List of Preston North End F.C. managers
Appearance
Managerial history
[edit]- As of 04 May 2024
The following is a list of Preston North End managers and caretaker managers.[1][2][3]
Statistics include League, FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy matches. All points averages are calculated using three points for a win.
Caretaker managers are shown in italics.
Manager | Nationality | From | To | Total | League | |||||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | G | W | D | L | Win % | Point Av. | ||||
William Sudell | England | 1881 | 1889 | |||||||||||
E.H. Bahr | England | 1889 | 1906 | |||||||||||
Charlie Parker | England | 1906 | 1915 | 357 | 134 | 86 | 137 | 37.54 | 1.37 | |||||
Vincent Hayes | England | 1919 | 1923 | 166 | 59 | 41 | 66 | 35.54 | 1.31 | |||||
James Lawrence | Scotland | 1923 | 1925 | 107 | 31 | 19 | 57 | 28.97 | 1.05 | |||||
Frank Richards | England | 1925 | 1927 | 89 | 39 | 18 | 32 | 43.82 | 1.52 | |||||
Alex Gibson | Scotland | 1927 | 1931 | 165 | 65 | 36 | 64 | 39.39 | 1.40 | |||||
Lincoln Hyde | England | 1931 | 1932 | 35 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 28.57 | 1.20 | |||||
Tommy Muirhead | Scotland | 1936 | 1937 | 56 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 39.29 | 1.45 | |||||
Will Scott | England | 1949 | 1953 | 163 | 78 | 36 | 49 | 47.85 | 1.66 | |||||
Scot Symon | Scotland | 1953 | 1954 | 63 | 30 | 11 | 22 | 47.62 | 1.60 | |||||
Frank Hill | Scotland | 1954 | 1956 | 88 | 31 | 17 | 40 | 35.23 | 1.25 | |||||
Cliff Britton | England | 1956 | 1961 | 230 | 102 | 54 | 74 | 44.35 | 1.56 | |||||
Jimmy Milne | Scotland | 1961 | 1968 | 350 | 126 | 96 | 128 | 36.00 | 1.35 | |||||
Bobby Seith | Scotland | 1968 | 1970 | 70 | 15 | 21 | 34 | 21.48 | 0.94 | |||||
Alan Ball | England | 1970 | 1973 | 118 | 44 | 36 | 38 | 37.29 | 1.42 | |||||
Frank Lord | England | 12 February 1973 | 4 May 1973 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7.69 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7.69 | 0.62 |
Bobby Charlton | England | 1973 | 21 August 1975 | 89 | 29 | 25 | 35 | 32.58 | 1.26 | |||||
England | 1975 | 1975 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
Harry Catterick | England | 1975 | 1977 | 90 | 38 | 22 | 30 | 42.22 | 1.51 | |||||
Nobby Stiles | England | 1977 | 1981 | 174 | 56 | 67 | 51 | 32.18 | 1.35 | |||||
Tommy Docherty | Scotland | 1 June 1981 | 2 December 1981 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22.72 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17.65 | 0.88 |
Alan Kelly | Ireland | 3 December 1981 | 8 December 1981 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Gordon Lee | England | 9 December 1981 | 20 December 1983 | 105 | 38 | 27 | 40 | 36.19 | 93 | 32 | 25 | 36 | 34.41 | 1.30 |
Alan Kelly | Ireland | 21 December 1983 | 2 February 1985 | 59 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 32.20 | 52 | 17 | 10 | 25 | 32.69 | 1.17 |
Tommy Booth | England | 9 February 1985 | 24 January 1986 | 54 | 15 | 10 | 29 | 27.78 | 49 | 13 | 9 | 27 | 26.53 | 0.98 |
Brian Kidd | England | 25 January 1986 | 21 March 1986 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0.00 | 0.22 |
Jonathan Clark | England | 22 March 1986 | 3 May 1986 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 50.00 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 50.00 | 1.70 |
John McGrath | England | 1 June 1986 | 13 February 1990 | 192 | 74 | 53 | 65 | 38.54 | 165 | 68 | 45 | 54 | 41.21 | 1.51 |
Les Chapman | England | 17 February 1990 | 29 September 1992 | 129 | 44 | 30 | 55 | 34.11 | 118 | 39 | 29 | 50 | 33.05 | 1.24 |
Sam Allardyce | England | 30 September 1992 | 30 November 1992 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 25.00 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 30.00 | 1.20 |
John Beck | England | 1 December 1992 | 1 December 1994 | 99 | 36 | 20 | 43 | 36.36 | 87 | 31 | 19 | 37 | 35.63 | 1.29 |
Gary Peters | England | 2 December 1994 | 11 January 1998 | 166 | 72 | 42 | 52 | 43.37 | 143 | 63 | 37 | 43 | 44.06 | 1.58 |
David Moyes | Scotland | 12 January 1998 | 14 March 2002 | 234 | 113 | 60 | 61 | 48.29 | 196 | 95 | 53 | 48 | 48.47 | 1.72 |
Kelham O'Hanlon | Ireland | 15 March 2002 | 28 April 2002 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 50.00 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 50.00 | 1.63 |
Craig Brown | Scotland | 29 April 2002 | 28 August 2004 | 106 | 36 | 30 | 40 | 33.96 | 97 | 32 | 28 | 37 | 32.99 | 1.28 |
Billy Davies | Scotland | 29 August 2004 | 2 June 2006 | 101 | 45 | 35 | 21 | 45.55 | 87 | 40 | 31 | 16 | 45.98 | 1.74 |
Paul Simpson | England | 17 June 2006 | 13 November 2007 | 67 | 27 | 14 | 26 | 40.30 | 62 | 25 | 14 | 23 | 40.32 | 1.44 |
Alan Irvine | Scotland | 20 November 2007 | 29 December 2009 | 110 | 45 | 25 | 40 | 40.90 | 99 | 40 | 24 | 35 | 40.40 | 1.45 |
Rob Kelly | England | 30 December 2009 | 5 January 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Darren Ferguson | Scotland | 6 January 2010 | 29 December 2010 | 49 | 13 | 11 | 25 | 26.53 | 45 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 24.44 | 0.98 |
David Unsworth | England | 30 December 2010 | 5 January 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Phil Brown | England | 6 January 2011 | 14 December 2011 | 51 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 29.41 | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 30.95 | 1.19 |
David Unsworth & Graham Alexander |
England Scotland |
15 December 2011 | 12 January 2012 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40.00 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40.00 | 1.60 |
Graham Westley | England | 13 January 2012 | 13 February 2013 | 62 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 25.81 | 52 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 21.15 | 1.04 |
John Dreyer | England | 14 February 2013 | 17 February 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 3.00 |
Simon Grayson | England | 18 February 2013 | 29 June 2017 | 235 | 104 | 74 | 57 | 44.26 | 198 | 84 | 67 | 47 | 42.42 | 1.61 |
Alex Neil | Scotland | 4 July 2017 | 21 March 2021 | 191 | 72 | 48 | 71 | 37.70 | 129 | 51 | 37 | 41 | 39.53 | 1.47 |
Frankie McAvoy | Scotland | 21 March 2021 | 6 December 2021 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 42.4 | ||||||
Ryan Lowe | England | 7 December 2021 | 12 August 2024 | 124 | 47 | 31 | 46 | 37.90 | ||||||
Mike Marsh | England | 12 August 2024 | 17 August 2024 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | ||||||
Paul Heckingbottom | England | 20 August 2024 | Present | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 |
References
[edit]- ^ List of Preston North End F.C. Managers Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Preston North End managers at Soccerbase
- ^ Preston North End at League Managers Association Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine