# List of Leeds United F.C. managers

The following is a list of managers of Leeds United Football Club and their major honours, from the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1919 to the present day. Each manager's entry includes the dates of his tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost) and honours won while under his care.

## Statistics

* The statistics include all competitive first team fixtures in the domestic league and cup, and European competitions. Points per Game is 3 points after 1982.
* Information correct as of 24 February 2025.

### Key

= Caretaker manager P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win % | Points per game | Honours |
| Dick Ray | England | 17 October 1919 | 1 February 1920 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 23.53 | 0.76 | |
| Arthur Fairclough | England | 1 February 1920 | 1 May 1927 | 309 | 111 | 77 | 121 | 395 | 402 | 35.92 | 0.97 | see below |
| Dick Ray | England | 1 July 1927 | 1 March 1935 | 342 | 143 | 72 | 127 | 622 | 552 | 41.81 | 1.05 | see below |
| Billy Hampson | England | 1 July 1935 | 1 May 1947 | 231 | 74 | 51 | 106 | 334 | 418 | 32.03 | 0.86 | |
| Willis Edwards | England | 1 May 1947 | 30 April 1948 | 48 | 14 | 8 | 26 | 65 | 88 | 29.17 | 0.75 | |
| Major Frank Buckley | England | 1 May 1948 | 30 April 1953 | 224 | 87 | 63 | 74 | 324 | 306 | 38.84 | 1.06 | |
| Raich Carter | England | 1 May 1953 | 1 June 1958 | 217 | 90 | 51 | 76 | 370 | 336 | 41.47 | 1.06 | see below |
| Bill Lambton | England | 23 August 1958 | 28 February 1959 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 41 | 63 | 30.30 | 0.85 | |
| Bob Roxburgh | England | 7 March 1959 | 30 April 1959 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 50.00 | 1.10 | |
| Jack Taylor | England | 1 May 1959 | 1 March 1961 | 81 | 27 | 17 | 37 | 136 | 170 | 33.33 | 0.88 | |
| Don Revie | England | 1 March 1961 | 4 July 1974 | 741 | 395 | 197 | 149 | 1,264 | 704 | 53.31 | 1.33 | see below |
| Brian Clough | England | 30 July 1974 | 12 September 1974 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12.50 | 0.75 | see below |
| Maurice Lindley | England | 12 September 1974 | 3 October 1974 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 42.86 | 1.00 | |
| Jimmy Armfield | England | 4 October 1974 | 30 June 1978 | 193 | 87 | 47 | 59 | 277 | 222 | 45.08 | 1.15 | see below |
| Jock Stein | Scotland | 21 August 1978 | 4 October 1978 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 40.00 | 1.10 | |
| Jimmy Adamson | England | 25 October 1978 | 1 October 1980 | 98 | 35 | 29 | 34 | 138 | 136 | 35.71 | 1.01 | |
| David Merrington | England | 1 October 1980 | 1 October 1980 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.00 | |
| Allan Clarke | England | 1 October 1980 | 30 June 1982 | 84 | 27 | 22 | 35 | 77 | 104 | 32.14 | 1.08 | |
| Eddie Gray | Scotland | 4 July 1982 | 11 October 1985 | 157 | 57 | 55 | 45 | 214 | 193 | 36.31 | 1.47 | |
| Peter Gunby | England | 11 October 1985 | 11 October 1985 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | N/A | |
| Billy Bremner | Scotland | 11 October 1985 | 28 September 1988 | 143 | 58 | 31 | 54 | 192 | 186 | 40.56 | 1.49 | see below |
| Peter Gunby | England | 28 September 1988 | 10 October 1988 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Howard Wilkinson | England | 10 October 1988 | 10 September 1996 | 411 | 178 | 117 | 116 | 626 | 489 | 43.31 | 1.61 | see below |
| George Graham | Scotland | 10 September 1996 | 1 October 1998 | 95 | 37 | 27 | 31 | 118 | 100 | 38.95 | 1.40 | |
| David O'Leary | Ireland | 1 October 1998 | 27 June 2002 | 203 | 101 | 47 | 55 | 320 | 217 | 49.75 | 1.79 | |
| Terry Venables | England | 8 July 2002 | 21 March 2003 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 53 | 52 | 38.10 | 1.13 | |
| Peter Reid | England | 21 March 2003 | 10 November 2003 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 51 | 27.27 | 1.05 | |
| Eddie Gray | Scotland | 10 November 2003 | 31 May 2004 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 51 | 23.08 | 0.96 | |
| Kevin Blackwell | England | 1 June 2004 | 20 September 2006 | 115 | 44 | 37 | 34 | 128 | 117 | 38.26 | 1.45 | see below |
| John Carver | England | 21 September 2006 | 23 October 2006 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20.00 | 0.60 | |
| David Geddis | England | 24 October 2006 | 24 October 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | N/A | |
| Dennis Wise | England | 24 October 2006 | 28 January 2008 | 69 | 30 | 12 | 27 | 88 | 78 | 43.48 | 1.56 | |
| Gwyn Williams | Wales | 29 January 2008 | 29 January 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Gary McAllister | Scotland | 30 January 2008 | 21 December 2008 | 50 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 84 | 61 | 50.00 | 1.64 | see below |
| Simon Grayson | England | 23 December 2008 | 1 February 2012 | 169 | 84 | 40 | 45 | 283 | 206 | 49.70 | 1.74 | see below |
| Neil Redfearn | England | 1 February 2012 | 18 February 2012 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 50.00 | 1.50 | |
| Neil Warnock | England | 18 February 2012 | 1 April 2013 | 63 | 23 | 15 | 25 | 81 | 92 | 36.51 | 1.24 | |
| Neil Redfearn | England | 1 April 2013 | 12 April 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Brian McDermott | England | 12 April 2013 | 30 June 2014 | 54 | 20 | 9 | 25 | 65 | 77 | 37.04 | 1.27 | |
| Dave Hockaday | England | 1 July 2014 | 28 August 2014 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 33.33 | 0.75 | |
| Neil Redfearn | England | 28 August 2014 | 23 September 2014 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 75.00 | 2.50 | |
| Darko Milanič | Slovenia | 23 September 2014 | 25 October 2014 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0.00 | 0.50 | |
| Neil Redfearn | England | 1 November 2014 | 30 June 2015 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 44 | 33.33 | 1.25 | |
| Uwe Rösler | Germany | 1 July 2015 | 18 October 2015 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 16.67 | 1.00 | |
| Steve Evans | Scotland | 19 October 2015 | 31 May 2016 | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 45 | 36.84 | 1.37 | |
| Garry Monk | England | 2 June 2016 | 25 May 2017 | 53 | 25 | 11 | 17 | 69 | 55 | 47.17 | 1.63 | |
| Thomas Christiansen | Spain | 15 June 2017 | 4 February 2018 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 55 | 46 | 45.45 | 1.50 | |
| Paul Heckingbottom | England | 6 February 2018 | 1 June 2018 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 25.00 | 1.00 | |
| Marcelo Bielsa | Argentina | 15 June 2018 | 27 February 2022 | 170 | 81 | 30 | 59 | 256 | 219 | 47.65 | 1.65 | see below |
| Jesse Marsch | United States | 28 February 2022 | 6 February 2023 | 37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 52 | 60 | 29.73 | 1.03 | |
| Michael Skubala | England | 6 February 2023 | 21 February 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.00 | 0.33 | |
| Javi Gracia | Spain | 21 February 2023 | 3 May 2023 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 25.00 | 1.00 | |
| Sam Allardyce | England | 3 May 2023 | 2 June 2023 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0.00 | 0.25 | |
| Daniel Farke | Germany | 4 July 2023 | Present | 92 | 54 | 21 | 17 | 170 | 77 | 58.70 | 2.07 | |

