# List of Huddersfield Town A.F.C. managers

This is a list of the records of all the managers of Huddersfield Town since the club's inception in 1908.

## Statistics

Information correct as of matches played up to and including 1 June 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.
| Name | Country | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
| Fred Walker | England | August 1908 | 26 November 1910 | 92 | 40 | 12 | 40 | 183 | 173 | 043.48 |
| Dick Pudan | England | 26 November 1910 | 24 April 1912 | 66 | 21 | 13 | 32 | 106 | 115 | 031.82 |
| Leslie Knighton | England | 24 April 1912 | 27 April 1912 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Arthur Fairclough | England | 27 April 1912 | 23 December 1919 | 281 | 125 | 57 | 99 | 442 | 349 | 044.48 |
| Ambrose Langley | England | 23 December 1919 | 23 March 1921 | 65 | 33 | 13 | 19 | 101 | 73 | 050.77 |
| Coaching Staff | Coaching Staff | 24 March 1921 | 30 March 1921 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 100.00 |
| Herbert Chapman | England | 31 March 1921 | 10 June 1925 | 194 | 95 | 53 | 46 | 282 | 166 | 048.97 |
| Cecil Potter | England | 3 July 1925 | 16 August 1926 | 44 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 93 | 64 | 054.55 |
| Jack Chaplin | Scotland | 23 August 1926 | 27 May 1929 | 141 | 62 | 38 | 41 | 277 | 209 | 043.97 |
| Clem Stephenson | England | 27 May 1929 | 8 June 1942 | 556 | 235 | 132 | 189 | 980 | 833 | 042.27 |
| Ted Magner | England | 8 June 1942 | 20 September 1943 | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 116 | 71 | 059.52 |
| David Steele | Scotland | 20 September 1943 | 16 June 1947 | 167 | 73 | 24 | 70 | 322 | 299 | 043.71 |
| George Stephenson | England | 21 August 1947 | 11 March 1952 | 211 | 62 | 45 | 104 | 259 | 380 | 029.38 |
| Board of Directors | Board of Directors | 12 March 1952 | 17 April 1952 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 042.86 |
| Andy Beattie | Scotland | 18 April 1952 | 3 November 1956 | 196 | 84 | 45 | 67 | 314 | 288 | 042.86 |
| Bill Shankly | Scotland | 5 November 1956 | 1 December 1959 | 137 | 51 | 36 | 50 | 211 | 200 | 037.23 |
| Eddie Boot | England | 2 December 1959 | 18 January 1960 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 044.44 |
| Eddie Boot | England | 19 January 1960 | 2 September 1964 | 217 | 79 | 58 | 80 | 303 | 304 | 036.41 |
| Ian Greaves | England | 3 September 1964 | 25 October 1964 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 033.33 |
| Tom Johnston | Scotland | 26 October 1964 | 13 May 1968 | 170 | 73 | 41 | 56 | 224 | 189 | 042.94 |
| Ian Greaves | England | 11 June 1968 | 25 June 1974 | 281 | 89 | 88 | 104 | 306 | 338 | 031.67 |
| Bobby Collins | Scotland | 2 July 1974 | 23 December 1975 | 76 | 24 | 18 | 34 | 82 | 106 | 031.58 |
| Tom Johnston | Scotland | 24 December 1975 | 22 April 1977 | 74 | 35 | 18 | 21 | 98 | 72 | 047.30 |
| John Haselden | England | 22 April 1977 | 29 September 1977 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 005.56 |
| Tom Johnston | Scotland | 29 September 1977 | 29 August 1978 | 44 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 62 | 55 | 034.09 |
| Mick Buxton | England | 30 August 1978 | 30 October 1978 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 033.33 |
| Mick Buxton | England | 31 October 1978 | 23 December 1986 | 426 | 174 | 113 | 139 | 616 | 506 | 040.85 |
| Steve Smith | England | 23 December 1986 | 12 January 1987 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 040.00 |
| Steve Smith | England | 13 January 1987 | 6 October 1987 | 33 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 41 | 54 | 021.21 |
| George McAllister | England | 7 October 1987 | 11 October 1987 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 000.00 |
| Malcolm Macdonald | England | 12 October 1987 | 4 May 1988 | 37 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 81 | 016.22 |
| Eoin Hand | Ireland | 5 May 1988 | 6 March 1992 | 216 | 83 | 57 | 76 | 284 | 278 | 038.43 |
| Ian Ross | Scotland | 6 March 1992 | 14 July 1993 | 71 | 31 | 16 | 24 | 104 | 92 | 043.66 |
| Neil Warnock | England | 15 July 1993 | 5 June 1995 | 120 | 51 | 37 | 32 | 177 | 143 | 042.50 |
| Brian Horton | England | 21 June 1995 | 6 October 1997 | 120 | 39 | 35 | 46 | 142 | 161 | 032.50 |
| Peter Jackson | England | 7 October 1997 | 10 May 1999 | 94 | 33 | 27 | 34 | 121 | 143 | 035.11 |
| Steve Bruce | England | 24 May 1999 | 16 October 2000 | 66 | 25 | 16 | 25 | 80 | 76 | 037.88 |
| Lou Macari | Scotland | 16 October 2000 | 14 June 2002 | 93 | 36 | 29 | 28 | 115 | 102 | 038.71 |
| Mick Wadsworth | England | 1 July 2002 | 26 March 2003 | 43 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 54 | 023.26 |
| Mel Machin | England | 26 March 2003 | 6 May 2003 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 028.57 |
| Peter Jackson | England | 27 June 2003 | 5 March 2007 | 197 | 81 | 52 | 64 | 292 | 271 | 041.12 |
| Gerry Murphy | Ireland | 6 March 2007 | 10 April 2007 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 016.67 |
| Andy Ritchie | England | 11 April 2007 | 1 April 2008 | 51 | 22 | 5 | 24 | 62 | 77 | 043.14 |
| Gerry Murphy | Ireland | 1 April 2008 | 3 May 2008 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 066.67 |
| Stan Ternent | England | 3 May 2008 | 4 November 2008 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 027.78 |
| Gerry Murphy | Ireland | 4 November 2008 | 15 December 2008 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 060.00 |
| Graham Mitchell | England | 13 December 2008 | 13 December 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Lee Clark | England | 15 December 2008 | 15 February 2012 | 177 | 86 | 50 | 41 | 310 | 218 | 048.59 |
| Simon Grayson | England | 20 February 2012 | 24 January 2013 | 49 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 58 | 69 | 034.69 |
| Mark Lillis | England | 24 January 2013 | 14 February 2013 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 040.00 |
| Mark Robins | England | 14 February 2013 | 10 August 2014 | 68 | 23 | 14 | 31 | 87 | 101 | 033.82 |
| Mark Lillis | England | 10 August 2014 | 3 September 2014 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 033.33 |
| Chris Powell | England | 3 September 2014 | 4 November 2015 | 58 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 69 | 85 | 025.86 |
| Mark Lillis | England | 4 November 2015 | 9 November 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 000.00 |
| David Wagner | United States | 9 November 2015 | 14 January 2019 | 154 | 51 | 33 | 70 | 164 | 225 | 033.12 |
| Mark Hudson | England | 14 January 2019 | 21 January 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 000.00 |
| Jan Siewert | Germany | 21 January 2019 | 16 August 2019 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 42 | 005.26 |
| Mark Hudson | England | 17 August 2019 | 9 September 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 000.00 |
| Danny Cowley | England | 9 September 2019 | 19 July 2020 | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 46 | 57 | 032.50 |
| Danny Schofield | England | 20 July 2020 | 22 July 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 000.00 |
| Carlos Corberán | Spain | 23 July 2020 | 7 July 2022 | 102 | 38 | 28 | 36 | 123 | 129 | 037.25 |
| Danny Schofield | England | 7 July 2022 | 14 September 2022 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 011.11 |
| Paul Harsley Narcís Pèlach | England Spain | 14 September 2022 | 28 September 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Mark Fotheringham | Scotland | 28 September 2022 | 8 February 2023 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 023.81 |
| Narcís Pèlach | Spain | 8 February 2023 | 15 February 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 000.00 |
| Neil Warnock | England | 16 February 2023 | 20 September 2023 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 039.13 |
| Darren Moore | Jamaica | 21 September 2023 | 29 January 2024 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 40 | 013.04 |
| Jon Worthington | England | 29 January 2024 | 19 February 2024 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 050.00 |
| André Breitenreiter | Germany | 20 February 2024 | 10 May 2024 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 015.38 |
| Michael Duff | Northern Ireland | 13 May 2024 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00 |

