List of Walsall F.C. managers

Statistics

Only competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shoot-outs are not counted.^[1]

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%	Honours	Notes
H. Smallwood	England	1 August 1888	1 August 1891	89	45	11	33	50.56
A. G. Burton	England	1 August 1891	1 August 1893	49	14	6	29	28.57
J. H. Robinson	England	1 August 1893	1 August 1895	62	22	3	37	35.48
C. H. Aislo	England	1 August 1895	1 August 1896	31	19	6	6	61.29
A. E. Parsloe	England	1 August 1896	1 August 1897	33	12	5	16	36.36
L. Ford	England	1 August 1897	1 August 1898	30	12	5	13	40.00
G. Hughes	England	1 August 1898	1 August 1899	35	15	12	8	42.86
L. Ford	England	1 August 1899	1 August 1901	79	25	24	30	31.65
J. E. Shutt	England	1 August 1908	1 July 1912	144	69	28	47	47.92
Haydn Price	Wales	1 July 1912	1 August 1915	114	57	19	38	50.00		First manager from outside England
Albert Groves	Wales	1 May 1920	1 August 1921	36	19	6	11	52.78
Joe Burchell	England	1 August 1921	1 February 1926	199	74	36	89	37.19
David Ashworth	Ireland	1 February 1926	1 February 1927	42	16	9	17	38.10
Jimmy Torrance	Scotland	1 February 1927	1 May 1928	61	17	12	32	27.87
James Kerr	England	1 May 1928	1 April 1929	39	13	12	14	33.33
Sid Scholey	England	1 April 1929	1 October 1930	61	21	10	30	34.43
Peter O'Rourke	Scotland	1 October 1930	1 February 1932	63	21	10	32	33.33
Bill Slade	England	1 February 1932	1 October 1934	114	55	21	38	48.25
Andrew Wilson	Scotland	1 October 1934	1 April 1937	133	47	32	54	35.34
Tommy Lowes	England	1 April 1937	1 September 1939	105	33	22	50	31.43
Sam Longmore	England	1 September 1939	5 August 1944	166	54	34	78	32.53
Harry Hibbs	England	5 August 1944	30 June 1951	230	85	57	88	36.96		Walsall's longest-serving manager
Tony McPhee	England	1 July 1951	1 December 1951	21	7	3	11	33.33
Brough Fletcher	England	1 March 1952	1 April 1953	52	9	8	35	17.31
Frank Buckley	England	1 April 1953	1 September 1955	112	24	28	60	21.43
John Love	Scotland	1 September 1955	1 December 1957	113	38	26	49	33.63
Bill Moore	England	1 December 1957	1 November 1963	332	132	68	132	39.76	1 Division Four (Champions) 1 Division Three (2nd place)
Alf Wood	England	1 November 1963	1 October 1964	3	1	0	2	33.33
Ray Shaw	England	1 October 1964	1 March 1968	166	67	35	64	40.36
Dick Graham	England	1 March 1968	1 May 1968	13	5	4	4	38.46
Ron Lewin	England	1 July 1968	1 February 1969	28	8	10	10	28.57
Bill Moore	England	1 February 1969	16 October 1972	179	65	52	62	36.31
John Smith	England	16 October 1972	23 March 1973	27	8	5	14	29.63
Jimmy MacEwan	Scotland	23 March 1973	1 June 1973	9	3	2	4	33.33
Ronnie Allen	England	6 June 1973	20 December 1974	23	4	9	10	17.39
Doug Fraser	Scotland	1 January 1974	7 March 1977	151	54	43	54	35.76
Dave Mackay	Scotland	9 March 1977	5 August 1978	61	23	25	13	37.70
Alan Ashman	England	23 August 1978	17 February 1979	18	6	6	6	33.33
Frank Sibley	England	1 March 1979	5 May 1979	15	2	4	9	13.33
Alan Buckley	England	27 June 1979	1 July 1981	93	36	33	24	38.71	1 Division Four (2nd place)
Alan Buckley & Neil Martin	England Scotland	1 July 1981	1 January 1982	18	9	5	4	50.00
Neil Martin	Scotland	1 January 1982	1 May 1982	24	3	8	13	12.50
Alan Buckley	England	1 May 1982	1 June 1986	201	87	48	66	43.28
Tommy Coakley	Scotland	1 August 1986	27 December 1988	141	60	36	45	42.55	1 Division Three (Play-off winners)
John Barnwell	Ireland	17 January 1989	1 March 1990	54	10	18	26	18.52
Paul Taylor	England	1 March 1990	15 May 1990	18	4	4	10	22.22
Kenny Hibbitt	England	16 May 1990	2 September 1994	201	69	55	77	34.33
Chris Nicholl	England	1 August 1994	21 May 1997	157	71	41	45	45.22	1 Division Three (2nd place)
Jan Sørensen	Denmark	25 June 1997	5 May 1998	62	26	13	23	41.94		First manager from outside the United Kingdom
Ray Graydon	England	5 May 1998	22 January 2002	199	79	49	71	39.70	1 Division Two (2nd place) 1 Division Two (Play-off winners)
Colin Lee	England	24 January 2002	16 April 2004	116	38	30	48	32.76
Paul Merson†	England	16 April 2004	6 February 2006	94	32	23	39	34.04
Kevan Broadhurst	England	22 February 2006	24 April 2006	11	1	4	6	09.09
Richard Money	England	3 May 2006	22 April 2008	103	44	33	26	42.72	1 League Two (Champions)
Jimmy Mullen	England	22 April 2008	10 January 2009	29	10	5	14	34.48
Chris Hutchings	England	20 January 2009	4 January 2011	98	31	24	43	31.63
Dean Smith†	England	4 January 2011	30 November 2015	260	84	96	80	32.31
Jon Whitney (caretaker)	England	7 March 2016	Present	3	3	0	0	100.000

Key

† Served as caretaker manager before being appointed permanently.

Correct as of March 22, 2016.

References

1. "Soccerbase".