# List of Sporting de Gijón managers

The following is a list of Real Sporting managers from the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1921 to the present day.
Since 1921, Real Sporting had, with the current one, 53 managers in all its history. The first coach was Austrian Karl Orth, who spent two years in Gijón. 39 coaches were from Spain and only 14 of them foreign ones.
The club's longest-serving manager in La Liga is José Manuel Díaz Novoa, who had six spells managing the club from 1979 to 1999, totalling 226 league matches, followed by Manolo Preciado with 218 (the manager who coached more games consecutively) and Vicente Miera, with 166.

## List of managers

Only league games are counted, including the playoffs games.
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | PCT |
| Karl Orth | 1921 | 1923 | | | | | | | |
| José Monegal | 1925 | 1926 | | | | | | | |
| Edmundo Morán | 1926 | 1926 | | | | | | | |
| Manuel Meana | 1926 | 1929 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 35 | .389 |
| Randolph Galloway | 1929 | 1931 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 71 | 59 | .472 |
| Manuel Meana (2) | 1931 | 1933 | | | | | | | |
| Ramón Herrera | 1933 | 1934 | | | | | | | |
| Károly Plattkó | 1934 | 1935 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | .500 |
| Jack Greenwell | 1935 | 1936 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 26 | .429 |
| José María Peña | 1939 | 1942 | 60 | 31 | 12 | 17 | 141 | 97 | .517 |
| Martín Marculeta | 1942 | 1943 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 51 | 46 | .542 |
| Amadeo Sánchez | 1943 | 1945 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 46 | .346 |
| Quico Campomanes | 1945 | 1946 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 39 | .346 |
| José María Peña (2) | 1946 | 1947 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 51 | 59 | .385 |
| Charles Rumbold | 1947 | 1948 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 69 | .269 |
| Manuel Meana (3) | 1948 | 1949 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 44 | .462 |
| Paco Campos | 1949 | 1950 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 89 | 46 | .567 |
| Amadeo Sánchez (2) | 1950 | 1952 | 56 | 30 | 6 | 20 | 139 | 99 | .536 |
| Luisín | 1952 | 1952 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | .500 |
| Juan José Nogués | 1952 | 1954 | 50 | 16 | 10 | 24 | 65 | 103 | .320 |
| Luisín (2) | 1954 | 1954 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 32 | .200 |
| Paco Campos (2) | 1954 | 1955 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 34 | .500 |
| Amadeo Sánchez (3) | 1955 | 1956 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 51 | 46 | .467 |
| Jesús Barrio | 1956 | 1958 | 68 | 38 | 10 | 20 | 153 | 83 | .559 |
| Mundo | 1958 | 1959 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 59 | .217 |
| Luisín (3) | 1959 | 1959 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.000 |
| Nelson Adams | 1959 | 1959 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | .167 |
| Abel Picabea | 1959 | 1960 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 22 | .533 |
| Amadeo Sánchez (4) | 1960 | 1960 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 25 | .412 |
| Germán Menéndez | 1960 | 1961 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 33 | .278 |
| Amadeo Sánchez (5) | 1960 | 1960 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | .400 |
| Jesús Barrio (2) | 1961 | 1962 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 57 | .296 |
| Amadeo Sánchez (6) | 1962 | 1962 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | .667 |
| José Luis Molinuevo | 1962 | 1966 | 118 | 61 | 24 | 33 | 227 | 158 | .517 |
| Amadeo Sánchez (7) | 1966 | 1966 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | .250 |
| Román Galarraga | 1966 | 1968 | 59 | 32 | 14 | 13 | 98 | 53 | .542 |
| Manuel Badás | 1968 | 1968 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .000 |
| Carriega | 1968 | 1972 | 123 | 55 | 26 | 42 | 194 | 146 | .447 |
| Jesús Barrio (3) | 1972 | 1972 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 13 | .353 |
| Mariano Moreno | 1972 | 1973 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 48 | .300 |
