# List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. managers

This is a list of former and current managers of Crewe Alexandra Football Club. Since 1892, 29 men have managed Crewe; Ernie Tagg had two spells in charge, and Dario Gradi four (including one spell co-managing with Steve Holland). Gradi holds the record for the most games: 1,359 first team games.
Two Crewe managers have been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame: Gradi in 2004 and Harry Catterick, posthumously, in 2010.

## Managers
### Key

* Names of caretaker managers are supplied where known, and periods of caretaker-management are highlighted in italics and marked †
* P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win % = win percentage
* Win percentage is rounded to two decimal places
* Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 14 December 2024
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% | Honours |
| W.C. McNeill | England | August 1892 | May 1894 | 50 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 024.00 | |
| J.G. Hall | England | August 1895 | May 1896 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 016.13 | |
| Robert Roberts | Wales | January 1897 | December 1897 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— | |
| John B. Blomerley | England | January 1898 | May 1925 | 169 | 56 | 44 | 69 | 033.14 | 4 Cheshire Senior Cups |
| Tom Bailey | England | August 1925 | May 1938 | 578 | 223 | 113 | 242 | 038.58 | 2 Welsh Cups |
| George Lillycrop | England | August 1938 | July 1944 | 45 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 044.44 | |
| Frank Hill | Scotland | July 1944 | October 1948 | 102 | 45 | 19 | 38 | 044.12 | |
| Arthur Turner | England | October 1948 | December 1951 | 149 | 56 | 39 | 54 | 037.58 | |
| Harry Catterick | England | December 1951 | June 1953 | 74 | 31 | 11 | 32 | 041.89 | |
| Ralph Ward | England | June 1953 | May 1955 | 96 | 25 | 28 | 43 | 026.04 | |
| Maurice Lindley | England | August 1955 | May 1958 | 143 | 23 | 28 | 92 | 016.08 | |
| Harry Ware | England | August 1958 | May 1960 | 100 | 36 | 22 | 42 | 036.00 | |
| Jimmy McGuigan | Scotland | June 1960 | November 1964 | 222 | 87 | 85 | 50 | 039.19 | |
| Ernie Tagg | England | November 1964 | October 1970 | 273 | 105 | 69 | 99 | 038.46 | |
| Tom McAnearney | Scotland | October 1970 | July 1971 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 038.46 | |
| Dennis Viollet | England | August 1971 | November 1971 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 026.67 | |
| Jimmy Melia | England | May 1972 | December 1973 | 70 | 16 | 23 | 31 | 022.86 | |
| Ernie Tagg | England | January 1974 | December 1974 | 48 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 027.08 | |
| Harry Gregg | Northern Ireland | January 1975 | May 1978 | 163 | 53 | 53 | 57 | 032.52 | |
| Warwick Rimmer | England | August 1978 | May 1979 | 46 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 013.04 | |
| Tony Waddington | England | June 1979 | July 1981 | 93 | 24 | 27 | 42 | 025.81 | |
| Arfon Griffiths | Wales | August 1981 | October 1982 | 59 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 015.25 | |
| Peter Morris | England | November 1982 | June 1983 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 024.24 | |
| Dario Gradi | England | June 1983 | July 2007 | 1,241 | 464 | 476 | 301 | 037.39 | 2 Cheshire Senior Cups 1 Second Division play-off |
| Dario Gradi Steve Holland | England England | July 2007 | November 2008 | 72 | 19 | 16 | 37 | 026.39 | |
| Dario Gradi † | England | November 2008 | December 2008 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 037.50 | |
| Guðjón Þórðarson | Iceland | December 2008 | October 2009 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 032.43 | |
| Dario Gradi | England | October 2009 | November 2011 | 110 | 38 | 23 | 49 | 034.55 | 2 Cheshire Premier Cups |
| Steve Davis | England | November 2011 | January 2017 | 272 | 84 | 71 | 117 | 030.88 | 1 League Trophy 1 League Two play-off |
| David Artell | Gibraltar | January 2017 | April 2022 | 274 | 100 | 51 | 123 | 036.50 | |
| Alex Morris | England | April 2022 | November 2022 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 020.83 | |
| Lee Bell | England | November 2022 | Present | 114 | 44 | 33 | 37 | 038.60 | |