# List of Derby County F.C. managers

Derby County is an English association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire. The club was formed in 1884 but didn't appoint a full-time manager until 1896; prior to this the team for each match was selected by committee, a common practice in the early days of professional football. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team since 1896. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker managers are included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge. Derby have had 26 full-time managers. The most successful of these is Brian Clough, who won the club's first ever Football League title and reached the semi-final of the European Cup. The club's longest-serving managers were Jimmy Methven and George Jobey, who managed the club for 16 years, with Jobey being in charge for a club-record 629 games.

## Managers

    As of 15 March 2025
| Name | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Notes |
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | W % | L % | PPG | Notes |
| Harry Newbould | 1 August 1896 | 31 July 1906 | 376 | 151 | 81 | 144 | 40.16 | 38.3 | 1.42 | FA Cup finalists (1897–98, 1898–99, 1902–03) |
| Jimmy Methven | 1 August 1906 | 30 June 1922 | 498 | 202 | 117 | 179 | 40.56 | 35.94 | 1.45 | Division Two champions (1911–12, 1914–15) |
| Cecil Potter | 1 July 1922 | 31 July 1925 | 137 | 62 | 34 | 41 | 45.26 | 29.93 | 1.61 | |
| George Jobey | 1 August 1925 | 1 May 1941 | 629 | 273 | 140 | 216 | 43.4 | 34.34 | 1.52 | Division One runners-up (1929–30, 1935–36) Division Two promotion (1925–26) |
| Ted Magner | 1 August 1944 | 1 January 1946 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.82 | 0 | 2.64 | Football League North champions (1944–45) Midlands Cup winners (1944–45) |
| Stuart McMillan | 1 January 1946 | 1 November 1953 | 346 | 146 | 73 | 127 | 42.2 | 36.71 | 1.48 | FA Cup winners (1945–46) |
| Jack Barker | 1 November 1953 | 1 April 1955 | 64 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 18.75 | 56.25 | 0.81 | |
| Harry Storer Jr. | 1 June 1955 | 31 May 1962 | 332 | 137 | 67 | 118 | 41.27 | 35.54 | 1.44 | Football League Division Three North champions (1956–57) |
| Tim Ward | 1 June 1962 | 31 May 1967 | 219 | 72 | 59 | 88 | 32.88 | 40.18 | 1.26 | |
| Brian Clough | 1 June 1967 | 15 October 1973 | 289 | 135 | 70 | 84 | 46.71 | 29.07 | 1.64 | Division One champions (1971–72) Division Two champions (1968–69) European Cup semi-finalists (1972–73) |
| Jimmy Gordon | 15 October 1973 | 23 October 1973 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 2 | Caretaker manager |
| Dave Mackay | 23 October 1973 | 25 November 1976 | 158 | 70 | 44 | 44 | 44.3 | 27.85 | 1.61 | Division One champions (1974–75) Charity Shield winners (1975) |
| Colin Murphy | 25 November 1976 | 17 September 1977 | 35 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 37.14 | 1.03 | |
| Tommy Docherty | 17 September 1977 | 10 May 1979 | 78 | 24 | 21 | 33 | 30.77 | 42.31 | 1.19 | |
| Colin Addison | 6 July 1979 | 25 January 1982 | 105 | 33 | 28 | 44 | 31.43 | 41.9 | 1.21 | |
| John Newman | 25 January 1982 | 11 August 1982 | 35 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 17.14 | 45.71 | 0.89 | |
| Peter Taylor | 11 August 1982 | 4 April 1984 | 66 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28.79 | 37.88 | 1.2 | |
| Roy McFarland | 4 April 1984 | 28 May 1984 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 44.44 | 44.44 | 1.44 | |
| Arthur Cox | 28 May 1984 | 2 October 1993 | 453 | 184 | 108 | 161 | 40.62 | 35.54 | 1.46 | Division Two champions (1986–87) |