| Jesús Barrio (4) | 1973 | 1973 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 27 | .500 |
| Pasieguito | 1973 | 1975 | 54 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 66 | 72 | .296 |
| Pierre Sinibaldi | 1975 | 1976 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 35 | .250 |
| Vicente Miera | 1976 | 1979 | 106 | 50 | 29 | 27 | 165 | 113 | .472 |
| José Manuel Díaz Novoa | 1979 | 1980 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 34 | .471 |
| Vicente Miera (2) | 1980 | 1982 | 60 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 83 | 74 | .350 |
| José Manuel Díaz Novoa (2) | 1982 | 1982 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | .375 |
| Vujadin Boškov | 1982 | 1984 | 68 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 69 | 79 | .308 |
| José Manuel Díaz Novoa (3) | 1984 | 1988 | 150 | 56 | 53 | 41 | 173 | 149 | .373 |
| Jesús Aranguren | 1988 | 1989 | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 48 | .310 |
| Carlos García Cuervo | 1989 | 1990 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 28 | .353 |
| Ciriaco Cano | 1990 | 1992 | 64 | 28 | 16 | 20 | 72 | 64 | .438 |
| Bert Jacobs | 1992 | 1993 | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 49 | .194 |
| Carlos García Cuervo (2) | 1993 | 1993 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | .444 |
| Mariano García Remón | 1993 | 1995 | 62 | 20 | 13 | 29 | 68 | 102 | .323 |
| Carlos García Cuervo (3) | 1995 | 1995 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | .188 |
| Ricardo Néstor Rezza | 1995 | 1996 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 28 | .318 |
| Ramiro Solís | 1996 | 1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.000 |
| José Manuel Díaz Novoa (4) | 1996 | 1996 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 33 | .273 |
| Benito Floro | 1996 | 1997 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 58 | .265 |
| Miguel Ángel Montes | 1997 | 1997 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | .333 |
| Antonio Maceda | 1997 | 1997 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | .000 |
| José Manuel Díaz Novoa (5) | 1997 | 1998 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 28 | .059 |
| José Antonio Redondo | 1998 | 1998 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | .143 |
| Antonio López Habas | 1998 | 1998 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | .000 |
| José Antonio Redondo (2) | 1998 | 1998 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Aad de Mos | 1999 | 1999 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | .273 |
| Pedro Braojos | 1999 | 2000 | 55 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 74 | 61 | .473 |
| Ciriaco Cano (2) | 2000 | 2000 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | .286 |
| Vicente Cantatore | 2000 | 2001 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 21 | .350 |
| Pepe Acebal | 2001 | 2002 | 69 | 27 | 21 | 21 | 86 | 78 | .391 |
| Antonio Maceda (2) | 2002 | 2003 | 37 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 43 | 38 | .297 |
| Marcelino García Toral | 2003 | 2005 | 84 | 35 | 22 | 27 | 99 | 79 | .417 |
| Ciriaco Cano (3) | 2005 | 2006 | 42 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 41 | 34 | .310 |
| Manuel Preciado | 2006 | 2012 | 218 | 75 | 51 | 92 | 250 | 295 | .344 |
| Iñaki Tejada | 2012 | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .000 |
| Javier Clemente | 2012 | 2012 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 26 | .313 |
| Manolo Sánchez Murias | 2012 | 2012 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | .182 |
| José Ramón Sandoval | 2012 | 2014 | 70 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 106 | 87 | .371 |
| Abelardo Fernández | 2014 | 2017 | 105 | 37 | 33 | 35 | 124 | 131 | .352 |
| Rubi | 2017 | 2017 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 35 | .200 |
| Paco Herrera | 2017 | 2017 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 18 | .333 |
| Rubén Baraja | 2017 | 2018 | 40 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 54 | 40 | .450 |
| José Alberto | 2018 | 2019 | 53 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 55 | 54 | .377 |
| Miroslav Đukić | 2019 | 2020 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 17 | .381 |
| David Gallego | 2020 | | | | | | | | – |