List of Huddersfield Town A.F.C. managers

Statistical analysis of managers of Huddersfield Town A.F.C.

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

## Statistics

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Information correct as of matches played up to and including 1 June 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name | Country | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win%[1] | Notes

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Fred Walker |  England | August 1908 | 26 November 1910 | 92 | 40 | 12 | 40 | 183 | 173 | 043.48 | [2][3][4]
Dick Pudan |  England | 26 November 1910 | 24 April 1912 | 66 | 21 | 13 | 32 | 106 | 115 | 031.82 | [2]
Leslie Knighton |  England | 24 April 1912 | 27 April 1912 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100.00 | [2][5]
Arthur Fairclough |  England | 27 April 1912 | 23 December 1919 | 281 | 125 | 57 | 99 | 442 | 349 | 044.48 |
Ambrose Langley |  England | 23 December 1919 | 23 March 1921 | 65 | 33 | 13 | 19 | 101 | 73 | 050.77 | [2]
Coaching Staff  | 24 March 1921 | 30 March 1921 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 100.00 |
Herbert Chapman |  England | 31 March 1921 | 10 June 1925 | 194 | 95 | 53 | 46 | 282 | 166 | 048.97 | [2]
Cecil Potter |  England | 3 July 1925 | 16 August 1926 | 44 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 93 | 64 | 054.55 | [2]
Jack Chaplin |  Scotland | 23 August 1926 | 27 May 1929 | 141 | 62 | 38 | 41 | 277 | 209 | 043.97 |
Clem Stephenson |  England | 27 May 1929 | 8 June 1942 | 556 | 235 | 132 | 189 | 980 | 833 | 042.27 | [6]
Ted Magner |  England | 8 June 1942 | 20 September 1943 | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 116 | 71 | 059.52 | [7]
David Steele |  Scotland | 20 September 1943 | 16 June 1947 | 167 | 73 | 24 | 70 | 322 | 299 | 043.71 | [8]
George Stephenson |  England | 21 August 1947 | 11 March 1952 | 211 | 62 | 45 | 104 | 259 | 380 | 029.38 |
Board of Directors  | 12 March 1952 | 17 April 1952 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 042.86 |
Andy Beattie |  Scotland | 18 April 1952 | 3 November 1956 | 196 | 84 | 45 | 67 | 314 | 288 | 042.86 |
Bill Shankly |  Scotland | 5 November 1956 | 1 December 1959 | 137 | 51 | 36 | 50 | 211 | 200 | 037.23 |
Eddie Boot |  England | 2 December 1959 | 18 January 1960 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 044.44 | [5]
Eddie Boot |  England | 19 January 1960 | 2 September 1964 | 217 | 79 | 58 | 80 | 303 | 304 | 036.41 |
Ian Greaves |  England | 3 September 1964 | 25 October 1964 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 033.33 | [5]
Tom Johnston |  Scotland | 26 October 1964 | 13 May 1968 | 170 | 73 | 41 | 56 | 224 | 189 | 042.94 |
Ian Greaves |  England | 11 June 1968 | 25 June 1974 | 281 | 89 | 88 | 104 | 306 | 338 | 031.67 |
Bobby Collins |  Scotland | 2 July 1974 | 23 December 1975 | 76 | 24 | 18 | 34 | 82 | 106 | 031.58 |
Tom Johnston |  Scotland | 24 December 1975 | 22 April 1977 | 74 | 35 | 18 | 21 | 98 | 72 | 047.30 |
John Haselden |  England | 22 April 1977 | 29 September 1977 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 005.56 |
Tom Johnston |  Scotland | 29 September 1977 | 29 August 1978 | 44 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 62 | 55 | 034.09 |
Mick Buxton |  England | 30 August 1978 | 30 October 1978 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 033.33 | [5]
Mick Buxton |  England | 31 October 1978 | 23 December 1986 | 426 | 174 | 113 | 139 | 616 | 506 | 040.85 |
Steve Smith |  England | 23 December 1986 | 12 January 1987 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 040.00 | [5]
Steve Smith |  England | 13 January 1987 | 6 October 1987 | 33 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 41 | 54 | 021.21 |
George McAllister  |  England | 7 October 1987 | 11 October 1987 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 000.00 | [5]
Malcolm Macdonald |  England | 12 October 1987 | 4 May 1988 | 37 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 81 | 016.22 |
