List of Huddersfield Town A.F.C. managers

This is a list of the records of all the managers of Huddersfield Town since the club's inception in 1908.

Statistics

Information correct as of match played 23 April 2016. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%[1]	Honours & Achievements	Notes
Walker, FredFred Walker	England	August 1908	26 November 1910	92	40	12	40	183	173	43.48	see below	[2][3][4]
Pudan, DickDick Pudan	England	26 November 1910	24 April 1912	66	21	13	32	106	115	31.82		[2]
Knighton, LeslieLeslie Knighton	England	24 April 1912	27 April 1912	1	1	0	0	4	0	100.00		[2][5]
Fairclough, ArthurArthur Fairclough	England	27 April 1912	23 December 1919	281	125	57	99	442	349	44.48
Langley, AmbroseAmbrose Langley	England	23 December 1919	23 March 1921	65	33	13	19	101	73	50.77	see below	[2]
Coaching Staff		24 March 1921	30 March 1921	2	2	0	0	6	2	100.00
Chapman, HerbertHerbert Chapman	England	31 March 1921	10 June 1925	194	95	53	46	282	166	48.97	see below	[2]
Potter, CecilCecil Potter	England	3 July 1925	16 August 1926	44	24	11	9	93	64	54.55	see below	[2]
Chaplin, JackJack Chaplin	Scotland	23 August 1926	27 May 1929	141	62	38	41	277	209	43.97	see below
Stephenson, ClemClem Stephenson	England	27 May 1929	8 June 1942	556	235	132	189	980	833	42.27	see below	[6]
Magner, TedTed Magner	England	8 June 1942	20 September 1943	42	25	9	8	116	71	59.52		[7]
Steele, DavidDavid Steele	Scotland	20 September 1943	16 June 1947	167	73	24	70	322	299	43.71		[8]
Stephenson, GeorgeGeorge Stephenson	England	21 August 1947	11 March 1952	213	62	45	104	259	380	29.11
Board Of Directors		12 March 1952	17 April 1952	7	3	2	2	10	12	42.86
Beattie, AndyAndy Beattie	Scotland	18 April 1952	3 November 1956	196	84	45	67	314	288	42.86	see below
Shankly, BillBill Shankly	Scotland	5 November 1956	1 December 1959	137	51	36	50	211	200	37.23
Boot, EddieEddie Boot	England	2 December 1959	18 January 1960	9	4	3	2	22	11	44.44		[5]
Boot, EddieEddie Boot	England	19 January 1960	2 September 1964	217	79	58	80	303	304	36.41
Greaves, IanIan Greaves	England	3 September 1964	25 October 1964	12	4	1	7	17	24	33.33		[5]
Johnston, TomTom Johnston	Scotland	26 October 1964	13 May 1968	170	73	41	56	224	189	42.94	see below
Greaves, IanIan Greaves	England	11 June 1968	25 June 1974	281	89	88	104	306	338	31.67	see below
Collins, BobbyBobby Collins	Scotland	June 1974	23 December 1975	76	24	18	34	82	106	31.58
Johnston, TomTom Johnston	Scotland	24 December 1975	22 April 1977	74	35	18	21	98	72	47.30
Haselden, JohnJohn Haselden	England	22 April 1977	29 September 1977	18	1	11	6	13	22	5.56
Johnston, TomTom Johnston	Scotland	29 September 1977	29 August 1978	44	15	12	17	62	55	34.09
Buxton, MickMick Buxton	England	30 August 1978	30 October 1978	12	4	3	5	15	15	33.33		[5]
Buxton, MickMick Buxton	England	31 October 1978	23 December 1986	426	174	113	139	616	506	40.85	see below
Smith, SteveSteve Smith	England	23 December 1986	12 January 1987	5	2	3	0	9	5	40.00		[5]
Smith, SteveSteve Smith	England	13 January 1987	6 October 1987	33	7	13	13	41	54	21.21
Coaching Staff		7 October 1987	11 October 1987	1	0	0	1	1	4	0.00
Macdonald, MalcolmMalcolm Macdonald	England	12 October 1987	4 May 1988	37	6	7	24	33	81	16.22
Hand, EoinEoin Hand	Ireland	5 May 1988	6 March 1992	216	83	57	76	284	278	38.43
Ross, IanIan Ross	Scotland	6 March 1992	14 July 1993	71	31	16	24	104	92	43.66
Warnock, NeilNeil Warnock	England	15 July 1993	5 June 1995	120	51	37	32	177	143	42.50	see below
Horton, BrianBrian Horton	England	21 June 1995	6 October 1997	120	39	35	46	142	161	32.50
Jackson, PeterPeter Jackson	England	7 October 1997	10 May 1999	94	33	27	34	121	143	35.11
Bruce, SteveSteve Bruce	England	24 May 1999	16 October 2000	66	25	16	25	80	76	37.88
Macari, LouLou Macari	Scotland	16 October 2000	14 June 2002	93	36	29	28	115	102	38.71
Wadsworth, MickMick Wadsworth	England	1 July 2002	26 March 2003	43	10	10	23	32	54	23.26
Machin, MelMel Machin	England	26 March 2003	6 May 2003	7	2	2	3	10	11	28.57		[5]
Jackson, PeterPeter Jackson	England	27 June 2003	5 March 2007	197	81	52	64	292	271	41.12	see below
Murphy, GerryGerry Murphy	Ireland	6 March 2007	10 April 2007	6	1	4	1	6	6	16.67		[5]
Ritchie, AndyAndy Ritchie	England	11 April 2007	1 April 2008	51	22	5	24	62	77	43.14
Murphy, GerryGerry Murphy	Ireland	1 April 2008	3 May 2008	6	4	2	0	7	2	66.67		[5]
Ternent, StanStan Ternent	England	3 May 2008	4 November 2008	18	5	5	8	27	31	27.78
Murphy, GerryGerry Murphy	Ireland	4 November 2008	15 December 2008	5	3	0	2	8	7	60.00		[5]
Mitchell, GrahamGraham Mitchell	England	13 December 2008	13 December 2008	1	1	0	0	1	0	100.00		[5]
Clark, LeeLee Clark	England	15 December 2008	15 February 2012	177	86	50	41	310	218	48.59
Grayson, SimonSimon Grayson	England	20 February 2012	24 January 2013	49	17	15	17	58	69	34.69
Lillis, MarkMark Lillis	England	24 January 2013	14 February 2013	5	2	2	1	4	5	40.00		[5]
Robins, MarkMark Robins	England	14 February 2013	10 August 2014	68	23	14	31	87	101	33.82
Lillis, MarkMark Lillis	England	10 August 2014	3 September 2014	6	2	1	3	11	14	33.33		[5]
Powell, ChrisChris Powell	England	3 September 2014	4 November 2015	58	15	21	22	69	85	25.86
Lillis, MarkMark Lillis	England	4 November 2015	9 November 2015	1	0	0	1	0	3	0.00		[5]
Wagner, DavidDavid Wagner	Germany  United States	9 November 2015		31	10	7	14	46	49	32.26

