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Current Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has managed more WSL games and won more titles than any other manager.
Matt Beard has managed more WSL clubs than any other manager (4).

The FA Women's Super League is the top tier of women's football in England. The league began in 2011, supplanting the FA Women's Premier League National Division as the highest level of women's football in England.

As of the end of the 2019–20 FA WSL season, Emma Hayes holds the record for most games managed in the FA WSL with 124, all with Chelsea, which she managed from 14 August 2012 to present. The most successful manager in the WSL is Emma Hayes, who won three league titles with Chelsea between 2015 and 2020. Matt Beard has managed the most teams in the WSL, having taken charge of four different clubs: Chelsea, Liverpool, West Ham United and Bristol City.

Current FA WSL managers

Name Nationality Age Club Since
Joe Montemurro  Australia 54 Arsenal 7 November 2017
Marcus Bignot (interim)  England 49 Aston Villa 25 January 2021
Carla Ward  England 40 Birmingham City 13 August 2020
Hope Powell  England 57 Brighton & Hove Albion 19 July 2017
Matt Beard (maternity cover)  England 46 Bristol City 15 January 2021
Emma Hayes  England 47 Chelsea 14 August 2012
Willie Kirk  Scotland 46 Everton 1 December 2018
Gareth Taylor  Wales 51 Manchester City 28 May 2020
Casey Stoney  England 42 Manchester United 8 June 2018
Kelly Chambers  England 38 Reading 1 August 2012
Rehanne Skinner  England 44 Tottenham Hotspur 19 November 2020
Olli Harder  New Zealand 38 West Ham United 23 December 2020

List of all-time managerial appointments

The list of managers includes everyone who has managed a club while they were in the WSL, whether in a permanent or temporary role. Interim managers are listed only when they managed the team for at least one match in that period.

