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Fred Everiss managed West Bromwich Albion from 1902 to 1948—the second longest managerial reign of all time.

The longest managerial reign in association football belongs to Englishman Jimmy Davies who was manager of Waterloo Dock for 50 years. Second to this, Fred Everiss was manager of Football League team West Bromwich Albion for over 45 years, starting his reign in 1902 and ending when he retired in 1948.[1][a] The longest post-war reign belongs to Frenchman Guy Roux, who managed Auxerre in three separate reigns totalling 44 years, taking them from France's fifth division to become Division 1 champions in 1996.[3][4]

Managerial reigns in football have decreased since the 1960s, and by 2015, the average spell in England's top four divisions was 1.23 years.[5][6] Managers such as Pep Guardiola and Béla Guttmann have been proponents of a "three-year rule",[7][8] as has football journalist and author Jonathan Wilson, who writes that managers can succumb to a "fatalistic idealism" beyond this period, describing it as similar to a Greek tragedy.[9]

Longest reigns

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In the early decades of organised football, team selection was often conducted by committee among the club directors, with an appointed 'secretary-manager' dealing with player contracts and other administrative tasks, assisted by 'trainers' dealing with coaching and fitness matters.[10][11] As the secretary role was largely clerical and often occupied by one of the directors, they tended to remain in post for many years regardless of results in the short term. Until after World War I, some clubs never had a manager by name.

As demands and expectations on officials increased both on and off the field, gradually specialist roles became commonplace, and by the end of the 1930s, it was common for clubs in the British Isles to have an official manager as a figurehead dealing with most or all team matters, but with less long-term job security than the secretary-managers of old. Elsewhere, the separation between the office and pitchside functions persisted: the head coach in charge of training and match tactics became increasingly respected and prominent, but meanwhile while a figure closer to the ownership in the role of general manager, sporting director[12][13] or director of football[14][15] maintained control over financial and commercial aspects, with the levels of influence and balance of power between the coach and director varying between clubs and nations.[16][17][18][19] As in the earlier era, the director would often have a tenure of several years to oversee the overall progress of the club, while the head coach would typically keep their job only for as long as the on-field results were positive.

For the purpose of this list, a separation has been made between pre-World War II reigns, which includes many secretary-managers, and the period after the conflict ended when regular competitions resumed in most countries, and longer managerial/head coach appointments became far less commonplace. For those whose terms spanned World War II, they have been placed in the section covering the majority of their reign. Long serving head coaches in international football are also recorded separately below.

