The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Before moving to Oakland in 1968, the team played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1901 through 1954 and in Kansas City, Missouri from 1955 through 1967.[1][2][3] The Athletics are members of the American League (AL) West division in Major League Baseball (MLB). In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager, or more formally, the field manager. The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.[4][5] The team has employed 30 different managers in its history.[6] The current Athletics' manager is Mark Kotsay.[7]

The franchise's first manager was Hall of Famer Connie Mack, who managed the team for its first fifty seasons.[8] Mack led the Athletics to nine AL championships and five World Series championships—in 1910, 1911, 1913, 1929 and 1930.[6][8][9] The team lost the World Series in 1905, 1914 and 1931, and no World Series was played when the Athletics won the AL championship in 1902.[6][9] After Jimmy Dykes replaced Mack as the Athletics' manager in 1951, no manager served more than three consecutive seasons until Tony La Russa, who became the Athletics' manager in 1986.[6] During this period, Dick Williams managed the Athletics to two consecutive World Series championships in 1972 and 1973, and Alvin Dark managed the team to a third consecutive World Series championship in 1974.[6] La Russa managed the Athletics to three consecutive AL championships from 1988 through 1990, winning the World Series in 1989.[6]

Connie Mack holds the Athletics' records for most games managed, 7,466; most wins as a manager, 3,582; and most losses as a manager, 3,814.[6] Williams has the highest winning percentage of any Athletics manager, .603.[6] Four managers have served multiple terms as the Athletics' manager. Connie Mack's son Earle Mack served as interim manager twice, in 1937 and 1939, when his father was ill.[10][11] Hank Bauer served as the Athletics' manager from 1961 to 1962, and then again in 1969.[12] Dark served as the Athletics' manager from 1966 to 1967 and again from 1974 to 1975.[13] Jack McKeon started the 1977 season as the Athletics' manager, was replaced by Bobby Winkles after 53 games, and then replaced Winkles part way through the 1978 season.[6][14] Five Athletics' managers have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: Connie Mack, Lou Boudreau, Joe Gordon, Luke Appling and Williams.[15][16] Mack and Williams were inducted into the Hall of Fame as managers.[8][17] Boudreau, Gordon and Appling were inducted as players.[18][19][20]

Key

# A running total of the number of Athletics managers. Any manager who has two or more separate terms is counted only once.
G Regular season games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie games
W Regular season wins
L Regular season losses
Win% Winning percentage
PA Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PW Playoff wins
PL Playoff losses
LC League championships: number of league championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager
WS World Series championships: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
Ref Reference
† Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame primarily as a manager
* Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame primarily as a player

Managers

Statistics current through October 1st, 2023
# Manager Seasons G W L Win% PA PW PL LC WS Ref(s)
1 Connie Mack† 1901–1950 7,466 3,582 3,814 .484 8 24 19 9 5 [8][21]
2 Earle Mack[a] 1937 34 15 17 .469 — — — — — [10]
— Earle Mack[a] 1939 91 30 60 .333 — — — — — [10]
3 Jimmy Dykes 1951–1953 466 208 254 .450 — — — — — [22]
4 Eddie Joost 1954 156 51 103 .331 — — — — — [23]
5 Lou Boudreau* 1955–1957 413 151 260 .367 — — — — — [18]
6 Harry Craft 1957–1959 360 162 196 .453 — — — — — [24]
7 Bob Elliott 1960 155 58 96 .377 — — — — — [25]
8 Joe Gordon* 1961 60 26 33 .441 — — — — — [19]
9 Hank Bauer 1961–1962 264 107 157 .405 — — — — — [12]
10 Eddie Lopat 1963–1964 214 90 124 .421 — — — — — [26]
11 Mel McGaha 1964–1965 137 45 91 .331 — — — — — [27]
12 Haywood Sullivan 1965 136 54 82 .397 — — — — — [28]
13 Alvin Dark 1966–1967 281 126 155 .448 — — — — — [13]
14 Luke Appling* 1967 40 10 30 .250 — — — — — [20]
15 Bob Kennedy 1968 163 82 80 .506 — — — — — [29]
— Hank Bauer 1969 149 80 69 .537 — — — — — [12]
16 John McNamara 1969–1970 175 97 78 .554 — — — — — [30]
17 Dick Williams† 1971–1973 478 288 190 .603 3 14 13 2 2 [17][31]
— Alvin Dark 1974–1975 324 188 136 .580 2 7 5 1 1 [13][32]
18 Chuck Tanner 1976 161 87 74 .540 — — — — — [33]
19 Jack McKeon 1977 53 26 27 .491 — — — — — [14]
20 Bobby Winkles 1977–1978 147 61 86 .415 — — — — — [34]
— Jack McKeon 1978 123 45 78 .366 — — — — — [14]
21 Jim Marshall 1979 162 54 108 .333 — — — — — [35]
22 Billy Martin 1980–1982 433 215 218 .497 1 3 3 0 0 [36][37]
23 Steve Boros 1983–1984 206 94 112 .456 — — — — — [38]
24 Jackie Moore 1984–1986 353 163 190 .462 — — — — — [39]
25 Jeff Newman 1986 10 2 8 .200 — — — — — [40]
26 Tony La Russa† 1986–1995 1,471 798 673 .542 4 19 13 3 1 [41][42]
27 Art Howe 1996–2002 1,133 600 533 .530 3 6 9 0 0 [43][44]
28 Ken Macha 2003–2006 648 368 280 .568 2 5 7 0 0 [45][46]
29 Bob Geren 2007–2011 710 334 376 .470 — — — — — [47]
30 Bob Melvin 2011–2021 1,680 880 800 .524 6 7 13 0 0 [48]
31 Mark Kotsay 2022– Present 324 110 214 .340 — — — — — [49]

Managers with multiples tenures

# Manager Seasons G W L WPct PA PW PL LC WS Ref
2[a] Earle Mack 1937, 1939 125 45 77 .369 — — — — — [10]
8 Hank Bauer 1961–1962, 1969 413 187 226 .453 — — — — — [12]
12 Alvin Dark 1966–1967
1974–1975 		605 314 291 .519 2 7 5 1 1 [13][32]
18 Jack McKeon 1977, 1978 176 71 105 .403 — — — — — [14]

Footnotes

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