| Roy McFarland | 2 October 1993 | 29 April 1995 | 93 | 40 | 21 | 31 | 43.01 | 33.33 | 1.52 | |
| Billy McEwan | 29 April 1995 | 15 June 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 | Caretaker manager |
| Jim Smith | 15 June 1995 | 7 October 2001 | 281 | 99 | 81 | 101 | 35.23 | 35.94 | 1.35 | New Division One runners-up (1995–96) |
| Colin Todd | 8 October 2001 | 14 January 2002 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 23.53 | 64.71 | 0.82 | |
| Billy McEwan | 14 January 2002 | 30 January 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 0 | Caretaker manager |
| John Gregory | 30 January 2002 | 21 March 2003 | 55 | 16 | 9 | 30 | 29.09 | 54.55 | 1.04 | |
| Mark Lillis | 21 March 2003 | 31 March 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 | Caretaker manager |
| George Burley | 31 March 2003 | 7 June 2005 | 107 | 39 | 25 | 43 | 36.45 | 40.19 | 1.33 | |
| Phil Brown | 24 June 2005 | 30 January 2006 | 33 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 21.21 | 36.36 | 1.06 | |
| Terry Westley | 30 January 2006 | 2 June 2006 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 37.5 | 1.13 | |
| Billy Davies | 2 June 2006 | 26 November 2007 | 69 | 31 | 14 | 24 | 44.93 | 34.78 | 1.55 | Championship playoffs winners (2006–07) |
| Paul Jewell | 28 November 2007 | 29 December 2008 | 58 | 13 | 15 | 30 | 22.41 | 51.72 | 0.93 | |
| Chris Hutchings | 29 December 2008 | 6 January 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 3 | Caretaker manager |
| David Lowe | 6 January 2009 | 8 January 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 3 | Caretaker manager |
| Nigel Clough | 8 January 2009 | 28 September 2013 | 231 | 76 | 54 | 101 | 32.9 | 43.72 | 1.22 | |
| Darren Wassall | 29 September 2013 | 1 October 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Caretaker manager |
| Steve McClaren | 1 October 2013 | 25 May 2015 | 95 | 51 | 22 | 22 | 54.26 | 23.4 | 1.84 | |
| Paul Clement | 1 June 2015 | 8 February 2016 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 42.42 | 21.21 | 1.64 | |
| Darren Wassall | 8 February 2016 | 27 May 2016 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 33.33 | 1.67 | Interim head coach |
| Nigel Pearson | 27 May 2016 | 8 October 2016 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21.43 | 42.86 | 1 | |
| Chris Powell | 27 September 2016 | 12 October 2016 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 2 | Caretaker manager |
| Steve McClaren | 12 October 2016 | 12 March 2017 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 44.83 | 31.03 | 1.59 | |
| Gary Rowett | 14 March 2017 | 22 May 2018 | 60 | 26 | 18 | 16 | 43.33 | 26.67 | 1.6 | |
| Frank Lampard | 31 May 2018 | 4 July 2019 | 57 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 42.11 | 28.07 | 1.56 | |
| Phillip Cocu | 5 July 2019 | 14 November 2020 | 65 | 21 | 18 | 26 | 32.31 | 40 | 1.25 | |
| Wayne Rooney | 15 November 2020 | 24 June 2022 | 85 | 24 | 22 | 39 | 28.57 | 45.24 | 1.12 | Interim player-manager (until 15 January 2021) |
| Liam Rosenior | 26 June 2022 | 22 September 2022 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 58.33 | 25 | 1.92 | Interim manager |
| Paul Warne | 22 September 2022 | 7 February 2025 | 132 | 60 | 31 | 41 | 45.45 | 31.06 | 1.6 | League One runners-up (2023-24) |
| Matt Hamshaw | 7 February 2025 | 13 February 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Caretaker manager |
| John Eustace | 13 February 2025 | Present | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 50 | 1.5 | |