Clubs

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Pre-1946

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Longest managerial reigns (pre-1946)
Rank Manager Club From To Length Reference
1 England Fred Everiss England West Bromwich Albion 1 August 1902 31 May 1948 45 years, 304 days [1][20][21]
2 Scotland Willie Maley Scotland Celtic 1 September 1897 1 February 1940 42 years, 153 days [20][22][23]
3 Scotland George Ramsay England Aston Villa 1 August 1884 31 May 1926 41 years, 303 days [24][25][26]
4 England Jack Addenbrooke England Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 August 1885 1 June 1922 36 years, 304 days [27][28]
5 Scotland John Hunter Scotland Motherwell 30 April 1911 1 May 1946 35 years, 1 day [29]
6 Scotland Frank Watt England Newcastle United 1 August 1895 1 January 1930 34 years, 153 days [30]
7 Scotland Bill Struth Scotland Rangers 20 May 1920 15 June 1954 34 years, 26 days [20][23][31]
8 Scotland John Nicholson England Sheffield United 1 May 1899 1 April 1932 32 years, 336 days [32]
9 England Sam Allen England Swindon Town 1 July 1902 1 April 1933 30 years, 274 days [33]
10 England Syd King England West Ham United 1 April 1902 1 November 1932 30 years, 214 days [34]
11 England Arthur Dickinson England Sheffield Wednesday 1 August 1891 31 May 1920 28 years, 304 days [35]
12 Scotland Bob Jack England Plymouth Argyle 1 August 1910 1 April 1938 27 years, 243 days [36]
13 Scotland David Calderhead England Chelsea 1 August 1907 1 June 1933 25 years, 304 days [37]
14 Scotland Bob Cochrane Scotland Greenock Morton 15 August 1908 21 April 1934 25 years, 249 days [38]
15 Scotland George Easton Scotland Partick Thistle 15 August 1903 1 April 1929 25 years, 229 days [39][40]
16 Scotland Johnny Madden Czech Republic Slavia Prague 15 February 1905 1 June 1930 25 years, 106 days [41]
17 England Charles Foweraker England Bolton Wanderers 1 July 1919 1 August 1944 25 years, 31 days [42]
18 England Bob Masters England Nottingham Forest 1 August 1912 31 May 1935 22 years, 303 days [43]
19 Ireland Bob Kyle England Sunderland 1 August 1905 5 May 1928 22 years, 278 days [44]
20 England Harry Curtis England Brentford 1 May 1926 1 February 1949 22 years, 276 days [45]
21 England Alfred Jones England Birmingham City 1 August 1892 31 May 1908 22 years, 276 days [46]
22 England Fred Stewart Wales Cardiff City 1 May 1911 1 May 1933 22 years, 0 days [47]
23 Scotland Willie Nicol Scotland Falkirk 16 August 1902 9 February 1924 21 years, 177 days [48][49]
24 Scotland William Wilton Scotland Rangers 19 August 1899 2 May 1920 20 years, 257 days [50]
25 Scotland Willie McAndrew Scotland Hamilton Academical 3 October 1925 26 January 1946 20 years, 115 days [51]
26 Scotland Jimmy Philip Scotland Aberdeen 20 August 1904 19 April 1924 19 years, 243 days [52][53]
27 Scotland Bob McGlashan Scotland Arbroath 1 June 1927 1 June 1946 19 years, 0 days [54]
28 England Tom Watson England Liverpool 26 July 1896 16 May 1915 18 years, 294 days [55]
29 England Edmund Goodman England Crystal Palace 1 April 1907 1 November 1925 18 years, 214 days [56]
30 Scotland Hugh Spence Scotland Kilmarnock 15 August 1919 11 December 1937 18 years, 118 days [57]
31 England Charlie Paynter England West Ham United 1 November 1932 1 August 1950 17 years, 273 days [58]
32 Scotland Donald Turner Scotland Partick Thistle 10 August 1929 3 May 1947 17 years, 266 days [59]
33 Portugal Cosme Damião Portugal Benfica 17 October 1908 28 March 1926 17 years, 162 days [60]
34 Scotland Sandy Paterson Scotland Cowdenbeath 22 December 1906 24 April 1924 17 years, 124 days [61]
35 England Will Cuff England Everton 1 August 1901 31 May 1918 16 years, 303 days [62]
36 England Frank Buckley England Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 July 1927 31 March 1944 16 years, 274 days [28][63]
37 Scotland Jimmy Methven England Derby County 1 August 1906 30 June 1922 15 years, 333 days [64]
38 England Thomas H. McIntosh England Everton 1 August 1919 31 May 1935 15 years, 303 days [65]
39 England Harry Kent England Watford 1 August 1910 31 May 1926 15 years, 303 days [66]
40 England George Jobey England Derby County 1 August 1925 1 May 1941 15 years, 273 days [67]
41 Scotland Peter O'Rourke England Bradford City 1 November 1905 30 June 1921 15 years, 241 days [68]
42 Scotland Willie McCartney Scotland Heart of Midlothian 22 November 1919 27 April 1935 15 years, 156 days [69]
43 Ireland Elisha Scott Ireland Belfast Celtic 1 May 1934 30 May 1949 15 years, 29 days [70][71]
44 Scotland Tully Craig Scotland Falkirk 27 April 1935 1 May 1950 15 years, 4 days [72][73]
45 Austria Dionys Schönecker Austria Rapid Wien 1 September 1910 30 June 1925 14 years, 302 days
46 England Wilf Wild England Manchester City 1 March 1932 1 November 1946 14 years, 245 days [74]
47 England John Haworth England Burnley 31 July 1910 4 December 1924 14 years, 183 days [75]
48 Ireland Dan McMichael Scotland Hibernian 20 August 1904 1 February 1919 14 years, 165 days [76]
49 Scotland Peter McWilliam England Tottenham Hotspur 1 January 1913 1 February 1927 14 years, 31 days [77]
50 England Robert Brown England Sheffield Wednesday 1 June 1920 1 December 1933 13 years, 183 days [78]
51 Scotland Paddy Travers Scotland Aberdeen 1 August 1924 20 November 1937 13 years, 111 days [79][80]

