List of Leicester City F.C. managers

Up until Peter Hodge was hired after World War I, Leicester City F.C. had no official manager. A nominal role of secretary/manager was employed, though the board and the selection committee took control of most team affairs. It was Hodge who instated a system at the club for the manager having complete control over player and staff recruitment, team selection and tactics. Though Hodge was originally also titled "secretary/manager" he has retrospectively been named as the club's first official "manager".[1]

Former manager Nigel Pearson, who is only the second manager to have managed the club twice.

Leicester have had a total of 9 permanent secretary/managers and 35 permanent managers (not including caretakers). Former managers Nigel Pearson and Peter Hodge have both had two separate spells at the club, Dave Bassett also had a second spell as caretaker manager after his spell as permanent manager. Listed below is Leicester's complete managerial history.[2]

This is the full list with dates of tenure and records while at the club.[1]

Key
  • P = Games played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • Win% = Percentage of games won

Secretary/Managers
Name Nat. Dates
Ernest Marson  England 1884–1892
George Johnson  England 1892–1894
J. Lee  England 1894–1895
Henry Jackson  England 1895–1897
William Clark  Scotland 1897–1898
George Johnson  England 1898–1912
John W. Bartlett  England 1912–1914
Louis Ford  England 1914–1915
Harry Linney  England 1915–1919

