# List of Notts County F.C. managers

Notts County Football Club, commonly known as Notts, is a professional football club based in Nottingham, England. Founded in 1862, Notts County are the oldest professional football club in the world. They first competed in the FA Cup in 1877 and in 1888 became one of the 12 founding members of the Football League. Notts County have been promoted 14 times, relegated 17 times and have played in each of the top 5 divisions of English football.

## Managerial history

Club legend Jimmy Sirrel was arguably Notts best manager, winning three promotions in the 1970s and 1980s to reach the First Division in 1981. Notts County's most recent season in the top division was 1991–92 under Neil Warnock, who had overseen back-to-back promotions via the play-offs at Wembley Stadium.
Under future England manager Sam Allardyce, Notts won the Third Division championship in 1997–98, becoming the first team since World War II to win promotion in March, and breaking several club records, including longest winning run (10 games). A 3–1 win at Bury on 9 October 1999 put the Magpies second in the Second Division, but Allardyce resigned shortly afterwards to become manager of Bolton, and Notts would ultimately finish the 1999–2000 season in eighth.

### List of managers

    As of 18 January 2025
| Name | Nat | From | To | Days in charge | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Name | Nat | From | To | Days in charge | P | W | D | L | Win % |
| by committee | | 1862 | 1913 | — | |
| Albert Fisher (secretary – manager) | | 1913 | 1927 | — | 444 | 167 | 114 | 163 | 037.61 |
| R.C.White (Fisher's absence due to WW1) | | 1917 | 1919 | — | |
| Horace Henshall (secretary – manager) | | 1927 | 1934 | — | 304 | 108 | 81 | 115 | 035.53 |
| Charlie Jones | | 1934 | 1935 | — | 61 | 15 | 13 | 33 | 024.59 |
| David Pratt | | 1935 | 1935 | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 014.29 |
| Percy Smith | | 1935 | 1936 | — | 59 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 037.29 |
| Jimmy McMullan | | 1936 | 1937 | — | 51 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 056.86 |
| Harry Parkes | | 1938 | 1938 | — | 68 | 24 | 14 | 30 | 035.29 |
| J.R. `Tony`Towers | | 1939 | 1942 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— |
| Frank Womack | | 1942 | 1943 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— |
| Frank Buckley | | 1944 | 1946 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 050.00 |
| Arthur Stollery | | 1946 | 1949 | — | 122 | 54 | 22 | 46 | 044.26 |
| Eric Houghton | | 1949 | 1953 | — | 186 | 74 | 39 | 73 | 039.78 |
| George Poyser | | 1953 | 1957 | — | 147 | 49 | 31 | 67 | 033.33 |
| Frank Broome (caretaker) | | 1957 | 1957 | — | |
| Tommy Lawton | | 7 May 1957 | 1 July 1958 | — | 44 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 029.55 |
| Ernie Coleman (caretaker) | | 1958 | 1958 | — | |
| Frank Hill | | 1958 | 1961 | — | |
| Ernie Coleman | | 1961 | 1963 | — | |
| Eddie Lowe | | 1963 | 1965 | — | |
| Ernie Coleman | | 1965 | 1965 | — | |
| Jack Burkitt | | 1966 | 1967 | — | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 035.71 |
| Andy Beattie | | February 1967 | September 1967 | — | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 022.73 |
| Billy Gray | | 1967 | 1968 | — | 51 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 029.41 |
| Jack Wheeler (caretaker) | | 1968 | 1969 | — | |
| Jimmy Sirrel | | 1969 | 1975 | — | 291 | 139 | 72 | 80 | 047.77 |
| Ronnie Fenton | | 1975 | 1977 | — | 90 | 35 | 24 | 31 | 038.89 |
| Jimmy Sirrel | | 1977 | 1982 | — | 180 | 61 | 57 | 62 | 033.89 |
| Howard Wilkinson | | 1982 | 1983 | — | 49 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 038.78 |
| Larry Lloyd | | 1983 | 1984 | — | 66 | 19 | 15 | 32 | 028.79 |
| Richie Barker | | 1984 | 1985 | — | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 018.52 |
| Jimmy Sirrel | | 1985 | 1987 | — | 110 | 46 | 32 | 32 | 041.82 |
| John Barnwell | | 1987 | 1988 | — | 74 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 037.84 |
| Neil Warnock | | 5 January 1989 | 14 January 1993 | 1,470 | 205 | 90 | 45 | 70 | 043.90 |
| Mick Walker | | 14 January 1993 | 14 September 1994 | 608 | 82 | 31 | 19 | 32 | 037.80 |
| Russell Slade | | September 1994 | January 1995 | — | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 026.09 |
| Howard Kendall | | 12 January 1995 | 1 April 1995 | 79 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 026.67 |