Eoin Hand |  Ireland | 5 May 1988 | 6 March 1992 | 216 | 83 | 57 | 76 | 284 | 278 | 038.43 |
Ian Ross |  Scotland | 6 March 1992 | 14 July 1993 | 71 | 31 | 16 | 24 | 104 | 92 | 043.66 |
Neil Warnock |  England | 15 July 1993 | 5 June 1995 | 120 | 51 | 37 | 32 | 177 | 143 | 042.50 |
Brian Horton |  England | 21 June 1995 | 6 October 1997 | 120 | 39 | 35 | 46 | 142 | 161 | 032.50 |
Peter Jackson |  England | 7 October 1997 | 10 May 1999 | 94 | 33 | 27 | 34 | 121 | 143 | 035.11 |
Steve Bruce |  England | 24 May 1999 | 16 October 2000 | 66 | 25 | 16 | 25 | 80 | 76 | 037.88 |
Lou Macari |  Scotland | 16 October 2000 | 14 June 2002 | 93 | 36 | 29 | 28 | 115 | 102 | 038.71 |
Mick Wadsworth |  England | 1 July 2002 | 26 March 2003 | 43 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 54 | 023.26 |
Mel Machin |  England | 26 March 2003 | 6 May 2003 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 028.57 | [5]
Peter Jackson |  England | 27 June 2003 | 5 March 2007 | 197 | 81 | 52 | 64 | 292 | 271 | 041.12 |
Gerry Murphy |  Ireland | 6 March 2007 | 10 April 2007 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 016.67 | [5]
Andy Ritchie |  England | 11 April 2007 | 1 April 2008 | 51 | 22 | 5 | 24 | 62 | 77 | 043.14 |
Gerry Murphy |  Ireland | 1 April 2008 | 3 May 2008 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 066.67 | [5]
Stan Ternent |  England | 3 May 2008 | 4 November 2008 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 027.78 |
Gerry Murphy |  Ireland | 4 November 2008 | 15 December 2008 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 060.00 | [5]
Graham Mitchell |  England | 13 December 2008 | 13 December 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | [5]
Lee Clark |  England | 15 December 2008 | 15 February 2012 | 177 | 86 | 50 | 41 | 310 | 218 | 048.59 |
Simon Grayson |  England | 20 February 2012 | 24 January 2013 | 49 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 58 | 69 | 034.69 |
Mark Lillis |  England | 24 January 2013 | 14 February 2013 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 040.00 | [5]
Mark Robins |  England | 14 February 2013 | 10 August 2014 | 68 | 23 | 14 | 31 | 87 | 101 | 033.82 |
Mark Lillis |  England | 10 August 2014 | 3 September 2014 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 033.33 | [5]
Chris Powell |  England | 3 September 2014 | 4 November 2015 | 58 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 69 | 85 | 025.86 |
Mark Lillis |  England | 4 November 2015 | 9 November 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 000.00 | [5]
David Wagner |  United States | 9 November 2015 | 14 January 2019 | 154 | 51 | 33 | 70 | 164 | 225 | 033.12 |
Mark Hudson |  England | 14 January 2019 | 21 January 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 000.00 | [5]
Jan Siewert |  Germany | 21 January 2019 | 16 August 2019 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 42 | 005.26 | [9]
Mark Hudson |  England | 17 August 2019 | 9 September 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 000.00 | [5]
Danny Cowley |  England | 9 September 2019 | 19 July 2020 | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 46 | 57 | 032.50 | [10]
Danny Schofield |  England | 20 July 2020 | 22 July 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 000.00 | [5]
Carlos Corberán |  Spain | 23 July 2020 | 7 July 2022 | 102 | 38 | 28 | 36 | 123 | 129 | 037.25 | [11]
Danny Schofield |  England | 7 July 2022 | 14 September 2022 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 011.11 | [12][13]
Paul Harsley
Narcís Pèlach |  England
Spain | 14 September 2022 | 28 September 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | [5][13]
Mark Fotheringham |  Scotland | 28 September 2022 | 8 February 2023 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 023.81 | [14][15]
Narcís Pèlach |  Spain | 8 February 2023 | 15 February 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 000.00 | [5]
Neil Warnock |  England | 16 February 2023 | 20 September 2023 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 039.13 | [16][17]
Darren Moore |  Jamaica | 21 September 2023 |