## Managers with honours

| Name | Nat | Tenure | Honours |
| Arthur Fairclough | England | 1920–1927 | 1924 Second Division |
| Dick Ray | England | 1927–1935 | 1928 Second Division runners-up 1932 Second Division runners-up |
| Raich Carter | England | 1953–1958 | 1956 Second Division runners-up |
| Don Revie | England | 1961–1974 | 1964 Second Division 1965 First Division runners-up 1965 FA Cup Final 1966 First Division runners-up 1967 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final 1968 Football League Cup 1968 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969 First Division 1969 FA Charity Shield 1970 First Division runners-up 1970 FA Cup Final 1971 First Division runners-up 1971 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Trophy play-off runners-up 1972 First Division runners-up 1972 FA Cup 1973 FA Cup Final 1973 European Cup Winners' Cup Final 1974 First Division |
| Brian Clough | England | 1974 | 1974 FA Charity Shield runners-up |
| Jimmy Armfield | England | 1974–1978 | 1975 European Cup Final |
| Howard Wilkinson | England | 1988–1996 | 1990 Second Division 1992 First Division 1992 FA Charity Shield 1996 Football League Cup Final |
| Simon Grayson | England | 2008–2012 | 2010 League One runners-up |
| Marcelo Bielsa | Argentina | 2018–2022 | 2020 Championship |