This is a list of Swansea City A.F.C. managers and their records from 1912, when the club was founded and their first professional manager appointed, to the present day.
History
The first manager to be appointed to Swansea Town was Walter Whittaker. In the club's first season, Whittaker led Swansea to their first Welsh Cup win. Haydn Green is Swansea's longest serving manager, having held the position for 8 years, 123 days spanning World War II. Statistically, Roberto Martínez is Swansea's most successful manager with a 50% winning percentage in all competitive games. As a player-manager, John Toshack guided Swansea City to three promotions in four years, from the Fourth Division to the First Division. Swansea finished the 1981–81 season in sixth place – their highest ever league position. There have been three managers hired on a 'permanent' basis (Kevin Cullis, Jimmy Rimmer and Micky Adams) who had winless records during their brief stints at Swansea that spanned less than four weeks between all three of them, in two separate periods of 1996 and 1997.
List of managers
This list of all managers includes performance records and honours.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost
Picture | Name | Nationality | From | To | Length | P | W | D | L | Win% | Honours | Ref. |
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Walter Whittaker | ![]() |
1 August 1912 | 31 May 1914 | 1 year, 303 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | 1 Welsh Cup | [1] | |
William Bartlett | ![]() |
1 August 1914 | 31 May 1915 | 303 days | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33 | [2] | ||
Joe Bradshaw | ![]() |
1 August 1919 | 1 May 1926 | 6 years, 273 days | 272 | 128 | 73 | 71 | 47.06 | 1 Third Division South Championship | [3] | |
Jimmy Thomson | ![]() |
4 April 1927 | 31 May 1931 | 4 years, 119 days | 176 | 59 | 43 | 74 | 33.52 | [4] | ||
Neil Harris | ![]() |
1 July 1934 | 1 May 1939 | 4 years, 304 days | 218 | 71 | 49 | 98 | 32.57 | [5] | ||
Haydn Green | ![]() |
1 May 1939 | 1 September 1947 | 8 years, 123 days | 50 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 26.00 | [6] | ||
Billy McCandless | ![]() |
1 November 1948 | 1 July 1955 | 6 years, 242 days | 294 | 113 | 61 | 120 | 38.44 | 1 Third Division South Championship, 1 Welsh Cup | [7] | |
Ronnie Burgess | ![]() |
1 July 1955 | 1 August 1958 | 3 years, 31 days | 129 | 50 | 22 | 57 | 38.76 | [8] | ||
Trevor Morris | ![]() |
1 August 1958 | 31 May 1965 | 6 years, 303 days | 327 | 112 | 77 | 138 | 34.25 | 1 Welsh Cup | [9] | |
Glyn Davies | ![]() |
1 June 1965 | 1 October 1966 | 1 year, 122 days | 58 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 27.59 | 1 Welsh Cup | [10] | |
Billy Lucas | ![]() |
1 February 1967 | 1 March 1969 | 2 years, 28 days | 97 | 34 | 24 | 39 | 35.05 | [11] | ||
Roy Bentley | ![]() |
1 August 1969 | 16 October 1972 | 3 years, 76 days | 153 | 56 | 45 | 52 | 36.60 | 1 Fourth Division promotion | [12] | |
Harry Gregg | ![]() |
1 November 1972 | 1 January 1975 | 2 years, 61 days | 101 | 34 | 23 | 44 | 33.66 | [13] | ||
Harry Griffiths | ![]() |
1 January 1975 | 29 October 1977 | 2 years, 301 days | 127 | 54 | 28 | 45 | 42.52 | [14] | ||
22 November 1977 | 1 February 1978 | 71 days | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 44.44 | [14] | ||||
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John Toshack[nb 1] | ![]() |
1 February 1978 | 29 October 1983 | 5 years, 89 days | 251 | 104 | 59 | 88 | 41.43 | 1 Fourth Division promotion, 1 Third Division promotion, 1 Second Division promotion, 3 Welsh Cups | [15] |
Doug Livermore[nb 2] | ![]() |
29 October 1983 | 21 December 1983 | 53 days | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11.11 | [16] | ||
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John Toshack[nb 1] | ![]() |
21 December 1983 | 4 March 1984 | 74 days | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18.18 | [15] | |
Les Chappell[nb 2] | ![]() |
4 March 1984 | 16 May 1984 | 73 days | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 25.00 | |||
Colin Appleton | ![]() |
16 May 1984 | 6 December 1984 | 204 days | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18.18 | [17] | ||
Les Chappell[nb 2] | ![]() |
6 December 1984 | 16 December 1984 | 10 days | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | [18] | ||
John Bond | ![]() |
16 December 1984 | 20 December 1985 | 1 year, 4 days | 54 | 15 | 11 | 28 | 27.78 | [19] | ||
Tommy Hutchison[nb 1] | ![]() |
21 December 1985 | 1 May 1986 | 131 days | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26.09 | [20] | ||
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Terry Yorath[nb 1] | ![]() |
12 July 1986 | 2 February 1989 | 2 years, 205 days | 139 | 58 | 35 | 46 | 41.73 | 1 Fourth Division play-off winner, 1 Welsh Cup | [21] |
Ian Evans | ![]() |
