# List of Hull City A.F.C. managers

Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The club was founded in 1904 and was initially managed by James Ramster who only took charge of the team for friendly matches. Ambrose Langley, a former Sheffield Wednesday player managed Hull for over 300 games from 1905 to 1913. Harry Chapman, Fred Stringer, David Menzies and Percy Lewis held short tenures as manager before Billy McCracken led the club from 1923 to 1931, overseeing 375 matches. Haydn Green took charge for almost three seasons, leaving the club in 1934 with a win percentage just shy of 50%.
Raich Carter became the next Hull City manager to lead the club for over 100 competitive matches, holding the tenure from March 1948 to September 1951. Five managers, Bob Jackson, Bob Brocklebank, Cliff Britton, Terry Neill and John Kaye, then led the club over the next 25 years. Mike Smith and Brian Horton also managed the club for over 100 games, while Terry Dolan took charge for over 300 matches in the 1990s. Dane Jan Mølby became the first manager from outside the United Kingdom when he took over in April 2002. His tenure was to be short-lived, he was replaced on a full-time basis after just 17 competitive matches in charge by Peter Taylor.
Phil Brown became the first Hull City manager to lead the club to the top division of English football in 2008 after winning the Football League Championship play-off Finals 1–0 against Bristol City at Wembley Stadium. After a poor run of results, Brown was placed on "garden leave" to be replaced by Iain Dowie in an attempt to keep Hull City in the Premier League, an effort which ended in relegation with Dowie only overseeing a solitary win in his nine games in charge. Nigel Pearson was appointed to stabilise the team following relegation to the Championship, he held the role for 15 months until he was enticed to return to Leicester City, the club he had left to join Hull City. Hull City player Nick Barmby took over, initially in a caretaker role, in November 2011, but was released from his duties the following May, to be replaced by Steve Bruce. On 22 July 2016 the BBC reported that manager Steve Bruce had resigned from his position. This was later confirmed by the club who announced Mike Phelan would act as caretaker manager. On 13 October 2016, Phelan became the head coach. He was sacked on 3 January 2017. On 5 January 2017, the club announced the appointment of Marco Silva as the new head coach until the end of the 2016–17 season. On 25 May 2017, following relegation from the Premier League head coach Marco Silva resigned. On 9 June 2017, the club announced the appointment of Leonid Slutsky as head coach. On 3 December 2017, Leonid Slutsky left the club by mutual consent after a run of bad results. On 7 December 2017, Nigel Adkins was appointed as head coach on an 18-month contract. On 8 June 2019, manager Atkins indicated that he would not take-up the offer of a new contract with the club and left the club before the start of the 2019–20 season. On 21 June 2019, Grant McCann was appointed as the new head coach on a one-year rolling contract. Following the takeover of the club by Acun Medya Group, backed by Acun Ilıcalı, on 19 January 2022, McCann was sacked a few days later. On 27 January 2022, Shota Arveladze was announced as the new head coach. On 30 September 2022, Arveladze was sacked after a run of four league defeats and Andy Dawson was appointed as interim head coach. Dawson's temporary reign lasted 8 games, 3 wins and 5 losses were recorded before Liam Rosenior was appointed as his successor on 3 November 2022. On 7 May 2024, after a seventh-place finish for Hull City caused the team to narrowly miss out on the play-offs, Rosenior was sacked. Hull City owner, Acun Ilicali said that Rosenior had been sacked over a difference on football philosophy between the two with Ilicali wanting attacking football and Rosenior unable to offer that as a manager. On 31 May 2024, Tim Walter was appointed as the new manager of the club and would take up the post on 1 July 2024. On 27 November 2024, the club parted ways with Walter following a run of four straight defeats and nine games without a win, to be replaced by Andy Dawson as interim head coach. On 6 December 2024, Rubén Sellés was appointed as head coach of the club on a two-and-a-half-year deal, taking up his position from 9 December.

