List of Leeds United F.C. managers

Leeds United appointed Marcelo Bielsa as their manager on 15 June 2018, having sacked their 10th manager in the past 5 seasons on 1 June 2018. The following is a list of managers of Leeds United Association Football Club and their major honours from the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1919 to the present day. Each manager's entry includes the dates of his tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost) and honours won while under his care. As of 15 June 2018, Leeds United have had 37 full-time managers. There have also been nine caretaker managers, three of whom had previously occupied the role on a full-time basis, and one of whom has occupied the role three times.

The most successful person to manage Leeds United is Don Revie, who won two League Championships, two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, one Division Two Championship, one FA Cup, one League Cup and one Charity Shield in his 13-year reign as manager. He is also the club's longest-serving manager, presiding over 740 games from 1961 to 1974.

Statistics
  • The statistics include all competitive first team fixtures in the domestic league and cup, and European competitions.
  • Information correct as of 31 January 2021.
Key

   = Caretaker manager
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against

NameNationalityFromToPWDLFAWin %Points per game[1]HonoursNotes
Dick Ray  England 17 October 1919 1 February 1920 17 4 5 8 25 31 23.52 0.83 [2]
Arthur Fairclough  England 1 February 1920 1 May 1927 326 118 81 127 427 425 36.19 0.97 see below [2]
Dick Ray  England 1 July 1927 1 March 1935 342 143 72 127 622 552 41.81 1.05 see below [2]
Billy Hampson  England 1 July 1935 1 May 1947 231 74 51 106 334 418 32.03 0.86 [2]
Willis Edwards  England 1 May 1947 30 April 1948 47 13 8 26 60 87 27.65 0.74 [2]
Major Frank Buckley  England 1 May 1948 30 April 1953 224 87 63 74 324 306 38.83 1.06 [2]
Raich Carter  England 1 May 1953 1 June 1958 217 90 51 76 370 336 41.47 1.09 see below [2]
Willis Edwards  England 1 June 1958 1 December 1958 10 5 1 4 17 16 50.00 0.89 [2]
Bill Lambton  England 1 December 1958 30 April 1959 30 10 7 13 40 57 33.33 0.96 [2]
Jack Taylor  England 1 May 1959 1 March 1961 81 27 17 37 136 169 33.33 0.89 [2]
Don Revie  England 1 March 1961 4 July 1974 740 394 197 149 1,262 703 53.24 1.32 see below [2]
Brian Clough  England 30 July 1974 12 September 1974 7 1 3 3 6 10 14.28 0.83 see below [2]
Jimmy Armfield  England 4 October 1974 30 June 1978 193 87 47 59 277 222 45.07 1.10 see below [2]
Jock Stein  Scotland 21 August 1978 4 October 1978 10 4 3 3 13 8 40.00 1.00 [2]
Jimmy Adamson  England 25 October 1978 1 October 1980 98 35 29 34 138 136 35.71 1.05 [2]
David Merrington  England 1 October 1980 1 October 1980 1 0 1 0 1 1 0.00 1.00 [2]
Allan Clarke  England 1 October 1980 30 June 1982 84 27 22 35 77 104 32.14 1.08[3] [2]
Eddie Gray  Scotland 4 July 1982 11 October 1985 157 57 55 45 214 193 36.30 1.47 [2]
Peter Gunby  England 11 October 1985 11 October 1985 1 0 1 0 1 1 0.00 N/A [2]
Billy Bremner  Scotland 11 October 1985 28 September 1988 143 58 31 54 192 186 40.45 1.49 see below [2]
Peter Gunby  England 28 September 1988 10 October 1988 3 0 0 3 2 5 0.00 0.00 [2]
Howard Wilkinson  England 10 October 1988 10 September 1996 411 178 117 116 622 488 43.30 1.61 see below [2]
George Graham  Scotland 10 September 1996 1 October 1998 95 37 27 31 118 99 41.05 1.40 [2]
David O'Leary  Ireland 1 October 1998 27 June 2002 203 101 47 55 320 217 49.75 1.79 [2]
Terry Venables  England 8 July 2002 21 March 2003 42 16 7 19 53 52 38.09 1.13 [2]
Peter Reid  England 21 March 2003 10 November 2003 22 6 4 12 36 51 27.27 1.05 [2]
Eddie Gray  Scotland 10 November 2003 31 May 2004 26 6 7 13 30 51 23.07 0.96 [2]
Kevin Blackwell  England 1 June 2004 20 September 2006 115 44 37 34 128 117 38.26 1.46 see below [2]
John Carver  England 21 September 2006 23 October 2006 5 1 0 4 7 17 20.00 0.60 [2]
David Geddis  England 24 October 2006 24 October 2006 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.00 N/A [2]
Dennis Wise  England 24 October 2006 28 January 2008 68 30 12 26 88 78 44.11 1.60 [2]
Gwyn Williams  Wales 29 January 2008 29 January 2008 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 0.00
Gary McAllister  Scotland 30 January 2008 21 December 2008 50 25 8 17 84 61 50.00 1.64 see below [4]
Simon Grayson  England 23 December 2008 1 February 2012 169 84 40 45 259 186 49.70 1.74 see below [5]
Neil Redfearn  England 1 February 2012 18 February 2012 4 2 0 2 8 6 50.00 1.50 [2]
Neil Warnock  England 18 February 2012 1 April 2013 63 23 15 25 81 92 36.50 1.20
Neil Redfearn  England 1 April 2013 12 April 2013 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.00 0.00
Brian McDermott  England 12 April 2013 30 June 2014 54 20 9 25 68 77 37.01 1.29
Dave Hockaday  England 1 July 2014 28 August 2014 6 2 0 4 5 11 33.33 0.75
Neil Redfearn  England 28 August 2014 23 September 2014 4 3 1 0 8 2 75.00 2.50
Darko Milanič  Slovenia 23 September 2014 25 October 2014 6 0 3 3 4 8 0.00 0.50
Neil Redfearn  England 1 November 2014 30 June 2015 33 11 7 15 36 44 33.34 1.25
Uwe Rösler  Germany 1 July 2015 18 October 2015 12 2 6 4 11 16 16.67 1.00
Steve Evans  Scotland 19 October 2015 31 May 2016 38 14 12 12 44 45 36.84 1.37
Garry Monk  England 2 June 2016 25 May 2017 53 25 11 17 69 55 47.17 1.63
Thomas Christiansen  Spain 15 June 2017 4 February 2018 33 15 5 13 50 38 45.45 1.51 [6]
Paul Heckingbottom  England 6 February 2018 1 June 2018 16 4 4 8 18 27 25.00 1.00 [7]
Marcelo Bielsa  Argentina 15 June 2018 Current 122 65 21 36 197 137 53.28 1.83 see below

