List of Everton F.C. managers
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The following is a list of Everton F.C. managers from the founding of Everton F.C. in 1878 until the present.
William Edward Barclay was the club secretary for Everton's first season in the newly founded Football League but was replaced the following season by Dick Molyneux. Molyneux brought the first title to the club, winning the First Division in the 1890–91 season. He managed the club for eleven seasons before being replaced in 1901 by William C. Cuff who brought further success in the shape of another League title in the 1914–15 season and the club's first FA Cup, a 1–0 victory over Newcastle United at Crystal Palace. Between the First and Second World Wars, the club enjoyed its first prolonged period of success under the guidance of Thomas H. McIntosh. Despite relegation to the Second Division in the 1928–29 season, he led the team to back-to-back Second and First Division championships in 1931 and 1932, the 1933 FA Cup and two successful appearances in the Charity Shield. A fifth league title was secured in 1938–39 while the club was run by committee, while in 1939 Theo Kelly was appointed as the club's first manager after the succession of secretaries and senior coaches who were responsible for team selection.[1][2]
With the pre-War team dispersed, the club struggled to reassert its dominance in the late 1940s and eventually suffered relegation to the Second Division under Cliff Britton in the 1950–51 season. After finishing second in the 1953–54 season, the club returned to the top tier of English football, the level at which they have played ever since. In 1961, the club appointed Harry Catterick as manager who led the club to the league title again in both the 1962–63 and 1969–70 seasons, with the league successes punctuated by another FA Cup triumph, this time a 3–2 victory over Sheffield Wednesday at Wembley.
The club failed to achieve further league or cup success until the appointment of former Everton player Howard Kendall in 1981. Kendall initially proved unpopular with the Goodison Park crowd, but this was not to last as he led Everton to their most successful season ever winning the European Cup Winners' Cup and the First Division in the 1984–85 season.[3] Following success in the Charity Shield twice and another League championship in 1986–87, Kendall resigned from Everton to manage Spanish side Athletic Bilbao. He returned for two further spells during the 1990s (1990-1993 & 1997-1998) but without such success. Former Everton player and Oldham Athletic manager Joe Royle was appointed in 1994 following the disastrous reign of Mike Walker (1994 for 10 months) winning the FA Cup in the same season. Injury crises and players such as Andrei Kanchelskis being sold led to Royle's resignation in March 1997.[4] Former Rangers manager, Walter Smith, took the position in August 1998, but he failed to transfer the success he had achieved in Scotland. With three bottom-half finishes in his first three seasons, and facing relegation in the 2001–02 season, Smith was sacked. He was replaced by fellow Scot David Moyes who led the club back into European football, finishing fifth in the 2006–07 season. Under Moyes's 11-year managership, the club prospered, qualifying for the Champions League in 2005 and reaching the FA Cup final in 2009. However, the long-awaited trophy that his leadership deserved eluded him. Having stalled on contract renewal discussions, and following the announcement of Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement as manager of Manchester United at the end of the 2013 season, Moyes succeeded him at Old Trafford.
On 5 June 2013 Roberto Martínez was announced as the new Everton manager. After three seasons under Martínez, the last of which saw Everton return their worst home record in the club's 138-year history, Martínez was sacked from his position on 12 May 2016 and replaced on 14 June by Ronald Koeman.
Managers
- As of 8 August 2017. Only professional, competitive matches are counted.
