# List of Adelaide United FC head coaches

Adelaide United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Hindmarsh, Adelaide. The club was formed in 2003 and became the first and only South Australian member to participate in the A-League Men since 2005. In their history, they have managed by nine different managers.
John Kosmina is the longest serving manager, in charge for 4 years, 6 months and 18 days across two tenures. Carl Veart is the current manager of Adelaide United, initially appointed as an interim on 15 June 2020, he was promoted to full-time on 18 September 2020, and has managed more games than any previous head coach. Guillermo Amor is the most successful coach in club history, winning the 2015–16 A-League premiership and championship double.

## Managers

* Names of caretaker managers are supplied where known, and periods of caretaker management are highlighted in italics and marked † or ‡, depending on the scenario. Win percentage is rounded to two decimal places.
* Only first-team competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shoot-outs are not counted.
* Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 16 April 2024.
Key
* M = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Win % = percentage of total matches won
* † Managers with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote interim appointments.
* ‡ Managers with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote interim appointments promoted to full-time manager.
List of Adelaide United FC managers :
| Name | Nationality | From | To | Tenure | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win % | Honours |
| John Kosmina | Australia | 13 September 2003 | 22 February 2007 | 3 years, 5 months, 9 days | 88 | 42 | 21 | 25 | 145 | 131 | 047.73 | A-League premiers: 2005–06 |
| Aurelio Vidmar ‡ | Australia | 23 February 2007 | 30 June 2010 | 3 years, 4 months, 7 days | 102 | 39 | 30 | 33 | 126 | 79 | 038.24 | |
| Rini Coolen | Netherlands | 1 July 2010 | 17 December 2011 | 1 year, 5 months, 16 days | 50 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 70 | 62 | 042.00 | |
| John Kosmina | Australia | 18 December 2011 | 27 January 2013 | 1 year, 1 month, 9 days | 44 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 54 | 043.18 | |
| Michael Valkanis † | Australia | 28 January 2013 | 30 June 2013 | 5 months, 2 days | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 020.00 | |
| Josep Gombau | Spain | 1 July 2013 | 23 July 2015 | 2 years, 22 days | 62 | 30 | 12 | 20 | 105 | 61 | 048.39 | FFA Cup winners: 2014 |
| Guillermo Amor | Spain | 24 July 2015 | 10 May 2017 | 1 year, 9 months, 16 days | 67 | 24 | 17 | 26 | 98 | 82 | 035.82 | A-League premiers: 2015–16 A-League champions: 2016 |
| Marco Kurz | Germany | 16 June 2017 | 21 May 2019 | 1 year, 11 months, 5 days | 67 | 33 | 14 | 20 | 98 | 67 | 049.25 | FFA Cup winners: 2018 |
| Gertjan Verbeek | Netherlands | 22 May 2019 | 29 April 2020 | 11 months, 7 days | 26 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 49 | 47 | 053.85 | FFA Cup winners: 2019 |
| Carl Veart ‡ | Australia | 15 June 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 6 months, 24 days | 124 | 52 | 31 | 41 | 211 | 160 | 041.94 | |