# List of Athletic Bilbao managers

Athletic Bilbao is a professional association football club based in Bilbao, Spain, which plays in La Liga. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Athletic Bilbao from 1910, when the first professional manager was appointed, to the present day. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure, honours won and significant achievements while under his care.

## List of managers

Updated until the end of the 2023-24 season.
| Coach | C | Stage(s) | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics |
| Coach | C | Stage(s) | Pld | W | D | L | % | Titles |
| Mr. Shepherd | | 1910–1911 | | | | | | 1 Copa del Rey |
| Billy Barnes | | 1914–1916, 1920–1921 | 38 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 0,71 | 3 Copa del Rey |
| Jack Burton | | 1921–1922 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0,25 | - |
| Juan Arzuaga | | 1921–1922 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0,75 | - |
| Frederick Pentland | | 1922–1925, 1929–1933 | 178 | 128 | 21 | 29 | 0,72 | 2 La Liga 5 Copa del Rey |
| Ralph Kirby | | 1925–1926 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0,78 | - |
| Máximo Royo | | 1925–1926, 1928–1929 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0,5 | - |
| Lippo Hertzka | | 1926–1928 | 35 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 0,6 | - |
| Patricio Caicedo | | 1933–1935 | 68 | 40 | 8 | 20 | 0,59 | 1 La Liga |
| José María Olabarria | | 1935 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0,33 | 1 La Liga |
| William Garbutt | | 1935–1936 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0,61 | 1 La Liga |
| Perico Birichinaga | | 1939 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0,7 | - |
| Roberto Etxebarria | | 1939–1940 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 0,59 | - |
| Juan Urquizu | | 1940–1947 | 241 | 126 | 39 | 76 | 0,52 | 1 La Liga 3 Copa del Rey |
| Henry John Bagge | | 1947–1949 | 57 | 29 | 6 | 22 | 0,51 | - |
| José Iraragorri | | 1949–1952 | 103 | 54 | 17 | 32 | 0,52 | 1 Copa del Rey 1 Copa Eva Duarte |
| Antonio Barrios | | 1952–1954, 1964–1965 | 120 | 55 | 24 | 41 | 0,46 | - |
| Ferdinand Daučík | | 1954–1957 | 118 | 67 | 26 | 25 | 0,56 | 1 La Liga 2 Copa del Rey |
| Baltasar Albéniz | | 1957–1958 | 37 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 0,54 | 1 Copa del Rey |
| Martim Francisco | | 1958–1960 | 87 | 47 | 8 | 32 | 0,54 | - |
| Juan Antonio Ipiña | | 1960–1962 | 58 | 24 | 12 | 22 | 0,41 | - |
| Ángel Zubieta | | 1962–1963 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 0,37 | - |
| Juan Otxoantezana | | 1963–1964 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 0,37 | - |
| Piru Gaínza | | 1965–1968 | 130 | 57 | 30 | 43 | 0,44 | - |
| Rafael Iriondo | | 1968–1969, 1974–1976 | 113 | 46 | 32 | 32 | 0,40 | 1 Copa del Rey |
| Ronnie Allen | | 1969–1971 | 88 | 40 | 21 | 27 | 0,45 | - |
| Salvador Artigas | | 1971–1972 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 0,56 | - |
| Milorad Pavic | | 1972–1974 | 83 | 36 | 18 | 29 | 0,43 | 1 Copa del Rey |
| Koldo Aguirre | | 1976–1979 | 137 | 58 | 35 | 44 | 0,42 | - |
| Helmut Senekowitsch | | 1979–1980 | 49 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 0,51 | - |
| Iñaki Sáez | | 1980–1981, 1986, 1991–1992 | 107 | 47 | 23 | 37 | 0,44 | - |
| Javier Clemente | | 1981–1986, 1990–1991, 2005–2006 | 289 | 141 | 68 | 80 | 0,48 | 2 La Liga 1 Copa del Rey 1 Supercopa de España |
| José Ángel Iribar | | 1986–1987 | 54 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 0,37 | - |
| Howard Kendall | | 1987–1989 | 102 | 44 | 29 | 29 | 0,43 | - |
| Txetxu Rojo | | 1989–1990, 2000–2001 | 70 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 0,28 | - |
| Jesús Aranguren | | 1992 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0,37 | - |
| Jupp Heynckes | | 1992–1994, 2001–2003 | 168 | 70 | 42 | 56 | 0,41 | - |
| Javier Irureta | | 1994–1995 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 0,37 | - |
| José María Amorrortu | | 1995, 1996 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0,41 | - |
| Dragoslav Stepanovic | | 1995–1996 | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 0,41 | - |
| Luis Fernández | | 1996–2000 | 184 | 72 | 62 | 50 | 0,39 | - |
| Ernesto Valverde | | 2003–2005, 2013–2017, 2022–current | 397 | 185 | 90 | 122 | 0,47 | 1 Copa del Rey 1 Supercopa de España |
| José Luis Mendilibar | | 2005 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0,23 | - |
| Félix Sarriugarte | | 2006 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0,07 | - |
| Mané | | 2006–2007 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 0,34 | - |
| Joaquín Caparrós | | 2007–2011 | 187 | 70 | 44 | 73 | 0,37 | - |
| Marcelo Bielsa | | 2011–2013 | 113 | 43 | 31 | 39 | 0,38 | - |
| José Ángel Ziganda | | 2017–2018 | 56 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 0,30 | - |
| Eduardo Berizzo | | 2018 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0,13 | - |
| Gaizka Garitano | | 2018–2020 | 89 | 37 | 23 | 29 | 0,41 | - |
| Marcelino García Toral | | 2021–2022 | 75 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 0,37 | 1 Supercopa de España |

## Trophies

| No. | Name | LL | CdR | SdE/CED | Total |
| 1. | Fred Pentland | 2 | 5 | — | 7 |
| 2. | Juan Urquizu | 1 | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2. | Javier Clemente | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4. | Billy Barnes | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| 4. | Ferdinand Daučík | 1 | 2 | — | 3 |
| 6. | Ernesto Valverde | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6. | José Iraragorri | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7. | Patricio Caicedo | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 7. | José María Olabarría | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 7. | William Garbutt | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 7. | Baltasar Albéniz | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 7. | Rafael Iriondo | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 7. | Milorad Pavić | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 7. | Marcelino | — | — | 1 | 1 |