# List of Southampton F.C. managers

The following is a list of Southampton managers from the founding of Southampton F.C. in 1885 until the present. The first secretary manager of the club was Cecil Knight from 1892 to 1895; the first full-time manager of the club was George Swift from 1911 to 1912.
The most successful managers are, in terms of trophies and honours, Ernest Arnfield, with whom the club won the Southern Football League five times and the Western Football League Division 1A once; and (since the start of the Football League era), in terms of win percentage, Nigel Adkins.
The longest-serving manager has been Ted Bates from 1955 to 1973, for 850 matches. (Bates – "Mr Southampton" – had played for the club from 1937 to 1955, and also served as a club director for 20 years after managing it.)

## Managers

    As of match played 15 March 2025
| Name | Nationality | From | To | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win% | Honours |
| Cecil Knight | England | August 1892 | May 1895 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 060.00 | |
| Charles Robson | England | August 1895 | May 1896 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 069.57 | |
| Alfred McMinn | England | August 1896 | May 1897 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 070.37 | 1 Southern League championship |
| Ernest Arnfield | England | August 1897 | May 1911 | 514 | 268 | 107 | 139 | 052.14 | 5 Southern League championships 2 FA Cup Finals |
| George Swift | England | August 1911 | May 1912 | 39 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 025.64 | |
| Ernest Arnfield | England | August 1912 | May 1919 | 121 | 46 | 25 | 50 | 038.02 | |
| Jimmy McIntyre | England | August 1919 | December 1924 | 209 | 85 | 77 | 47 | 040.67 | 1 Third Division South championship |
| Arthur Chadwick | England | October 1925 | May 1931 | 256 | 100 | 60 | 96 | 039.06 | |
| George Kay | England | May 1931 | May 1936 | 219 | 76 | 43 | 100 | 034.70 | |
| George Goss | England | May 1936 | March 1937 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 031.25 | |
| Tom Parker | England | March 1937 | June 1943 | 97 | 29 | 22 | 46 | 029.90 | |
| Arthur Dominy | England | June 1943 | January 1946 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— | |
| Bill Dodgin | England | January 1946 | August 1949 | 137 | 65 | 28 | 44 | 047.45 | |
| Sid Cann | England | August 1949 | December 1951 | 107 | 41 | 33 | 33 | 038.32 | |
| George Roughton | England | March 1952 | September 1955 | 156 | 63 | 37 | 56 | 040.38 | |
| Ted Bates | England | September 1955 | November 1973 | 850 | 333 | 212 | 305 | 039.18 | 1 Third Division championship |
| Lawrie McMenemy | England | November 1973 | June 1985 | 539 | 225 | 144 | 170 | 041.74 | 1 FA Cup 1 Football League Cup final |
| Chris Nicholl | Northern Ireland | July 1985 | May 1991 | 293 | 100 | 86 | 107 | 034.13 | |
| Ian Branfoot | England | June 1991 | January 1994 | 128 | 37 | 34 | 57 | 028.91 | 1 Full Members Cup final |
| Alan Ball | England | January 1994 | July 1995 | 67 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 032.84 | |
| David Merrington | England | July 1995 | June 1996 | 48 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 031.25 | |
| Graeme Souness | Scotland | July 1996 | June 1997 | 48 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 029.17 | |
| Dave Jones | England | June 1997 | January 2000 | 113 | 37 | 22 | 54 | 032.74 | |
| Glenn Hoddle | England | January 2000 | March 2001 | 52 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 042.31 | |
| Stuart Gray | England | March 2001 | October 2001 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 031.58 | |
| Gordon Strachan | Scotland | October 2001 | February 2004 | 110 | 39 | 32 | 39 | 035.45 | 1 FA Cup Final |
| Steve Wigley (caretaker) | England | February 2004 | March 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 000.00 | |
| Paul Sturrock | Scotland | March 2004 | August 2004 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 038.46 | |
| Steve Wigley | England | August 2004 | December 2004 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 017.65 | |
| Harry Redknapp | England | December 2004 | December 2005 | 49 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 026.53 | |
| Dave Bassett & Dennis Wise (caretakers) | England | December 2005 | December 2005 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 033.33 | |
| George Burley | Scotland | December 2005 | January 2008 | 109 | 45 | 25 | 39 | 041.28 | |
| John Gorman & Jason Dodd (caretakers) | England | January 2008 | February 2008 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 016.67 | |
| Nigel Pearson | England | February 2008 | May 2008 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 021.43 | |
| Jan Poortvliet | Netherlands | May 2008 | January 2009 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 025.00 | |
| Mark Wotte | Netherlands | January 2009 | July 2009 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 022.22 | |
| Alan Pardew | England | July 2009 | August 2010 | 64 | 34 | 17 | 13 | 053.13 | 1 Football League Trophy |
| Dean Wilkins (caretaker) | England | August 2010 | September 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 000.00 | |
| Nigel Adkins | England | September 2010 | January 2013 | 124 | 67 | 25 | 32 | 054.03 | |
| Mauricio Pochettino | Argentina | January 2013 | May 2014 | 60 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 038.33 | |
| Ronald Koeman | Netherlands | June 2014 | June 2016 | 91 | 44 | 17 | 30 | 048.35 | |
| Claude Puel | France | June 2016 | June 2017 | 53 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 037.74 | 1 Football League Cup Final |
| Mauricio Pellegrino | Argentina | June 2017 | March 2018 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 023.53 | |
| Mark Hughes | Wales | March 2018 | December 2018 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 018.52 | |
| Kelvin Davis (caretaker) | England | December 2018 | December 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 000.00 | |
| Ralph Hasenhüttl | Austria | December 2018 | November 2022 | 173 | 59 | 41 | 73 | 034.10 | |
| Rubén Sellés (caretaker) | Spain | November 2022 | November 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 000.00 | |
| Nathan Jones | Wales | November 2022 | February 2023 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 035.71 | |
| Rubén Sellés (Interim Manager) | Spain | February 2023 | May 2023 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 011.76 | |
| Russell Martin | Scotland | June 2023 | December 2024 | 73 | 33 | 14 | 26 | 045.21 | 1 EFL Championship play-offs winners |
| Simon Rusk (Interim Manager) | England | December 2024 | December 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 000.00 | |
| Ivan Jurić | Croatia | December 2024 | Present | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 014.29 | |