List of Seattle Sounders FC managers

Sigi Schmid, the current manager of the Seattle Sounders FC

This is a list of Seattle Sounders FC managers since the 2009 season. The club has had one permanent managers at the club.

The current manager is Sigi Schmid,who took over in December 2008, when Seattle were given a Major League Soccer team.^[1] Previously, the club was in the USL First Division.

Managers

This list includes all those who have managed the club since 2009, when the club joined Major League Soccer for the first time, whether managing on a full-time or caretaker basis. Games played include all League, Cup, Playoff, and Continental matches, and the win percentage is calculated from the total of games.

Key

	Caretaker manager
	Caretaker manager before being appointed permanently

MP = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; D = Matches drawn; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; As of 21 Mar 2015. Only includes MLS records. See Major League Soccer records and statistics.

Name	Nationality	From	To	MP	W	L	D	GF	GA	Win%^1	Honours	Notes
Sigi Schmid	Germany	16 December 2008	Incumbent	194	92	54	48	286	224	47.42%	see below	Has the most coaching wins in Major League Soccer history.
Brian Schmetzer	United States	11 July 2009	11 July 2009	1	1	0	0	2	1	100.00%	-	Schmid unavailable due to family obligations, vs Houston Dynamo[2]
Brian Schmetzer	United States	22 October 2012	22 October 2012	1	1	0	0	3	1	100.00%	-	Schmid unavailable due to suspension, vs FC Dallas[3]
Brian Schmetzer	United States	14 March 2015	14 March 2015	1	0	1	0	2	3	0.00%	-	Schmid unavailable due to family obligations, vs San Jose Earthquakes[4]
Brian Schmetzer	United States	5 September 2015	12 September 2015	2	1	1	0	3	2	50.00%	-	Schmid unavailable due to health issue, vs Toronto FC and vs San Jose Earthquakes[5]

• ¹Win% is rounded to two decimal places.

Managers with Honours

Name	Nat	Tenure	Honours
Sigi Schmid	Germany	2009-	MLS Supporters' Shield Winners: 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Winners (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014

Records

Nationalities

As of March 2015.

Country	Managers	Trophies*
GER	1	5
USA	1	0

*Trophies include all major honours and Community shields. Lower league titles and local cups not included.

Most games managed

As of March 2015.

Manager	Games
Sigi Schmid	194
Brian Schmetzer	5

Earlier Managers

The table lists managers since Seattle Sounders's election to Major League Soccer during it time in the North American Soccer League. It also includes the American Professional Soccer League and the USL First Division which took place between 1994 and 2008:

• John Best (1974-1976)
• Jimmy Gabriel (1977–1979)
• Alan Hinton (1980–1982 and 1994–1995)
• Laurie Calloway (1983)
• Neil Megson (1996–2000)
• Bernie James (2001)
• Brian Schmetzer (2002–2008)

Assistant Managers

Since the 2009 season, three assistant managers have been with the club:

• Brian Schmetzer (2008– )^[6]
• Ezra Hendrickson (2009–2015)^[7]
• Ante Razov (2015– )^[8]

Current Coaching staff

Position	Staff	Since
General Manager and President of Soccer	Garth Lagerwey	January 6, 2015
Head Coach	Sigi Schmid	December 16, 2008
Technical Director	Chris Henderson	January 24, 2008
Assistant Coach	Brian Schmetzer	December 22, 2008
Assistant Coach	Ante Razov	January 22, 2015
Goalkeeper Coach	Tom Dutra	December 29, 2008
Fitness Coach	David Tenney	January 9, 2009
Fitness Coach	Chad Kolarcik	January, 2012
Chief Scout	Kurt Schmid	March 12, 2009

Last updated: 18 November 2010
Source: SoundersFC.com

See also

• Seattle Sounders (1974–1983)
• Seattle Sounders (1994–2008)

References

1. "Schmid named as coach of Seattle Sounders". ESPNSoccernet. 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
2. "Ianni spins in winner for Sounders FC". SoundersFC.com. 2009-07-11. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
3. "Sounders Handle Dallas FC 3-1". KHQ.com. 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
4. "Sigi Schmid to miss tonight's San Jose match due to family commitment". SoundersFC.com. 2015-03-14. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
5. "Sigi Schmid missing Seattle Sounders game vs. Toronto FC due to health issue". MLSsoccer.com. 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
6. "Brian Scmetzer". Soundersfc.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
7. "Ezra Hendrickson". Soundersfc.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
8. "Ante Razov". Soundersfc.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.