Post-1946

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Longest managerial reigns (post-1946)
Rank Manager Club From To Length Reference
1 England Jimmy Davies England Waterloo Dock 1 January 1963 1 January 2013 50 years, 0 days [81]
2 France Guy Roux France Auxerre 1 July 1961 30 June 2005 43 years, 364 days [23][82][83]
3 Scotland Jock Finlayson Scotland Hill of Beath Hawthorn 1 June 1975 1 June 2015 40 years, 0 days [84]
4 England Roly Howard England Marine 12 August 1972 1 June 2005 32 years, 293 days [85]
5 Northern Ireland Ronnie McFall Northern Ireland Portadown 1 December 1986 5 March 2016 29 years, 95 days [23][86]
6 Scotland Alex Ferguson England Manchester United 6 November 1986 19 May 2013 26 years, 194 days [23][82]
7 France Michel Le Millinaire France Laval 1 July 1968 27 October 1992 24 years, 118 days [82][87]
8 Italy Dario Gradi England Crewe Alexandra 9 June 1983 1 July 2007 24 years, 22 days [82]
9 Wales Mickey Evans Wales Caersws 1 August 1983 1 June 2007 23 years, 304 days [23]
10 Scotland Matt Busby England Manchester United 1 October 1945 4 June 1969 23 years, 246 days [88]
11 England Jimmy Seed England Charlton Athletic 16 May 1933 1 October 1956 23 years, 138 days [89]
12 England Joe Smith England Blackpool 19 August 1935 30 April 1958 22 years, 254 days [90]
13 France Arsène Wenger England Arsenal 1 October 1996 13 May 2018 21 years, 224 days [82]
14 Scotland Jim McLean Scotland Dundee United 6 December 1971 15 May 1993 21 years, 160 days [91][92]
15 France Bruno Luzi France Chambly 1 July 2001 2 April 2022 20 years, 275 days [93]
16 England Teddy Davison England Sheffield United 1 June 1932 1 August 1952 20 years, 61 days [94]
17 Scotland Jimmy McGrory Scotland Celtic 11 August 1945 6 March 1965 19 years, 207 days [95][96]
18 Northern Ireland Stephen Baxter Northern Ireland Crusaders 23 February 2005 17 July 2024 19 years, 145 days [97]
19 Scotland Paddy Travers Scotland Clyde 27 November 1937 28 April 1956 18 years, 153 days [98]
20 England Brian Clough England Nottingham Forest 3 January 1975 8 May 1993 18 years, 125 days [82]
21 England Ted Bates England Southampton 1 September 1955 18 November 1973 18 years, 78 days [99]
22 Scotland Bill Murray England Sunderland 1 April 1939 1 June 1957 18 years, 61 days [100]
23 Scotland Eddie Hunter Scotland Queen's Park 30 April 1979 10 December 1994 17 years, 124 days [101][102]
24 Scotland Dave Halliday Scotland Aberdeen 25 December 1937 23 April 1955 17 years, 119 days [103][104]
25 Northern Ireland David Jeffrey Northern Ireland Linfield 4 January 1997 30 April 2014 17 years, 116 days [105]
26 Scotland Bert Henderson Scotland Arbroath 6 October 1962 19 January 1980 17 years, 105 days [106]
27 United States Michael Anhaeuser United States Charleston Battery 1 September 2004 1 November 2021 17 years, 61 days [107][108]
28 Germany Frank Schmidt Germany Heidenheim 17 September 2007 Present 17 years, 46 days [109]
