# List of Everton F.C. managers

Everton F.C. is a professional association football club based in Liverpool, England. The club was founded in 1878, but did not participate in competitive football until 1887, when they first took part in the FA Cup. The club has had 27 permanent managers, though this role was previously filled by the club secretary.

## Managerial history

1887–1946 (club-secretaries)
Alexander Nisbet was the club secretary, before William Edward Barclay became the club secretary for Everton's first season in the newly founded Football League but was replaced the following season by Dick Molyneux. Molyneux brought the first title to the club, winning the First Division in the 1890–91 season. He managed the club for eleven seasons before being replaced in 1901 by William C. Cuff who brought further success in the shape of another League title in the 1914–15 season and the club's first FA Cup, a 1–0 victory over Newcastle United at Crystal Palace. Between the First and Second World Wars, the club enjoyed its first prolonged period of success under the guidance of Thomas H. McIntosh. Despite relegation to the Second Division in the 1928–29 season, he led the team to back-to-back Second and First Division championships in 1931 and 1932, the 1933 FA Cup and two successful appearances in the Charity Shield. A fifth league title was secured in 1938–39 while the club was managed by Theo Kelly, while in 1946 Kelly was appointed as the club's first manager after the succession of secretaries and senior coaches who were responsible for team selection.
1946–1981
With the pre-War team dispersed, the club struggled to reassert its dominance in the late 1940s and eventually suffered relegation to the Second Division under Cliff Britton in the 1950–51 season. After finishing second in the 1953–54 season, the club returned to the top tier of English football, the level at which they have played ever since. In 1961, the club appointed former player Harry Catterick as manager, who led the club to two further league titles in both the 1962–63 and 1969–70 seasons, with the league successes punctuated by another FA Cup triumph, this time by a 3–2 victory over Sheffield Wednesday at Wembley.
1981-2013
Howard Kendall served as Everton manager during three separate spells (1981-1987, 1990-1993 & 1997-1998), the first of which saw Everton achieve major success.
The club failed to achieve further league or cup success, until the appointment of former Everton player and club captain Howard Kendall in 1981. While results were initially mixed under Kendall, they eventually improved, as he led Everton to their most successful season ever winning the European Cup Winners' Cup and the First Division title in the 1984–85 season. Following success in the Charity Shield thrice and another League championship in 1986–87, Kendall resigned as Everton manager, to manage Spanish side Athletic Bilbao. He returned for two further spells in the 1990s (1990–1993 & 1997–1998) but without such success. Former Everton player and Oldham Athletic manager Joe Royle was appointed in 1994, following the disastrous reign of Mike Walker (1994 for 10 months) winning the FA Cup in the same season. Injury crises and players such as Andrei Kanchelskis being sold led to Royle's resignation in March 1997. Former Rangers manager, Walter Smith, took the position in August 1998, but he failed to transfer the success he had achieved in Scotland. With three bottom-half finishes in his first three seasons and facing relegation in the 2001–02 season, Smith was sacked.
Smith was replaced by fellow Scot David Moyes who led the club back into European football, finishing fourth in the 2004–05 season. Under Moyes's 11-year managership, the club prospered, qualifying for the Champions League in 2005 and reaching the FA Cup final in 2009. He also signed many young players, like Séamus Coleman. However, a long-awaited trophy eluded him. Having stalled on contract renewal discussions, and following the announcement of Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement as manager of Manchester United at the end of the 2013 season, Moyes succeeded him at Old Trafford.
2013–present
Moyes's replacement was Roberto Martínez, the club's first manager from outside Britain and Ireland. After three seasons, the last of which saw Everton return their worst home record in the club's 138-year history until the 2022–23 season, Martínez was sacked in May 2016 and replaced by Ronald Koeman a month later. Koeman was sacked in October 2017 after 16 months in the job following a 5–2 defeat to Arsenal that had dropped the club into the relegation zone. Sam Allardyce was named as Koeman's permanent replacement in November 2017. He was replaced at the end of 2017–18 by Marco Silva after finishing in 8th Silva was sacked in December 2019 following a 5–2 defeat to Liverpool, with Duncan Ferguson taking over as interim manager until the arrival of Carlo Ancelotti on 21 December 2019. Ancelotti would depart the club at the end of the 2020–21 season, returning to coach Real Madrid. On 30 June 2021, Rafael Benítez was named as Ancelotti's successor. He himself would be relieved of his duties on 16 January 2022 following a defeat to Norwich City which left Everton in 15th in the league. Benítez's six-and-a-half month tenure meant that he was the shortest-serving permanent manager in Everton's history.
Benitez was replaced temporarily with Duncan Ferguson as caretaker manager again that same day, playing and losing one game against Aston Villa, before being replaced by Frank Lampard on 31 January 2022. Lampard just about kept Everton up, but after a very below-par first half of the following season, alongside protests from fans against the board, he was sacked on 23 January 2023 with the Toffeemen sitting bottom alongside Southampton with only 15 points, and was replaced by Sean Dyche a week later on 30 January 2023. Dyche was also sacked, nearly two years later, on 9 January 2025 after poor results which left the club, one point above the relegation zone. David Moyes returned as manager two days later on 11 January 2025.