Managers with honours
NameNatTenureHonours
Arthur Fairclough England1920–19271924 Second Division
Dick Ray England1927–19351928 Second Division runners-up
1932 Second Division runners-up
Raich Carter England1953–19581956 Second Division runners-up
Don Revie England1961–19741964 Second Division
1965 First Division runners-up
1965 FA Cup Final
1966 First Division runners-up
1967 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final
1968 Football League Cup
1968 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1969 First Division
1969 FA Charity Shield
1970 First Division runners-up
1970 FA Cup Final
1971 First Division runners-up
1971 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Trophy play-off runners-up
1972 First Division runners-up
1972 FA Cup
1973 FA Cup Final
1973 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
1974 First Division
Brian Clough England19741974 FA Charity Shield runners-up
Jimmy Armfield England1974–19781975 European Cup Final
Billy Bremner Scotland1985–19881987 Second Division play-off Final
Howard Wilkinson England1988–19961990 Second Division
1992 First Division
1992 FA Charity Shield
1996 Football League Cup Final
Kevin Blackwell England2004–20062006 Championship play-off Final
Gary McAllister Scotland20082008 League One play-off Final
Simon Grayson England2008–20122010 League One runners-up
Marcelo Bielsa Argentina2018—2020 Championship

References
  1. League matches only. 2 points for a win prior to the 1981-82 season. "Leeds United Scores, Attendances, Scorers And Statistics". wafll.com. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. "Managers Ratings". Jabba. leeds-fans.org.uk. 2006. Retrieved 16 September 2006.
  3. Three points for a win was instituted in Clarke's second season.
  4. "Gary McAllister's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
  5. "Simon Grayson's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
  6. https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/22977/club-statement-thomas-christiansen
  7. https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/23417/club-statement-paul-heckingbottom

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