27 February 1989 | 13 March 1990 | 1 year, 14 days | 58 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 25.86 | [22] | ||
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Terry Yorath | ![]() |
15 March 1990 | 21 March 1991 | 1 year, 6 days | 51 | 15 | 10 | 26 | 29.41 | [21] | |
Frank Burrows | ![]() |
21 March 1991 | 31 July 1995 | 4 years, 132 days | 231 | 85 | 65 | 81 | 36.80 | 1 Welsh Cup, 1 Football League Trophy | [23] | |
Bobby Smith | ![]() |
1 August 1995 | 31 July 1996 | 365 days | 49 | 12 | 14 | 23 | 24.49 | [24] | ||
Kevin Cullis | ![]() |
8 February 1996 | 14 February 1996 | 6 days | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | [25] | ||
Jimmy Rimmer | ![]() |
14 February 1996 | 22 February 1996 | 8 days | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | [26] | ||
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Jan Mølby[nb 1] | ![]() |
22 February 1996 | 8 October 1997 | 1 year, 228 days | 80 | 31 | 16 | 33 | 38.75 | [27] | |
Micky Adams[nb 1] | ![]() |
9 October 1997 | 22 October 1997 | 13 days | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | [28] | ||
Alan Cork | ![]() |
22 October 1997 | 30 June 1998 | 251 days | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 28.57 | [29] | ||
John Hollins | ![]() |
1 July 1998 | 12 September 2001 | 3 years, 73 days | 170 | 63 | 47 | 60 | 37.06 | 1 Third Division Championship | [30] | |
Colin Addison | ![]() |
13 September 2001 | 7 March 2002 | 175 days | 35 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 31.43 | [31] | ||
Roger Freestone[nb 3] | ![]() |
8 March 2002 | 20 April 2002 | 43 days | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12.50 | [32] | ||
Nick Cusack[nb 3] | ![]() |
8 March 2002 | 19 September 2002 | 195 days | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 25.00 | [33] | ||
Brian Flynn | ![]() |
19 September 2002 | 18 March 2004 | 1 year, 181 days | 82 | 28 | 22 | 32 | 34.15 | [34] | ||
Alan Curtis[nb 2] | ![]() |
18 March 2004 | 5 April 2004 | 18 days | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25.00 | [35] | ||
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Kenny Jackett | ![]() |
5 April 2004 | 15 February 2007 | 2 years, 316 days | 156 | 69 | 40 | 47 | 44.23 | 1 League Two promotion, 1 Football League Trophy | [36] |
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Kevin Nugent[nb 2] | ![]() |
15 February 2007 | 24 February 2007 | 9 days | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | [37] | |
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Roberto Martínez | ![]() |
24 February 2007 | 15 June 2009 | 2 years, 111 days | 126 | 63 | 37 | 26 | 50.00 | 1 League One Championship | [38] |
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Paulo Sousa | ![]() |
22 June 2009 | 5 July 2010 | 1 year, 13 days | 49 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 36.73 | [39] | |
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Brendan Rodgers | ![]() |
16 July 2010 | 1 June 2012 | 1 year, 321 days | 96 | 43 | 20 | 33 | 44.79 | 1 Championship play-off winner | [40] |
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Michael Laudrup | ![]() |
17 June 2012 | 4 February 2014 | 1 year, 232 days | 84 | 29 | 24 | 31 | 34.52 | 1 Football League Cup | [41] |
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Garry Monk | ![]() |
4 February 2014 | 9 December 2015 | 1 year, 308 days | 77 | 28 | 17 | 32 | 36.36 | [42] | |
Alan Curtis[nb 2] | ![]() |
9 December 2015 | 18 January 2016 | 40 days | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25.00 | [43] | ||
Francesco Guidolin | ![]() |
18 January 2016 | 3 October 2016 | 259 days | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 36.00 | [44] | ||
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Bob Bradley | ![]() |
3 October 2016 | 27 December 2016 | 85 days | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 18.18 | [45] | |
Alan Curtis[nb 2] | ![]() |
27 December 2016 | 3 January 2017 | 7 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | [46] | ||
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Paul Clement | ![]() |
3 January 2017 | 20 December 2017 | 351 days | 37 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 32.43 | [47] | |
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Leon Britton[nb 2] | ![]() |
21 December 2017 | 28 December 2017 | 7 days | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | [48] | |
Carlos Carvalhal | ![]() |
28 December 2017 | 18 May 2018 | 141 days | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 33.33 | [49] | ||
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Graham Potter | ![]() |
11 June 2018 | 20 May 2019 | 343 days | 51 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 41.18 | [50] | |
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Steve Cooper | ![]() |
13 June 2019 | 21 July 2021 | 2 years, 38 days | 105 | 47 | 28 | 30 | 44.76 | [51] | |