29 Norway Vegard Hansen Norway Mjøndalen 10 October 2005 18 August 2022 16 years, 312 days [110][111]
30 England Bill Ridding England Bolton Wanderers 1 October 1951 1 August 1968 16 years, 305 days [112]
31 England Tony Waddington England Stoke City 1 June 1960 22 March 1977 16 years, 294 days [82]
32 Romania Ionuţ Vintilă England F.C. Romania 1 August 2006 31 December 2022 16 years, 152 days [113]
33 England Eric Taylor England Sheffield Wednesday 1 April 1942 31 July 1958 16 years, 121 days [114]
— Spain Antonio Toledo Spain Sporting de Huelva 1 August 2004 1 November 2020 16 years, 92 days [115]
34 England Stan Cullis England Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 June 1948 1 August 1964 16 years, 61 days [28][116]
35 Azerbaijan Gurban Gurbanov Azerbaijan Qarabağ 4 August 2008 Present 16 years, 90 days [117]
36 Russia Iurii Hodîchin Moldova Dinamo Bender 1 January 1999 1 January 2015 16 years, 0 days [118]
37 Spain José Arribas France Nantes 14 July 1960 30 June 1976 15 years, 352 days [82]
38 Belgium Francky Dury Belgium Zultse VV /
Zulte Waregem[b] 		1 July 1994 9 June 2010 15 years, 343 days [23]
39 Germany Volker Finke Germany Freiburg 1 July 1991 27 May 2007 15 years, 330 days [82]
40 England Bill Nicholson England Tottenham Hotspur 11 October 1958 29 August 1974 15 years, 322 days [119][120]
41 Scotland Bert Herdman Scotland Raith Rovers 23 February 1946 14 October 1961 15 years, 233 days [121]
42 Scotland Tommy Walker Scotland Heart of Midlothian 17 February 1951 24 September 1966 15 years, 219 days [122]
43 England Simon Weaver England Harrogate Town 20 May 2009 Present 15 years, 166 days [123]
44 Scotland Jimmy Davies Scotland Greenock Morton 28 October 1939 29 January 1955 15 years, 93 days [124]
45 England John Rudge England Port Vale 5 December 1983 18 January 1999 15 years, 44 days [125][126]
46 Argentina Pablo Vicó Argentina Club Atlético Brown 21 March 2009 3 May 2024 15 years, 43 days [127]
47 United States Peter Vermes United States Sporting Kansas City 4 August 2009 Present 15 years, 90 days [128]
48 Scotland Jimmy McKinnell Jr. Scotland Queen of the South 20 April 1946 29 April 1961 15 years, 9 days [129]
49 Netherlands Eugène Gerards Greece OFI 1 July 1985 30 June 2000 14 years, 365 days [130]
50 England George Kay England Liverpool 1 May 1936 28 February 1951 14 years, 303 days [131]
51 England John Lyall England West Ham United 16 August 1974 5 June 1989 14 years, 293 days [82]
52 Scotland Bill Shankly England Liverpool 14 December 1959 12 July 1974 14 years, 210 days [132]
53 Germany Otto Rehhagel Germany Werder Bremen 2 April 1981 30 June 1995 14 years, 89 days [133]
54 Germany Thomas Schaaf Germany Werder Bremen 10 May 1999 18 May 2013 14 years, 8 days [133][134]
55 Scotland Hugh Shaw Scotland Hibernian 31 January 1948 4 November 1961 13 years, 277 days [135]
56 Spain Miguel Muñoz Spain Real Madrid 17 April 1960 15 January 1974 13 years, 273 days [136]