## List of managers and win record

    As of match played 15 March 2025. Only professional, competitive matches are counted. This list does not include caretaker managers.
Table of Everton F.C. managers, including tenure, record and honours :
| Manager | Nationality | From | To | Games | W | D | L | Win % | Major honours and achievements |
| Club secretaries (1886-1946) ||||||||||
| Alexander Nisbit | England | August 1886 | 12 June 1888 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25.00 | — |
| William Edward Barclay | Ireland | 12 June 1888 | 23 August 1889 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 40.91 | — |
| Dick Molyneux | England | 23 August 1889 | 11 September 1901 | 388 | 196 | 64 | 128 | 50.52 | First Division winners: 1890-91 First Division runners-up: 1889-90, 1894-95 FA Cup runners-up: 1892-93, 1896-97 |
| Will Cuff | England | 11 September 1901 | 3 December 1918 | 575 | 273 | 110 | 192 | 47.48 | |
| W.J. Sawyer | England | August 1918 | May 1919 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 43.75 | — |
| Thomas H. McIntosh | England | 1 December 1919 | 29 October 1935 | 715 | 282 | 179 | 254 | 39.44 | |
| Theo Kelly | England | 30 August 1935 | 4 March 1946 | 170 | 73 | 34 | 63 | 42.94 | |
| Club managers (1946-present) ||||||||||
| Theo Kelly | England | 5 March 1946 | 10 October 1948 | 103 | 39 | 19 | 45 | 037.86 | |
| Cliff Britton | England | 11 October 1948 | 24 February 1956 | 336 | 124 | 91 | 121 | 036.90 | |
| Ian Buchan | Scotland | 3 May 1956 | 25 September 1958 | 99 | 32 | 22 | 45 | 032.32 | |
| Johnny Carey | Ireland | 20 October 1958 | 15 April 1961 | 122 | 51 | 22 | 49 | 041.80 | |
| Harry Catterick | England | 17 April 1961 | 11 April 1973 | 592 | 275 | 156 | 161 | 046.45 | |
| Billy Bingham | Northern Ireland | 28 May 1973 | 10 January 1977 | 172 | 64 | 55 | 53 | 037.21 | |
| Gordon Lee | England | 30 January 1977 | 31 May 1981 | 234 | 92 | 72 | 70 | 039.32 | |
| Howard Kendall | England | 1 June 1981 | 18 June 1987 | 338 | 183 | 78 | 77 | 054.14 | |
| Colin Harvey | England | 19 June 1987 | 31 October 1990 | 176 | 75 | 52 | 49 | 042.61 | |
| Howard Kendall | England | 5 November 1990 | 4 December 1993 | 162 | 63 | 40 | 59 | 038.89 | |
| Mike Walker | Wales | 7 January 1994 | 8 November 1994 | 35 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 017.14 | — |
| Joe Royle | England | 10 November 1994 | 27 March 1997 | 118 | 47 | 36 | 35 | 039.83 | FA Cup winners: 1994-95 Charity Shield winners: 1995 Cup Winners Cup qualification spot: 1994-95 |
| Howard Kendall | England | 27 June 1997 | 25 June 1998 | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 026.19 | — |
| Walter Smith | Scotland | 1 July 1998 | 13 March 2002 | 168 | 53 | 50 | 65 | 031.55 | — |
| David Moyes | Scotland | 14 March 2002 | 30 June 2013 | 518 | 218 | 139 | 161 | 042.08 | FA Cup runners-up: 2008-09 Champions League qualification spot: 2004-05 UEFA Cup/Europa League qualification spot: 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 |
| Roberto Martínez | Spain | 5 July 2013 | 12 May 2016 | 143 | 61 | 39 | 43 | 042.66 | Europa League qualification spot: 2013-14 |
| Ronald Koeman | Netherlands | 14 June 2016 | 23 October 2017 | 58 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 041.38 | Europa League qualification spot: 2016-17 |
| Sam Allardyce | England | 30 November 2017 | 16 May 2018 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 038.46 | — |
| Marco Silva | Portugal | 31 May 2018 | 5 December 2019 | 60 | 24 | 12 | 24 | 040.00 | — |
| Carlo Ancelotti | Italy | 21 December 2019 | 1 June 2021 | 67 | 31 | 14 | 22 | 046.27 | — |
| Rafael Benítez | Spain | 30 June 2021 | 16 January 2022 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 031.82 | — |
| Frank Lampard | England | 31 January 2022 | 23 January 2023 | 44 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 027.27 | — |
| Sean Dyche | England | 30 January 2023 | 9 January 2025 | 84 | 26 | 26 | 32 | 030.95 | — |
| David Moyes | Scotland | 11 January 2025 | Present | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 036.36 | TBD |

## Managers ranked by titles won

    All titles (including friendly titles) are included in this list. Only managers who won a title of any kind are listed.
Table of Everton F.C. managers, including tenure and honours won :
| Ranking | Manager(s) | Nationality | Tenure | First Division | Second Division | FA Cup | European Cup Winners Cup | Charity Shield | Total |
| 1 | Howard Kendall | England | 1981–1987, 1990–1993, 1997–1998 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Thomas H. McIntosh | England | 1919–1935 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Harry Catterick | England | 1961–1973 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Joe Royle | England | 1994–1997 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Will Cuff | England | 1901–1918 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Colin Harvey | England | 1987–1990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Gordon Lee | England | 1977-1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Theo Kelly | England | 1935–1948 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Dick Molyneux | England | 1889–1901 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Managers ranked by European competitions qualified for

Table of Everton F.C. managers, including tenure and European qualification achieved during tenure :
| Manager(s) | Nationality | Tenure | European Cup/Champions League | European/UEFA Cup Winners Cup | UEFA Cup/Europa League | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Total |
| Harry Catterick | England | 1961-1973 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| David Moyes | Scotland | 2002-2013, 2025-present | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |