List of Newcastle United F.C. managers

Kevin Keegan, during his second spell as manager of Newcastle

The following is a list of Newcastle United Football Club managers and their major honours from the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1892 to the present day.

The club's longest-serving manager was Stan Seymour, who had three spells managing the club from 1939 to 1958, totalling almost 14 years, while the most successful manager was Joe Harvey, who won five trophies and also had the longest uninterrupted spell as manager, lasting 13 years from 1962 to 1975. All but three of the club's managers - Tom Mather, Norman Smith and Osvaldo Ardiles - have managed the club in the top-flight.

Managerial history

From 1892 to 1929, the team was selected by a committee whose secretary had the same powers and role as a manager has today.

Statistics

Information correct as of match played 2 April 2016. Only competitive matches are counted

• (n/a) = Information not available

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%[1]	Honours
Selection committee	(n/a)	1892	31 December 1929	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	Football League First Division Champions: 1904/05, 1906/07, 1908/09, 1926/27 Football League Second Division Runners-up: 1897/98 Northern League Champions: 1902/03, 1903/04, 1904/05 FA Cup Winners: 1910, 1924 FA Cup Runners-up: 1905, 1906, 1908, 1911 FA Community Shield Winners: 1909 Sheriff of London Charity Shield Winners: 1907
Andy Cunningham	Scotland	1 January 1930	31 May 1935	251	105	45	101	41.83	FA Cup Winners: 1932 FA Community Shield Runners-up: 1932
Tom Mather	England	1 June 1935	1 September 1939	179	78	32	69	43.57
Stan Seymour	England	1 September 1939	1 June 1958	338	130	74	134	38.46	FA Cup Winners: 1951, 1952 FA Community Shield Runners-up: 1951, 1952
George Martin	England	1 May 1947	1 December 1950	155	76	40	39	49.03	Football League Second Division Runners-up: 1947/48
Doug Livingstone	Scotland	1 December 1954	1 January 1956	99	43	20	36	43.43	FA Cup Winners: 1955 FA Community Shield Runners-up: 1955
Charlie Mitten	England	1 June 1958	1 October 1961	145	53	28	64	36.55
Norman Smith	England	1 October 1961	1 June 1962	35	12	8	15	34.28
Joe Harvey	England	1 June 1962	1 June 1975	591	224	152	215	37.90	Football League Second Division Champions: 1964/65 FA Cup Runners-up: 1974 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Winners: 1969 Anglo-Italian Cup Winners: 1973 Texaco Cup Winners: 1974, 1975
Gordon Lee	England	12 June 1975	30 January 1977	74	28	20	26	37.83	Football League Cup Runners-up: 1976
Richard Dinnis	England	2 February 1977	9 November 1977	40	12	10	18	30.00
Willie McFaul[2]	Northern Ireland	9 November 1977	18 November 1977	1	0	0	1	00.00
Bill McGarry	England	18 November 1977	31 August 1980	118	37	33	48	31.35
Joe Harvey[2]	England	31 August 1980	7 September 1980	3	2	1	0	66.67
Arthur Cox	England	7 September 1980	24 May 1984	169	76	42	51	44.97	Kirin Cup Winners: 1983
Jack Charlton	England	14 August 1984	10 August 1985	48	15	15	18	31.25
Willie McFaul	Northern Ireland	12 August 1985	10 October 1988	147	52	41	56	35.57
Colin Suggett[2]	England	10 October 1988	14 December 1988	9	2	2	5	22.22
Jim Smith	England	14 December 1988	21 March 1991	121	44	38	39	36.36
Bobby Saxton[2]	England	21 March 1991	26 March 1991	1	0	1	0	00.00
Osvaldo Ardiles	Argentina	26 March 1991	5 February 1992	47	10	18	19	21.27
Kevin Keegan	England	5 February 1992	8 January 1997	251	138	51	62	54.98	FA Premier League Runners-up: 1995/96 Football League First Division Champions: 1992/93 FA Community Shield Runners-up: 1996
Terry McDermott[2]	England	8 January 1997	14 January 1997	1	0	1	0	0.00
Kenny Dalglish	Scotland	14 January 1997	27 August 1998	78	30	26	22	38.46	FA Premier League Runners-up: 1996/97 FA Cup Runners-up: 1998
Ruud Gullit	Netherlands	28 August 1998	28 August 1999	52	18	14	20	34.61	FA Cup Runners-up: 1999
Steve Clarke[2]	Scotland	28 August 1999	2 September 1999	1	0	0	1	0.00
Sir Bobby Robson	England	2 September 1999	30 August 2004	255	119	64	72	46.66	UEFA Intertoto Cup Runners-up: 2001 Premier League Asia Trophy Runners-up: 2003 UEFA Cup Semi-Finals 2003/04
John Carver[2]	England	11 September 2004	13 September 2004	1	1	0	0	100.00
Graeme Souness	Scotland	13 September 2004	2 February 2006	87	39	19	29	44.82
Glenn Roeder	England	2 February 2006	6 May 2007	72	33	15	24	45.83	UEFA Intertoto Cup Winners: 2006
Nigel Pearson[2]	England	6 May 2007	15 May 2007	1	0	1	0	0.00
Sam Allardyce	England	15 May 2007	9 January 2008	24	8	6	10	33.33
Nigel Pearson[2]	England	9 January 2008	16 January 2008	2	1	0	1	50.00
Kevin Keegan	England	16 January 2008	4 September 2008	21	6	6	9	28.57
Chris Hughton[2]	Ireland	8 September 2008	28 September 2008	3	0	0	3	0.00
Joe Kinnear	Ireland	29 September 2008	1 April 2009[3]	18	4	8	6	22.22
Alan Shearer	England	1 April 2009	24 May 2009[4]	8	1	2	5	12.50
Chris Hughton[5]	Ireland	24 May 2009	6 December 2010	64	38	11	15	59.38	Football League Championship Winners: 2009/2010
Alan Pardew	England	9 December 2010	2 January 2015	185	71	41	73	38.38	Guadiana Trophy Winners: 2012
John Carver	England	26 January 2015	9 June 2015[6]	20	3	4	13	15.00
Steve McClaren	England	10 June 2015[7]	11 March 2016[8]	31	7	6	18	22.58
Rafael Benítez	Spain	11 March 2016[9]	Present	6	2	3	3	25.00

Records

Nationalities

As of 11 March 2016.

• English (25)
• Scottish (5)
• Irish (2)
• Northern Irish (1)
• Dutch (1)
• Argentinian (1)
• Spanish (1)

Most games

As of 4 September 2008.

• Joe Harvey : 591 games.
• Stan Seymour : 338 games.
• Kevin Keegan : 272 games.
• Sir Bobby Robson : 255 games.
• Andy Cunningham : 251 games.

Notes and references

1. Win% is rounded to two decimal places
2. Served as caretaker manager.
3. On convalescent leave following heart bypass surgery in February 2009
4. Appointed manager for the final eight games of the 2008-9 season
5. Position described as caretaker or interim manager from May 2009 until finally confirmed as manager on 27 October 2009
6. "John Carver sacked by Newcastle United". The Daily Telegraph. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
7. "Steve McClaren Appointed Head Coach". Newcastle United. 10 June 2015.
8. "Statement From Managing Director Lee Charnley". Newcastle United. 11 March 2016.
9. "Rafa Benitez Confirmed As Newcastle Manager". Newcastle United. 11 March 2016.

External links

• Managers at nufc.co.uk