National teams

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Guillermo Stábile managed Argentina for almost 19 years, the longest reign in international football
Oscar Tabárez was Uruguay manager for 16 years, the longest streak in the 21st century
Longest managerial reigns in international football[137]
Rank Manager National team From To Length Reference
— Spain Ignacio Quereda Spain Spain women 1 January 1988 30 July 2015 27 years, 210 days [138]
1 Argentina Guillermo Stábile Argentina Argentina 13 August 1939 15 June 1958 18 years, 306 days [139]
2 Italy Vittorio Pozzo Italy Italy 1 December 1929 5 August 1948 18 years, 248 days [20][23][140]
3 Mauritius Mohammad Anwar Elahee Mauritius Mauritius 1 January 1970 1 January 1988 18 years, 0 days
4 Austria Hugo Meisl Austria Austria 5 October 1919[c] 17 February 1937 17 years, 135 days [140][141]
5 England Walter Winterbottom England England 28 September 1946 21 November 1962 16 years, 54 days [140][142]
6 Luxembourg Paul Philipp Luxembourg Luxembourg 25 September 1985 10 June 2001 15 years, 258 days [140][143]
7 Uruguay Óscar Tabárez Uruguay Uruguay 7 March 2006 19 November 2021 15 years, 257 days [144]
8 Sweden John Pettersson Sweden Sweden 26 March 1921 27 September 1936 15 years, 185 days [145]
9 Denmark Morten Olsen Denmark Denmark 1 July 2000 17 November 2015 15 years, 139 days [140][146]
10 England Bob Glendenning Netherlands Netherlands 15 March 1925 21 April 1940 15 years, 37 days [140][147]
11 San Marino Giampaolo Mazza San Marino San Marino 10 October 1998 15 October 2013 15 years, 5 days [140][148]
12 Germany Joachim Löw Germany Germany 12 July 2006 29 June 2021 14 years, 352 days [149]
13 Andorra Koldo Álvarez Andorra Andorra 2 February 2010 Present 14 years, 274 days [150]
14 Luxembourg Luc Holtz Luxembourg Luxembourg 4 August 2010 Present 14 years, 90 days [151]
15 Northern Ireland Billy Bingham Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 26 March 1980 17 November 1993 13 years, 236 days [140][152]
16 West Germany Helmut Schön West Germany West Germany 4 November 1964 21 June 1978 13 years, 229 days [140][153]
17 West Germany Sepp Herberger West Germany West Germany 22 November 1950 7 June 1964 13 years, 198 days [140][154]
18 Belgium Guy Thys Belgium Belgium 22 May 1976 8 June 1989 13 years, 17 days [140][155]
19 Finland Olavi Laaksonen Finland Finland 19 June 1962 9 October 1974 12 years, 112 days [156]
20 France Didier Deschamps France France 8 July 2012 Present 12 years, 117 days [157]
21 England Alf Ramsey England England 27 February 1963 3 April 1974 11 years, 35 days [158]
22 East Germany Georg Buschner East Germany East Germany 1 May 1970 31 May 1981 11 years, 30 days [159]
23 Spain José María Mateos Spain Spain 1 January 1922 1 January 1933 11 years, 0 days [160]
24 Spain David Rodrigo Andorra Andorra 1 May 1999 1 February 2010 10 years, 276 days [161]
25 Poland Sepp Piontek Denmark Denmark 1 July 1979 1 April 1990 10 years, 274 days [162]
26 Italy Enzo Bearzot Italy Italy 27 September 1975 17 June 1986 10 years, 263 days [163]
27 Northern Ireland Peter Doherty Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 6 October 1951 9 May 1962 10 years, 215 days [164]
28 Wales Dave Bowen Wales Wales 1 September 1964 30 June 1974 9 years, 302 days [165]
29 Senegal Aliou Cisse Senegal Senegal 5 March 2015 2 October 2024 9 years, 211 days [166]
30 Mexico Ignacio Trelles Mexico Mexico 5 March 1960 1 July 1969 9 years, 118 days

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ James Black was manager and secretary for Forfar Athletic during 66 years uninterrupted years.[2]
  2. ^ Retained as manager after Zultse merged with K.S.V. Waregem in 2001.
  3. ^ Prior to this, joint manager from October 1914 along with Heinrich Retschury.

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  142. ^ Sir Walter Winterbottom - International Matches as Coach, RSSSF
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  144. ^ Oscar Tabárez es el nuevo técnico de Uruguay, La Red 21
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  148. ^ National football team manager Giampaolo Mazza, EU-Football.info
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  154. ^ Josef "Sepp" Herberger - International Matches as Coach, RSSSF
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