List of Rochdale A.F.C. managers

Rochdale A.F.C is an English professional association football club based in Rochdale, England. The club was formed in 1907 and currently sits within the National League, the fifth tier of English football.

The current manager is Jimmy McNulty. Keith Hill was the club's longest serving manager over two spells, from 2006 to 2011, and from 2013 until 2019. Jack Peart has the longest continuous tenure as manager, serving for 7 years, 5 months and 30 days in the 1920s. The club has never won any honours outside promotion (in 1969, 2010 and 2014), and they were runners up in the 1961-62 Football League Cup.

Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's competitive record during that period, as well as any honours achieved.

Key

Table headers

• Nationality – The manager's country of birth.
• From – The year of the manager's first game for Rochdale.
• To – The year of the manager's last game for Rochdale.
• P – The number of games managed for Rochdale.
• W – The number of games won as a manager.
• D – The number of games drawn as a manager.
• L – The number of games lost as a manager.
• Win% – The total winning percentage under his management.
• Honours – The titles won while managing Rochdale.

Managers

List of Rochdale A.F.C. managers

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%	Honours	Notes
Billy Bradshaw	England	April 1920	September 1920	1	0	0	1	0.00
Tom Wilson		1 July 1922	1 February 1923	23	10	7	6	43.48
Jack Peart	England	1 February 1923	31 July 1930	317	152	58	107	47.95	2 Football League Third Division North runner up (1923–24), (1926–27)
Will Cameron		1 August 1930	1 December 1931	60	16	8	36	26.67
Herbert Hopkinson		1 April 1932	1 January 1934	70	19	10	41	27.14
Billy Smith	England	1 July 1934	1 November 1935	54	15	13	26	27.78
Ernest Nixon		1 November 1935	1 October 1937	83	21	22	40	25.30
Sam Jennings	England	1 October 1937	1 September 1938	38	11	10	17	28.95
Ted Goodier	England	1 September 1938	30 June 1952	323	126	76	121	39.01
Jack Warner	Wales	1 July 1952	31 May 1953	47	14	5	28	29.79
Harry Catterick	England	1 June 1953	1 May 1958	238	88	58	92	36.97
Jack Marshall	England	1 October 1958	1 June 1960	87	25	24	38	28.74
Tony Collins	England	1 June 1960	30 September 1967	355	129	82	144	36.34	1 Football League Cup runner up
Bob Stokoe	England	1 October 1967	1 October 1968	49	13	16	20	26.53
Len Richley	England	1 October 1968	1 February 1970	69	29	19	21	42.03
Dick Conner	England	1 February 1970	1 May 1973	157	46	61	50	29.30
Walter Joyce	England	1 July 1973	6 May 1976	157	32	55	70	20.38
Brian Green	England	1 June 1976	1 September 1977	53	14	14	25	26.42
Mike Ferguson	England	1 September 1977	1 November 1978	63	9	15	39	14.29
Doug Collins	England	13 January 1979	19 November 1979	46	14	9	23	30.43
Bob Stokoe	England	20 November 1979	1 June 1980	34	7	10	17	20.59
Peter Madden	England	1 June 1980	1 March 1983	124	52	31	41	41.94
Jimmy Greenhoff	England	1 March 1983	12 March 1984	49	11	17	21	22.45
Vic Halom	England	1 May 1984	1 December 1986	124	34	38	52	27.42
Eddie Gray	Scotland	1 December 1986	30 June 1988	82	21	25	36	25.61
Danny Bergara	Uruguay	4 July 1988	1 March 1989	34	8	11	15	23.53
Terry Dolan	England	1 March 1989	31 January 1991	100	40	21	39	40.00
Dave Sutton	England	19 February 1991	28 November 1994	182	69	47	66	37.91
Mick Docherty	England	12 January 1995	31 July 1996	71	21	23	27	29.58
Graham Barrow	England	1 August 1996	2 May 1999	155	50	40	65	32.26
David Hamilton	England	2 May 1999	16 June 1999	7	2	3	2	28.57
Steve Parkin	England	16 June 1999	9 November 2001	127	51	39	37	40.16
David Hamilton	England	9 November 2001	11 December 2001	1	0	0	1	0.00
John Hollins	England	11 December 2001	14 May 2002	27	10	10	7	37.04
Paul Simpson	England	29 May 2002	7 May 2003	54	16	17	21	29.63
Alan Buckley	England	1 June 2003	30 December 2003	28	8	15	5	28.57
Steve Parkin	England	31 December 2003	16 December 2006	152	44	51	57	28.95
Keith Hill	England	16 December 2006	1 June 2011	231	101	59	71	43.72
Steve Eyre	England	18 June 2011	19 December 2011	27	6	8	13	22.22
Chris Beech	England	20 December 2011	23 January 2012	6	0	3	3	0.00
John Coleman	England	24 January 2012	21 January 2013	52	14	14	24	26.92
Keith Hill	England	22 January 2013	4 March 2019	339	134	82	123	39.5
Brian Barry-Murphy	Ireland	4 March 2019	30 June 2021	109	34	28	47	31.2
Robbie Stockdale	England	10 July 2021	18 August 2022	59	16	18	25	27.12
Jim McNulty (c)	England	20 August 2022	27 August 2022	3	0	1	2	0.00
Jim Bentley	England	30 August 2022	25 March 2023	36	7	9	20	19.4
Jim McNulty (c)	England	1 April 2023	Incumbent

References

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