Managers with Honours

Name	Nat	Tenure	Honours
Fred Walker	England	1908–1910	Election into The Football League
Ambrose Langley	England	1919–1921	1920 FA Cup Final 1920 Second Division Runners-up
Herbert Chapman	England	1921–1925	1922 FA Cup 1922 FA Charity Shield 1924 First Division 1925 First Division
Cecil Potter	England	1925–1926	1926 First Division
Jack Chaplin	Scotland	1926–1929	1927 First Division Runners-up 1928 FA Cup Final 1928 First Division Runners-up 1929 FA Cup Semi Final
Clem Stephenson	England	1929–1942	1930 FA Cup Final 1934 First Division Runners-up 1938 FA Cup Final 1939 FA Cup Semi Final
Andy Beattie	Scotland	1952–1956	1953 Second Division Runners-up
Tom Johnston	Scotland	1964–1968	1968 Football League Cup Semi Final
Ian Greaves	England	1968–1974	1970 Second Division
Mick Buxton	England	1978–1986	1980 Fourth Division
Neil Warnock	England	1993–1995	1994 Football League Trophy Final 1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final
Peter Jackson	England	2003–2007	2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final
Simon Grayson	England	2012–2013	2012 Football League One play-off Final

References

1. Win% is rounded to two decimal places
2. Secretary of the committee that chose the team
3. With the exception of the first 10 matches in the 1910–11 season, all Walker's managerial records took place while Town were playing non-league football.
4. Walker is the only player-manager in the history of Huddersfield Town.
5. Caretaker Manager
6. These includes 3 seasons in the Wartime League, but it doesn't include the 3 league matches expunged from the 1939–40 season.
7. All Magner's matches were played in the Wartime League.
8. The first 3 seasons that Steele was in charge were played in the Wartime League. Only the 1946–47 season was played in the Football League.

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