29 January 2024

| 23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 40 | 013.04 | [18][19]
Jon Worthington |  England | 29 January 2024 |

19 February 2024

| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 050.00 | [5]
André Breitenreiter |  Germany | 20 February 2024 |

10 May 2024

| 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 015.38 | [20][21]
Michael Duff |  Northern Ireland | 13 May 2024 |

| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00 | [22]

## Managers with honours

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Name | Tenure | Honours

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Fred Walker | 1908–1910 | Election into the English Football League
Ambrose Langley | 1919–1921 | 1920 FA Cup Final
1920 Second Division Runners-up
Herbert Chapman | 1921–1925 | 1922 FA Cup
1922 FA Charity Shield
1924 First Division
1925 First Division
Cecil Potter | 1925–1926 | 1926 First Division
Jack Chaplin | 1926–1929 | 1927 First Division Runners-up
1928 FA Cup Final
1928 First Division Runners-up
1929 FA Cup Semi Final
Clem Stephenson | 1929–1942 | 1930 FA Cup Final
1934 First Division Runners-up
1938 FA Cup Final
1939 FA Cup Semi Final
Andy Beattie | 1952–1956 | 1953 Second Division Runners-up
Tom Johnston | 1964–1968 | 1968 Football League Cup Semi Final
Ian Greaves | 1968–1974 | 1970 Second Division
Mick Buxton | 1978–1986 | 1980 Fourth Division
1983 Promoted Automatically from Third Division
Neil Warnock | 1993–1995, 2023 | 1994 Football League Trophy Final
1995 Football League Second Division play-off final
Peter Jackson | 2003–2007 | 2004 Football League Third Division play-off final
Simon Grayson | 2012–2013 | 2012 Football League One play-off final
David Wagner | 2015–2019 | 2017 EFL Championship play-off final

## References

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1. ^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places
2. ^ a b c d e f 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Caretaker Manager
6. ^ This 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 English Football League.
9. ^ "Huddersfield Town appoint Jan Siewert from Borussia Dortmund as new manager". 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
10. ^ "Danny Cowley: Huddersfield Town appoint Lincoln City boss as manager". 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
11. ^ "Carlos Corberan: Huddersfield Town appoint Leeds United assistant as new head coach". 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
12. ^ "DANNY SCHOFIELD: OUR NEW HEAD COACH". Huddersfield Town AFC. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
13. ^ a b "CLUB STATEMENT: DANNY SCHOFIELD". Huddersfield Town AFC. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
14. ^ "MARK FOTHERINGHAM APPOINTED HEAD COACH". Huddersfield Town AFC. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
15. ^ "CLUB STATEMENT: MARK FOTHERINGHAM". Huddersfield Town AFC. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
16. ^ "NEIL WARNOCK RETURNS TO TOWN AS MANAGER!". Huddersfield Town AFC. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
17. ^ "CLUB STATEMENT: STOKE TO BE NEIL WARNOCK'S FINAL GAME". Huddersfield Town AFC. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
18. ^ "DARREN MOORE APPOINTED MANAGER". Huddersfield Town AFC. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
19. ^ "CLUB STATEMENT: DARREN MOORE". Huddersfield Town AFC. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
20. ^ "ANDRÉ BREITENREITER APPOINTED HEAD COACH". Huddersfield Town AFC. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
21. ^ "CLUB STATEMENT: BREITENREITER DEPARTS". Huddersfield Town AFC. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
22. ^ "MICHAEL DUFF APPOINTED HEAD COACH". Huddersfield Town AFC. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.

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* Pudan (1910–12)
* Knightonc (1912)
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* Chapman (1921–25)
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* Powell (2014–15)
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* Hudsonc (2019)
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* Schofield (2022)
* Harsley & Pèlach c (2022)
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* Pèlachc (2023)
* Warnock (2023)
* Moore (2023–24)
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