Managers
  • Caretakers names are in italics.
As of match played 19 January 2021
Name Nat. From To P W D L Win% Honours
Peter Hodge  Scotland 6 September 1919 May 1926 3101258410140.32 Second Division champions 1924–25
Willie Orr  Scotland July 1926 January 1932 242102509042.15 First Division runners-up 1928–29
Board January 1932 March 1932 1023520.00
Peter Hodge  Scotland March 1932 1 August 1934 10034264034.00
Board 1 August 1934 17 October 1934 1024420.00
Arthur Lochhead  Scotland 17 October 1934 2 September 1936 8133153340.74
Board 2 September 1936 October 1936 812512.50
Frank Womack  England October 1936 May 1939 12348294639.02 Second Division champions 1936–37
Tom Bromilow  England August 1939 May 1945 0000n/a
Tom Mather  England August 1945 March 1946 201100.00
Johnny Duncan  Scotland March 1946 11 October 1949 15656425835.90 FA Cup runners-up 1948–49
Board 11 October 1949 December 1949 714214.29
Norman Bullock  England December 1949 February 1955 23291647739.22 Second Division champions 1953–54
Board February 1955 May 1955 1573546.67
Dave Halliday  Scotland June 1955 November 1958 14664275543.84 Second Division champions 1956–57
Matt Gillies  Scotland 8 November 1958 30 November 1968 50820112318439.57 FA Cup runners-up 1960–61
FA Cup runners-up 1962–63
League Cup winners 1963–64
League Cup runners-up 1964–65
Frank O'Farrell  Ireland December 1968 6 June 1971 13462275546.27 FA Cup runners-up 1968–69
Second Division champions 1970–71
Jimmy Bloomfield  England 23 June 1971 23 May 1977 285851049629.82
Frank McLintock  Scotland 9 June 1977 5 April 1978 405122312.50
Ian MacFarlane  Scotland 5 April 1978 24 May 1978 510420.00
Jock Wallace  Scotland 24 May 1978 12 July 1982 18969516937.10 Second Division champions 1979–80
Gordon Milne  England 2 August 1982 3 June 1986 18464417934.78 Promoted from 1982–83 Second Division
Gordon Milne
Bryan Hamilton		  England
 Northern Ireland		 June 1986 May 1987 461392428.26
Bryan Hamilton  Northern Ireland May 1987 11 December 1987 271061137.04
David Pleat  England 24 December 1987 29 January 1991 15749456331.21
Gordon Lee  England 30 January 1991 29 May 1991 20721135.00
Brian Little  England 30 May 1991 22 November 1994 18881456243.09 Promoted from 1993–94 First Division
Kevin MacDonald
Tony McAndrew		  Scotland 22 November 1994 14 December 1994 301200.00
Mark McGhee  Scotland 14 December 1994 7 December 1995 5116142131.37
David Nish
Chris Turner
Garry Parker
Steve Walsh		  England 7 December 1995 21 December 1995 210150.00
Martin O'Neill  Northern Ireland 21 December 1995 1 June 2000 22285677038.29 Promoted from 1995–96 First Division
League Cup winners 1996–97
League Cup runners-up 1998–99
League Cup winners 1999–2000
Peter Taylor  England 12 June 2000 30 September 2001 541992635.19
Garry Parker  England 30 September 2001 10 October 2001 100100.00
Dave Bassett  England 10 October 2001 6 April 2002 28481614.29
Micky Adams  England 7 April 2002 11 October 2004 11141383236.94 Promoted from 2002–03 First Division
Dave Bassett
Howard Wilkinson		  England 11 October 2004 30 October 2004 404000.00
Craig Levein  Scotland 1 November 2004 25 January 2006 7020252528.57
Rob Kelly  England 13 February 2006 11 April 2007 6321192333.33
Nigel Worthington  Northern Ireland 11 April 2007 7 May 2007 520340.00
Martin Allen  England 25 May 2007 29 August 2007 421150.00
Jon Rudkin
Steve Beaglehole
Mike Stowell		  England 30 August 2007 13 September 2007 101000.00
Gary Megson  England 13 September 2007 24 October 2007 934233.33
Frank Burrows
Gerry Taggart		  Scotland
 Northern Ireland		 24 October 2007 22 November 2007 512220.00
Ian Holloway  England 22 November 2007 23 May 2008 32981528.13
Nigel Pearson  England 22 June 2008 29 June 2010 10755302251.40 League One champions 2008–09
Paulo Sousa  Portugal 7 July 2010 1 October 2010 1242633.33
Chris Powell
Mike Stowell		  England 1 October 2010 4 October 2010 1100100.00
Sven-Göran Eriksson  Sweden 4 October 2010 24 October 2011 5524141743.64
Jon Rudkin
Steve Beaglehole
Mike Stowell		  England 24 October 2011 15 November 2011 310233.33
Nigel Pearson  England 15 November 2011 30 June 2015 17580375845.71 Championship champions 2013–14
Claudio Ranieri  Italy 13 July 2015 23 February 2017 8136222344.44 Premier League champions 2015–16
Craig Shakespeare  England 23 February 2017 17 October 2017 26116942.31
Michael Appleton  England 17 October 2017 25 October 2017 2200100.00
Claude Puel  France 25 October 2017 24 February 2019 6723182634.33
Mike Stowell
Adam Sadler		  England 24 February 2019 26 February 2019 1100100.00
Brendan Rodgers  Northern Ireland 26 February 2019 Present 8545162452.94

Notes
  • When exact date of the managerial stint is unknown, only the month and the year is given.
  • Tom Bromilow, Tom Mather and Johnny Duncan all took charge of wartime fixtures, which are not counted as "competitive fixtures."
  • Matt Gillies stint includes a period between January 1968 and March 1968 when Gillies was ill with tuberculosis and Bert Johnson took control of first team affairs.
  • During the 1986–87 season both Gordon Milne and Bryan Hamilton shared managerial duties with Milne assuming the title "General Manager" and Hamilton assuming the title "Team Manager"

By nationality

This table lists the Leicester manager by nationality. Includes permanent managers and secretary/manager only.

Nationality Number
 England 26
 Scotland 12
 Northern Ireland 5
 Ireland 1
 Portugal 1
 Sweden 1
 Italy 1
 France 1

References
  1. Dave Smith & Paul Taylor (2010). Of Fossils and Foxes. p. 381. ISBN 1-905411-94-4.
  2. Part Managers Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine LCFC.com, retrieved 5 April 2011
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