List of Sunderland A.F.C. managers
Managers

List of Sunderland A.F.C. managers

Section Title: Managers
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Name	Nationality	From	To	M	W	D	L	Win %	Honours	Notes

–	November 1880	August 1889	12	8	1	3	66.7

Tom Watson	England	August 1889	August 1896	191	119	28	44	62.3	Football League First Division champions 1891–92, 1892–93, 1894–95

Robert Campbell	Scotland	August 1896	April 1899	103	41	22	40	39.8

Alex Mackie	Scotland	August 1899	April 1905	214	104	46	64	48.6	Football League First Division champions 1901–02, Sheriff of London Charity Shield champions 1902–03

Bob Kyle	Northern Ireland	August 1905	May 1928	817	371	155	291	45.4	Football League First Division champions 1912–13

Johnny Cochrane	Scotland	June 1928	March 1939	500	212	122	166	42.4	Football League First Division champions 1935–36, FA Cup winners 1936–37

–	March 1939	March 1939	5	2	0	3	40.0

Bill Murray	Scotland	April 1939	June 1957	512	186	140	186	36.3

Alan Brown	England	August 1957	July 1964	332	138	88	106	41.6

–	August 1964	November 1964	18	3	6	9	16.7

George Hardwick (caretaker)	England	November 1964	April 1965	29	14	3	12	48.3

Ian McColl	Scotland	August 1965	February 1968	124	39	27	58	31.5

Alan Brown	England	February 1968	November 1972	219	63	68	88	28.8

Billy Elliott (caretaker)	England	November 1972	November 1972	4	0	2	2	0.0

Bob Stokoe	England	23 November 1972	18 October 1976	197	92	49	56	46.7	FA Cup winners 1972–73, Football League Second Division champions 1975–76

Ian MacFarlane (caretaker)	Scotland	18 October 1976	1 December 1976	7	2	1	4	28.6

Jimmy Adamson	England	1 December 1976	25 October 1978	88	29	28	31	33.0

David Merrington (caretaker)	England	25 October 1978	13 December 1978	8	4	2	2	50.0

Billy Elliott	England	13 December 1978	24 May 1979	26	14	7	5	53.8

Ken Knighton	England	7 June 1979	1 April 1981	94	34	25	35	36.2

Mick Docherty (caretaker)	England	1 April 1981	1 June 1981	4	2	0	2	50.0

Alan Durban	Wales	1 June 1981	2 March 1984	130	37	40	53	28.5

Pop Robson (caretaker)	England	2 March 1984	4 March 1984	1	0	1	0	0.0

Len Ashurst	England	4 March 1984	23 May 1985	66	21	16	29	31.8

Lawrie McMenemy	England	8 June 1985	16 April 1987	90	27	24	39	30.0

Bob Stokoe (caretaker)	England	16 April 1987	9 June 1987	9	3	2	4	33.3

Denis Smith	England	9 June 1987	30 December 1991	238	91	64	83	38.2	Football League Third Division champions 1987–88

Malcolm Crosby	England	30 December 1991	28 January 1993	60	21	15	24	35.0

Terry Butcher	England	29 January 1993	26 November 1993	45	14	8	23	31.1

Mick Buxton	England	26 November 1993	29 March 1995	76	25	24	27	32.9

Peter Reid	England	29 March 1995	7 October 2002	353	159	95	99	45.0	Football League First Division champions 1995–96, 1998–99

Howard Wilkinson	England	10 October 2002	10 March 2003	27	4	8	15	14.8

Mick McCarthy	Ireland	12 March 2003	6 March 2006	147	63	26	58	42.9	Football League Championship champions 2004–05

Kevin Ball (caretaker)	England	7 March 2006	31 May 2006	10	1	2	7	10.0

Niall Quinn	Ireland	25 July 2006	30 August 2006	6	1	0	5	16.7

Roy Keane	Ireland	30 August 2006	4 December 2008	100	42	17	41	42.0	Football League Championship champions 2006–07

Ricky Sbragia	Scotland	4 December 2008	24 May 2009	26	6	7	13	23.1

Steve Bruce	England	3 June 2009	30 November 2011	98	29	28	41	29.6

Eric Black (caretaker)	Scotland	30 November 2011	3 December 2011	1	0	0	1	0.0

Martin O'Neill	Northern Ireland	3 December 2011	30 March 2013	54	19	16	19	35.2

Paolo Di Canio	Italy	31 March 2013	22 September 2013	13	3	3	7	23.1

Kevin Ball (caretaker)	England	22 September 2013	8 October 2013	3	1	0	2	33.3

Gus Poyet	Uruguay	8 October 2013	16 March 2015	75	23	22	30	30.7

Dick Advocaat	Netherlands	17 March 2015	4 October 2015	19	4	6	9	21.1

Sam Allardyce	England	9 October 2015	22 July 2016	31	9	9	13	29.0

David Moyes	Scotland	23 July 2016	22 May 2017	43	8	7	28	18.6

Simon Grayson	England	29 June 2017	31 October 2017	18	3	7	8	16.7

Robbie Stockdale (caretaker)	Scotland	31 October 2017	19 November 2017	2	0	1	1	0.0

Chris Coleman	Wales	19 November 2017	29 April 2018	29	5	8	16	17.2

Robbie Stockdale (caretaker)	Scotland	29 April 2018	25 May 2018	1	1	0	0	100.0

Jack Ross	Scotland	25 May 2018	Present	29	17	9	3	58.6

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Kyle was Sunderland's manager for 817 games.
Kyle's 817 games, makes him Sunderland's longest serving manager.
Kyle was Sunderland's manager for 817 games.

final_sentence: Kyle was Sunderland's manager for 817 games.
final_sentence: Kyle's 817 games, makes him Sunderland's longest serving manager.
final_sentence: Kyle was Sunderland's manager for 817 games.