| Steve Nicol | | 20 January 1995 | 5 June 1995 | 136 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 020.00 |
| Colin Murphy | | 5 June 1995 | 23 December 1996 | 567 | 83 | 33 | 24 | 26 | 039.76 |
| Sam Allardyce | | 16 January 1997 | 19 October 1999 | 1,006 | 145 | 56 | 39 | 50 | 038.62 |
| Gary Brazil | | 23 October 1999 | June 2000 | — | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 029.41 |
| Jocky Scott | | 28 June 2000 | 10 October 2001 | 469 | 71 | 28 | 19 | 24 | 039.44 |
| Gary Brazil | | 10 October 2001 | 7 January 2002 | 89 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 020.00 |
| Bill Dearden | | 7 January 2002 | 6 January 2004 | 730 | 103 | 30 | 27 | 46 | 029.13 |
| Gary Mills | | 9 January 2004 | 4 November 2004 | 301 | 40 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 025.00 |
| Ian Richardson (Caretaker) | | 4 November 2004 | 17 May 2005 | 194 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 032.35 |
| Gudjon Thordarson | | 17 May 2005 | 12 June 2006 | 391 | 50 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 026.00 |
| Steve Thompson | | 12 June 2006 | 16 October 2007 | 491 | 65 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 032.31 |
| Ian McParland | | 18 October 2007 | 12 October 2009 | 725 | 103 | 28 | 31 | 44 | 027.18 |
| Dave Kevan / Michael Johnson (Caretakers) | | 13 October 2009 | 27 October 2009 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 050.00 |
| Hans Backe | | 27 October 2009 | 15 December 2009 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 028.57 |
| Dave Kevan (caretaker) | | 15 December 2009 | 23 February 2010 | 70 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 054.55 |
| Steve Cotterill | | 23 February 2010 | 27 May 2010 | 93 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 077.78 |
| Craig Short | | 1 July 2010 | 24 October 2010 | 115 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 044.44 |
| Paul Ince | | 27 October 2010 | 3 April 2011 | 158 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 034.48 |
| Carl Heggs (caretaker) | | 3 April 2011 | 11 April 2011 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 000.00 |
| Martin Allen | | 11 April 2011 | 18 February 2012 | 313 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 037.21 |
| Keith Curle | | 20 February 2012 | 2 February 2013 | 348 | 51 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 045.10 |
| Chris Kiwomya | | 2 February 2013 | 27 October 2013 | 267 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 026.47 |
| Steve Hodge (caretaker) | | 27 October 2013 | 6 November 2013 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 050.00 |
| Shaun Derry | | 6 November 2013 | 23 March 2015 | 502 | 77 | 26 | 14 | 37 | 033.77 |
| Paul Hart / Mick Halsall (caretakers) | | 23 March 2015 | 7 April 2015 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 000.00 |
| Ricardo Moniz | | 7 April 2015 | 29 December 2015 | 266 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 032.35 |
| Mick Halsall / Richard Dryden (caretakers) | | 29 December 2015 | 10 January 2016 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 000.00 |
| Jamie Fullarton | | 10 January 2016 | 19 March 2016 | 69 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 025.00 |
| Mark Cooper | | 20 March 2016 | 7 May 2016 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 030.00 |
| John Sheridan | | 27 May 2016 | 2 January 2017 | 220 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 025.00 |
| Alan Smith (caretaker) | | 3 January 2017 | 12 January 2017 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 000.00 |
| Kevin Nolan | | 12 January 2017 | 26 August 2018 | 591 | 84 | 35 | 23 | 26 | 041.67 |
| Steve Chettle / Mark Crossley (caretakers) | | 26 August 2018 | 1 September 2018 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 000.00 |
| Harry Kewell | | 31 August 2018 | 13 November 2018 | 74 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 021.43 |
| Steve Chettle (caretaker) | | 13 November 2018 | 27 November 2018 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 025.00 |
| Neal Ardley | | 28 November 2018 | 24 March 2021 | 855 | 108 | 46 | 29 | 33 | 042.59 |
| Ian Burchnall | | 25 March 2021 | 27 May 2022 | 428 | 70 | 36 | 14 | 20 | 051.43 |
| Luke Williams | | 14 June 2022 | 5 January 2024 | 570 | 82 | 48 | 16 | 18 | 058.54 |
| Jim O'Brien | | 5 January 2024 | 18 January 2024 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 000.00 |
| Stuart Maynard | | 18 January 2024 | Present | 365 | 50 | 20 | 11 | 19 | 040.00 |