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Russell Martin | ![]() |
1 August 2021 | 21 June 2023 | 1 year, 324 days | 99 | 36 | 26 | 37 | 36.36 | [52] | |
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Michael Duff | ![]() |
22 June 2023 | 4 December 2023 | 165 days | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 28.57 | [53] | |
Alan Sheehan[nb 2] | ![]() |
4 December 2023 | 5 January 2024 | 32 days | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 42.86 | [54] | ||
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Luke Williams | ![]() |
5 January 2024 | present | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16.67 | [55] |
Notes
References
- ^ "Walter Whittaker". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "William Bartlett". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Joe Bradshaw". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Jimmy Thomson". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Neil Harris". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Haydn Green". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Bill McCandless". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Ron Burgess". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Trevor Morris". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Glyn Davis". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Billy Lucas". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Roy Bentley". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Harry Gregg". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Harry Griffiths". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ a b "John Toshack". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Doug Livermore". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Colin Appleton". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Our Managers". swanseacity.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "John Bond". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Tommy Hutchison". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Terry Yorath". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Ian Evans". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Frank Burrows". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Bobby Smith". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Kevin Cullis". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Jimmy Rimmer". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Jan Molby". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Micky Adams". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Alan Cork". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "John Hollins". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Colin Addison". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Roger Freestone". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Nick Cusack". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Brian Flynn". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Alan Curtis". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Kenny Jackett". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Kevin Nugent". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Roberto Martinez". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Paulo Sousa". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Brendan Rodgers". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Michael Laudrup". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Garry Monk". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ "Alan Curtis". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ "Francesco Guidolin". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ "Swansea sack Francesco Guidolin and appoint Bob Bradley manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Swansea City: Paul Clement confirmed as third boss of the season". BBC Sport. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ "Swansea City: Paul Clement confirmed as third boss of the season". BBC Sport. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ "Leon Britton". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Carlos Carvalhal". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Graham Potter named new Swansea City manager". BBC Sport. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Cooper confirmed as new Swans head coach". Swansea City. 13 June 2019. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Russell Martin named new Swansea manager". The Independent. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Michael Duff | This club matches my ambition and I'm excited to get going | Swansea". Swansea City. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "CLUB STATEMENT MICHAEL DUFF". Swansea City. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "LUKE WILLIAMS JOINS SWANSEA CITY AS HEAD COACH". Swansea City. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.