## Managers with honours

| Name | Tenure | Honours |
| Fred Walker | 1908–1910 | Election into the English Football League |
| Ambrose Langley | 1919–1921 | 1920 FA Cup Final 1920 Second Division Runners-up |
| Herbert Chapman | 1921–1925 | 1922 FA Cup 1922 FA Charity Shield 1924 First Division 1925 First Division |
| Cecil Potter | 1925–1926 | 1926 First Division |
| Jack Chaplin | 1926–1929 | 1927 First Division Runners-up 1928 FA Cup Final 1928 First Division Runners-up 1929 FA Cup Semi Final |
| Clem Stephenson | 1929–1942 | 1930 FA Cup Final 1934 First Division Runners-up 1938 FA Cup Final 1939 FA Cup Semi Final |
| Andy Beattie | 1952–1956 | 1953 Second Division Runners-up |
| Tom Johnston | 1964–1968 | 1968 Football League Cup Semi Final |
| Ian Greaves | 1968–1974 | 1970 Second Division |
| Mick Buxton | 1978–1986 | 1980 Fourth Division 1983 Promoted Automatically from Third Division |
| Neil Warnock | 1993–1995, 2023 | 1994 Football League Trophy Final 1995 Football League Second Division play-off final |
| Peter Jackson | 2003–2007 | 2004 Football League Third Division play-off final |
| Simon Grayson | 2012–2013 | 2012 Football League One play-off final |
| David Wagner | 2015–2019 | 2017 EFL Championship play-off final |