Name | Nationality | From | To | Games | W | D | L | Win % | Honours[5] | Notes |
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William Edward Barclay | ![]() |
August 1888 | May 1889 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 40.9 | [6] | |
Dick Molyneux | ![]() |
August 1889 | May 1901 | 386 | 194 | 64 | 128 | 50.3 | 1 Division One title | [7] |
Will Cuff | ![]() |
August 1901 | May 1918 | 577 | 275 | 110 | 192 | 47.7 | 1 Division One title, 1 FA Cup |
[8] |
W.J. Sawyer | ![]() |
August 1918 | May 1919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | [9][10] | |
Thomas H. McIntosh | ![]() |
August 1919 | May 1935 | 719 | 286 | 179 | 254 | 39.8 | 2 Division One championships, 1 Division Two championship, 1 FA Cup, 2 Charity Shields |
[11] |
Committees | May 1935 | June 1939 | 180 | 76 | 36 | 68 | 42.2 | 1 Division One championship | [12] | |
Theo Kelly | ![]() |
June 1939 | September 1, 1948 | 100 | 38 | 19 | 43 | 38.0 | [12] | |
Cliff Britton | ![]() |
September 1, 1948 | February 1, 1956 | 344 | 125 | 92 | 127 | 36.3 | [13] | |
Ian Buchan | ![]() |
February 1, 1956 | October 1, 1958 | 116 | 38 | 24 | 54 | 32.8 | [14] | |
Johnny Carey | ![]() |
October 1, 1958 | April 15, 1961 | 122 | 51 | 22 | 49 | 41.8 | [15] | |
Harry Catterick | ![]() |
April 22, 1961 | April 7, 1973 | 594 | 276 | 157 | 161 | 46.5 | 2 Division One championships, 1 FA Cup, 2 Charity Shields |
[16] |
Tom Eggleston* | ![]() |
April 12, 1973 | May 28, 1973 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16.7 | [17][18] | |
Billy Bingham | ![]() |
August 25, 1973 | January 8, 1977 | 172 | 64 | 55 | 53 | 37.2 | [19] | |
Steve Burtenshaw* | ![]() |
January 10, 1977 | January 30, 1977 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | [17][20] | |
Gordon Lee | ![]() |
February 1, 1977 | May 4, 1981 | 234 | 92 | 72 | 70 | 39.3 | [21] | |
Howard Kendall | ![]() |
May 1981[22] | May 11, 1987 | 338 | 183 | 78 | 77 | 54.1 | 2 Division One championships, 1 FA Cup, 1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 3 Charity Shields, |
[23] |
Colin Harvey | ![]() |
August 1, 1987 | October 30, 1990 | 170 | 72 | 52 | 46 | 42.4 | 1 Charity Shield | [24] |
Jimmy Gabriel* | ![]() |
November 3, 1990 | November 3, 1990 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | [17][25] | |
Howard Kendall | ![]() |
November 10, 1990 | December 4, 1993 | 162 | 63 | 40 | 59 | 38.9 | [23] | |
Jimmy Gabriel* | ![]() |
December 8, 1993 | January 3, 1994 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | [17][25] | |
Mike Walker | ![]() |
January 8, 1994 | November 5, 1994 | 35 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 17.1 | [26] | |
Joe Royle | ![]() |
November 21, 1994 | March 27, 1997 | 123 | 48 | 39 | 36 | 39.0 | 1 FA Cup, 1 Charity Shield |
[27][28] |
Dave Watson* | ![]() |
April 5, 1997 | May 11, 1997 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14.3 | [29][30] | |
Howard Kendall | ![]() |
June 27, 1997 | May 10, 1998 | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 26.2 | [23] | |
Walter Smith | ![]() |
August 15, 1998 | March 10, 2002 | 173 | 56 | 50 | 67 | 32.4 | [31] | |
David Moyes | ![]() |
March 16, 2002 | May 19, 2013 | 516 | 217 | 139 | 160 | 42.1 | [32] | |
Roberto Martínez | ![]() |
August 17, 2013 | May 12, 2016 | 140 | 60 | 39 | 41 | 42.9 | ||
David Unsworth* | ![]() |
May 15, 2016 | May 15, 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | ||
Ronald Koeman | ![]() |
June 14, 2016 | Present | error | 22 | 12 | 15 | 51.2 |
- indicates caretaker manager
Cumulative goal difference
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References
- ^ "Managers - Theo Kelly". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Managers". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
- ^ "Managers - Howard Kendall". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Managers - Joe Royle". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Honours and records". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
- ^ "W.E. Barclay's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
- ^ "Dick Molyneux's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
- ^ "William Cuff's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
- ^ "W.J. Sawyer's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
- ^ The First World War prevented W.J. Sawyer from managing the team in any competitive matches.
- ^ "Thomas H. McIntosh's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
- ^ a b "Everton F.C.'s managerial statistics". EFCHistory.com. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ "Cliff Britton's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
- ^ "Ian Buchan's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
- ^ "Johnny Carey's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ "Harry Catterick's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ a b c d Caretaker manager.
- ^ "Tom Eggleston's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Billy Bingham's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
- ^ "Steve Burtenshaw's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Gordon Lee's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
- ^ "Why Sharp's fears were unfounded". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ a b c "Howard Kendall's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Colin Harvey's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ a b "Everton Manager Stats Jimmy Gabriel". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Mike Walker's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Joe Royle's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Joe Royle's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
- ^ Player-manager/caretaker.
- ^ "Dave Watson's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Walter Smtih's managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ "David Moyes' managerial statistics". Everton F.C. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
External links
- Official website – all dates taken from this site reflect the manager's first and last games rather than their dates of appointment and departure.