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places
  2. ^ a b c d e f Secretary of the committee that chose the team
  3. ^ With the exception of the first 10 matches in the 1910–11 season, all Walker's managerial records took place while Town were playing non-league football.
  4. ^ Walker is the only player-manager in the history of Huddersfield Town.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Caretaker Manager
  6. ^ This includes 3 seasons in the Wartime League, but it doesn't include the 3 league matches expunged from the 1939–40 season.
  7. ^ All Magner's matches were played in the Wartime League.
  8. ^ The first 3 seasons that Steele was in charge were played in the Wartime League. Only the 1946–47 season was played in the English Football League.
  9. ^ "Huddersfield Town appoint Jan Siewert from Borussia Dortmund as new manager". 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Danny Cowley: Huddersfield Town appoint Lincoln City boss as manager". 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Carlos Corberan: Huddersfield Town appoint Leeds United assistant as new head coach". 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  12. ^ "DANNY SCHOFIELD: OUR NEW HEAD COACH". Huddersfield Town AFC. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  13. ^ a b "CLUB STATEMENT: DANNY SCHOFIELD". Huddersfield Town AFC. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  14. ^ "MARK FOTHERINGHAM APPOINTED HEAD COACH". Huddersfield Town AFC. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  15. ^ "CLUB STATEMENT: MARK FOTHERINGHAM". Huddersfield Town AFC. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  16. ^ "NEIL WARNOCK RETURNS TO TOWN AS MANAGER!". Huddersfield Town AFC. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
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