List of Preston North End F.C. managers

Managerial history

The following is a list of Preston North End managers according to when they became manager:

Manager	Nationality	Period	G	W	D	L	Win %	Point Av.
Vincent Hayes	England	1919–1923
James Lawrence	Scotland	1923–1925
Frank Richards	England	1925–1927
Alex Gibson	Scotland	1927–1931
Lincoln Hyde	England	1931–1932
	Tommy Muirhead	Scotland	1936–1937
Will Scott	England	1949–1953	163	78	36	49	47.85	1.66
Scot Symon	Scotland	1953–1954	63	30	11	22	47.62	1.60
Frank Hill	Scotland	1954–1956	88	31	17	40	35.23	1.25
Cliff Britton	England	1956–1961	230	102	54	74	44.35	1.56
Jimmy Milne	Scotland	1961–1968	350	126	96	128	36.00	1.35
Bobby Seith	Scotland	1968–1970	70	15	21	34	21.48	0.94
Alan Ball	England	1970–1973	118	44	36	38	37.29	1.42
Frank Lord*	England	1973
Bobby Charlton	England	1973–1975	89	29	25	35	32.58	1.26
Harry Catterick	England	1975–1977	90	38	22	30	42.22	1.51
Nobby Stiles	England	1977–1981	174	56	67	51	32.18	1.35
Tommy Docherty	Scotland	1981	17	3	6	8	17.65	0.88
Alan Kelly*	Ireland	1981	1	0	0	1	00.00	0.00
Gordon Lee	England	1981–1983	93	32	25	36	34.41	1.30
Alan Kelly	Ireland	1983–1985	70	23	13	34	32.87	1.17
Tommy Booth	England	1985–1986	42	11	10	21	26.19	1.02
Brian Kidd	England	1986	12	1	3	8	08.33	0.50
Jonathan Clark|*	England	1986	10	5	2	3	50.00	1.70
John McGrath	England	1986–1990	192	74	53	65	38.54	1.43
Les Chapman	England	1990–1992	91	32	19	40	35.16	1.26
John Beck	England	1992–1994	99	36	20	43	36.36	1.29
Gary Peters	England	1994–1998	159	72	41	46	45.28	1.61
David Moyes	Scotland	1998–2002	234	113	58	63	48.29	1.70
Kelham O'Hanlon*	Ireland	2002	8	4	1	3	50.00	1.62
Craig Brown	Scotland	2002–2004	106	36	30	40	33.96	1.30
Billy Davies	Scotland	2004–2006	101	45	35	21	45.55	1.68
Paul Simpson	England	2006–2007	58	25	10	23	43.10	1.46
Alan Irvine	Scotland	2007–2009	111	45	26	40	40.54	1.45
Rob Kelly*	England	2009–2010	1	1	0	0	100.00	3.00
Darren Ferguson	Scotland	2010	49	13	11	25	26.53	1.02
David Unsworth*	England	2010–2011	2	0	0	2	00.00	0.00
Phil Brown	England	2011	51	15	15	21	29.41	1.18
David Unsworth & Graham Alexander*	England	2011–2012	5	2	2	1	40.00	1.60
Graham Westley	England	2012–2013	62	16	23	23	25.81	1.04
John Dreyer*	England	2013	1	1	0	0	100.00	3.00
Simon Grayson	England	2013	14	5	6	3	35.71	1.50

* Caretaker manager(s).