## Managers

Updated as of 15 March 2025. Only professional, competitive matches are counted.
| Name | Nat | Tenure | G | W | D | L | Win % |
| James Ramster | England | August 1904 – April 1905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00.00 |
| Ambrose Langley | England | April 1905 – April 1913 | 318 | 143 | 67 | 108 | 44.96 |
| Harry Chapman | England | April 1913 – September 1914 | 45 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 44.44 |
| Fred Stringer | England | September 1914 – July 1916 | 43 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 51.16 |
| David Menzies | Scotland | July 1916 – June 1921 | 90 | 31 | 27 | 32 | 34.44 |
| Percy Lewis | England | July 1921 – January 1923 | 71 | 27 | 18 | 26 | 38.02 |
| Billy McCracken | Northern Ireland | February 1923 – May 1931 | 375 | 134 | 104 | 137 | 35.73 |
| Haydn Green | England | May 1931 – March 1934 | 123 | 61 | 24 | 38 | 49.59 |
| Jack Hill | England | March 1934 – January 1936 | 77 | 24 | 15 | 38 | 31.16 |
| David Menzies | Scotland | February 1936 – October 1936 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 20.83 |
| Ernest Blackburn | England | December 1936 – January 1946 | 117 | 50 | 31 | 36 | 42.73 |
| Frank Buckley | England | May 1946 – March 1948 | 80 | 33 | 19 | 28 | 41.25 |
| Raich Carter | England | March 1948 – September 1951 | 157 | 74 | 41 | 42 | 47.13 |
| Bob Jackson | England | June 1952 – March 1955 | 123 | 42 | 26 | 55 | 34.14 |
| Bob Brocklebank | England | March 1955 – May 1961 | 302 | 113 | 71 | 118 | 37.41 |
| Cliff Britton | England | July 1961 – November 1969 | 406 | 170 | 101 | 135 | 41.87 |
| Terry Neill | Northern Ireland | June 1970 – September 1974 | 174 | 61 | 55 | 58 | 35.05 |
| John Kaye | England | September 1974 – October 1977 | 126 | 40 | 40 | 46 | 31.74 |
| Bobby Collins | Scotland | October 1977 – February 1978 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21.05 |
| Wilf McGuinness* | England | February 1978 – April 1978 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10.00 |
| Ken Houghton | England | April 1978 – December 1979 | 72 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 31.94 |
| Mike Smith | England | December 1979 – March 1982 | 117 | 30 | 37 | 50 | 25.64 |
| Bobby Brown* | England | March 1982 – June 1982 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 52.63 |
| Colin Appleton | England | June 1982 – May 1984 | 91 | 47 | 29 | 15 | 51.64 |
| Brian Horton | England | June 1984 – April 1988 | 195 | 77 | 58 | 60 | 39.48 |
| Eddie Gray | Scotland | June 1988 – May 1989 | 51 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 25.49 |
| Colin Appleton | England | May 1989 – October 1989 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6.25 |
| Stan Ternent | England | November 1989 – January 1991 | 62 | 19 | 15 | 28 | 30.64 |
| Terry Dolan | England | January 1991 – July 1997 | 322 | 99 | 96 | 127 | 30.74 |
| Mark Hateley | England | July 1997 – November 1998 | 76 | 17 | 14 | 45 | 22.36 |
| Warren Joyce | England | November 1998 – April 2000 | 86 | 33 | 25 | 28 | 38.37 |
| Billy Russell* | Scotland | April 2000 – April 2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 00.00 |
| Brian Little | England | April 2000 – February 2002 | 97 | 41 | 28 | 28 | 42.26 |
| Billy Russell* | Scotland | February 2002 – April 2002 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14.29 |
| Jan Mølby | Denmark | April 2002 – October 2002 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11.76 |
| Billy Russell* | Scotland | October 2002 – October 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Peter Taylor | England | October 2002 – June 2006 | 184 | 77 | 50 | 57 | 41.84 |
| Phil Parkinson | England | June 2006 – December 2006 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20.83 |
| Phil Brown | England | December 2006 – June 2010 | 157 | 52 | 40 | 65 | 33.12 |
| Iain Dowie† | Northern Ireland | March 2010 – June 2010 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11.11 |
| Nigel Pearson | England | June 2010 – November 2011 | 64 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 35.94 |
| Nick Barmby | England | November 2011 – May 2012 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 39.39 |
| Steve Bruce | England | June 2012 – July 2016 | 201 | 83 | 44 | 74 | 41.29 |
| Mike Phelan* | England | July 2016 – October 2016 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 44.44 |
| Mike Phelan‡ | England | October 2016 – January 2017 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13.33 |
| Marco Silva | Portugal | January 2017 – May 2017 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 36.36 |
| Leonid Slutsky | Russia | June 2017 – December 2017 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19.05 |
| Nigel Adkins | England | December 2017 – June 2019 | 78 | 26 | 21 | 31 | 33.33 |
| Grant McCann | Northern Ireland | June 2019 – January 2022 | 136 | 53 | 30 | 53 | 38.97 |
| Shota Arveladze | Georgia | January 2022 – September 2022 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 30.00 |
| Andy Dawson* | England | September 2022 – November 2022 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 37.50 |
| Liam Rosenior | England | November 2022 – May 2024 | 78 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 34.62 |
| Tim Walter | Germany | July 2024 – November 2024 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16.67 |
| Andy Dawson* | England | November 2024 – December 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 00.00 |
| Rubén Sellés | Spain | December 2024 – | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 35.00 |
* Caretaker manager † Temporary football management consultant ‡ Head coach