List of York City F.C. managers
Managers

List of York City F.C. managers

Section Title: Managers
Table Section Text: None

Name	From	To	Record	Honours	Notes	Ref

P	W	D	L	Win %

Jock Collier	14 July 1928	May 1930	105	44	33	28	41.9

George Sherrington	May 1930	2 May 1933	130	50	21	59	38.5

Jock Collier	2 May 1933	16 March 1937	178	63	39	76	35.4

Tom Mitchell	16 March 1937	23 February 1950	270	91	64	115	33.7

Dick Duckworth	3 April 1950	22 October 1952	120	40	38	42	33.3

Charlie Spencer	17 November 1952	9 February 1953	12	4	3	5	33.3

Jimmy McCormick	1 June 1953	7 September 1954	53	14	14	25	26.4

Sam Bartram	12 March 1956	18 July 1960	209	84	56	69	40.2	Fourth Division promotion: 1958–59

Tom Lockie	July 1960	16 October 1967	376	134	82	160	35.6	Fourth Division promotion: 1964–65

Joe Shaw	6 November 1967	16 August 1968	33	9	9	15	27.3

Tom Johnston	31 October 1968	11 January 1975	329	121	94	114	36.8	Fourth Division promotion: 1970–71 Third Division promotion: 1973–74

Clive Baker	11 January 1975	15 February 1975	4	2	1	1	50.0

Wilf McGuinness	15 February 1975	20 October 1977	130	31	33	66	23.8

Charlie Wright	22 November 1977	18 March 1980	124	40	30	54	32.3

Barry Lyons	18 March 1980	8 December 1981	82	24	18	40	29.3

Kevin Randall	8 December 1981	3 March 1982	11	1	3	7	9.1

Barry Swallow	3 March 1982	15 May 1982	19	8	2	9	42.1

Denis Smith	May 1982	31 May 1987	279	128	64	87	45.9	Fourth Division championship: 1983–84

Bobby Saxton	9 June 1987	19 September 1988	60	10	14	36	16.7

Barry Swallow	19 September 1988	10 October 1988	5	3	0	2	60.0

John Bird	10 October 1988	23 October 1991	163	49	51	63	30.1

John Ward	5 November 1991	12 March 1993	72	21	26	25	29.2

Alan Little	12 March 1993	15 March 1999	328	113	89	126	34.5	Third Division play-off winners: 1992–93

Neil Thompson	16 March 1999	9 February 2000	45	11	11	23	24.4

Terry Dolan	11 February 2000	31 May 2003	173	56	50	67	32.4

Chris Brass	4 June 2003	8 November 2004	67	14	18	35	20.9

Viv Busby	8 November 2004	10 February 2005	14	4	2	8	28.6

Billy McEwan	10 February 2005	19 November 2007	131	52	31	48	39.7

Colin Walker	19 November 2007	21 November 2008	58	22	20	16	37.9

Neil Redfearn	21 November 2008	24 November 2008	1	0	1	0	0.0

Martin Foyle	24 November 2008	24 September 2010	102	44	30	28	43.1

Andy Porter	24 September 2010	6 October 2010	4	1	1	2	25.0

Steve Torpey	8 October 2010	13 October 2010	1	0	0	1	0.0

Gary Mills	13 October 2010	2 March 2013	136	58	45	33	42.6	FA Trophy winners: 2011–12 Conference Premier play-off winners: 2011–12

Nigel Worthington	4 March 2013	13 October 2014	76	23	29	24	30.3

Steve Torpey	13 October 2014	15 October 2014	0	0	0	0	—

Russ Wilcox	15 October 2014	26 October 2015	54	13	20	21	24.1

Richard Cresswell	26 October 2015	4 November 2015	1	0	0	1	0.0

Jackie McNamara	4 November 2015	16 October 2016	48	8	12	28	16.7

Gary Mills	16 October 2016	30 September 2017	53	20	17	16	37.7	FA Trophy winners: 2016–17

Martin Gray	1 October 2017	19 August 2018	37	14	8	15	37.8

Sam Collins	20 August 2018	5 January 2019	26	10	5	11	38.5

Steve Watson	10 January 2019	Present	17	8	4	5	47.1

Sentence(s)

Denis Smith accepted the position of manager for York in May 1982.

final_sentence: Denis Smith accepted the position of manager for York in May 1982.