Key
† Incumbent manager
‡ Caretaker manager
§ Incumbent but no longer in FA WSL
Name Nationality Club From Until Duration Years in
League 		Ref.
Laura Harvey  England Arsenal 11 February 2010 22 December 2012 2 years, 315 days 2010–12 [1]
Shelley Kerr  Scotland Arsenal 1 February 2013 25 May 2014 1 year, 113 days 2013–14 [1][2]
John Bayer ‡  England Arsenal 25 May 2014 29 August 2014 0 years, 96 days 2014 [3]
Pedro Martínez Losa  Spain Arsenal 29 August 2014 25 October 2017 3 years, 57 days 2014–17 [3][4]
Ismael García ‡  Spain Arsenal 25 October 2017 7 November 2017 0 years, 13 days 2017 [4]
Joe Montemurro †  Australia Arsenal 7 November 2017 present 6 years, 275 days 2017– [5]
Gemma Davies †  England Aston Villa 19 June 2018 present 6 years, 50 days 2020– [6]
Marcus Bignot[α] ‡  England Aston Villa 25 January 2021 present 0 years, 3 years, 196 days 2021– [7]
David Parker  England Birmingham City 14 January 2011 12 December 2016 5 years, 333 days 2011–16 [8]
Marc Skinner  England Birmingham City 14 December 2016 13 January 2019 2 years, 30 days 2016–19 [9][10]
Marta Tejedor  Spain Birmingham City 21 January 2019 3 March 2020 1 year, 42 days 2019–20 [11][12]
Carla Ward †  England Birmingham City 13 August 2020 present 0 years, 3 years, 361 days 2020– [13]
Hope Powell †  England Brighton & Hove Albion 19 July 2017 present 7 years, 20 days 2018– [14]
Mark Sampson  Wales Bristol Academy 1 May 2010 6 December 2013 3 years, 219 days 2011–13 [15]
Dave Edmondson  England Bristol Academy 22 January 2014 23 April 2015 1 year, 91 days 2014–15 [16][17]
Lauren Smith ‡  Wales Bristol Academy 23 April 2015 28 April 2015 0 years, 5 days 2015 [17]
Willie Kirk  Scotland Bristol City[β] 28 April 2015 29 May 2018 3 years, 31 days 2015
2017–18		 [18][19]
Tanya Oxtoby †  Australia Bristol City 4 July 2018 present 6 years, 35 days 2018– [20]
Matt Beard[γ] ‡  England Bristol City 15 January 2021 present 0 years, 3 years, 206 days 2021– [21]
Matt Beard  England Chelsea 1 June 2009 6 July 2012 3 years, 35 days 2011–12 [22]
Emma Hayes †  England Chelsea 14 August 2012 present 11 years, 360 days 2012– [23]
John Buckley  Scotland Doncaster Rovers Belles 19 June 2003 30 September 2013 10 years, 103 days 2011–13 [24]
Glen Harris  England Doncaster Rovers Belles 8 December 2014 19 June 2016 1 year, 194 days 2016 [25][26]
Emma Coates  England Doncaster Rovers Belles 22 June 2016 30 October 2017 1 year, 130 days 2016 [27][28]
Mo Marley  England Everton 29 July 2002 13 October 2012 10 years, 76 days 2011–12 [29][30]
Andy Spence  England Everton 14 November 2012 10 June 2015 2 years, 208 days 2012–14 [30][31]
Andy Spence  England Everton 1 January 2016 7 November 2018 2 years, 310 days 2017–18 [32][33]
Jennifer Herst ‡  England Everton 7 November 2018 1 December 2018 0 years, 24 days 2018 [33]
Willie Kirk †  Scotland Everton 1 December 2018 present 5 years, 251 days 2018– [34]
Rod Wilson  England Lincoln 8 November 2004 24 September 2011 6 years, 320 days 2011 [35][36]
Glen Harris  England Lincoln 24 September 2011 11 October 2012 1 year, 17 days 2011–12 [36][37]
Robbie Johnson  England Liverpool 8 July 2008 29 June 2012 3 years, 354 days 2011–12 [38][39]
Andy Williams ‡  England Liverpool 29 June 2012 6 August 2012 0 years, 38 days 2012 [40]
Matt Beard  England Liverpool 6 August 2012 5 October 2015 3 years, 60 days 2012–15 [41][42]
Scott Rogers  England Liverpool 22 October 2015 8 June 2018 2 years, 229 days 2015–18 [43][44]
Neil Redfearn  England Liverpool 12 June 2018 14 September 2018 0 years, 94 days 2018 [45][46]
Chris Kirkland ‡  England Liverpool 14 September 2018 26 October 2018 0 years, 42 days 2018 [47]
Vicky Jepson  England Liverpool 26 October 2018 12 January 2021 5 years, 287 days 2018–20 [48][49]
Nick Cushing  England Manchester City 3 November 2013 3 February 2020 6 years, 92 days 2013–20 [50][51]
Alan Mahon ‡  Ireland Manchester City 3 February 2020 28 May 2020 0 years, 115 days 2020 [51]
Gareth Taylor †  Wales Manchester City 28 May 2020 present 0 years, 4 years, 72 days 2020– [52]
Casey Stoney †  England Manchester United 8 June 2018 present 6 years, 61 days 2019– [53]
Rick Passmoor  England Notts County[δ] 1 February 2013 21 April 2017 4 years, 79 days 2013–16 [54][55]
Kelly Chambers †  England Reading 1 August 2012 present 12 years, 7 days 2012– [56]
Carlton Fairweather  England Sunderland 29 December 2014 16 March 2017 2 years, 77 days 2015–17 [57][58]
Melanie Copeland §  England Sunderland 16 March 2017 present 7 years, 145 days 2017–18 [59]
Karen Hills [ε]  England Tottenham Hotspur 16 August 2009 19 November 2020 11 years, 95 days 2019–20 [60][61]
Juan Carlos Amoros [ε]  Spain Tottenham Hotspur 15 February 2011 19 November 2020 9 years, 278 days 2019–20 [61]
Rehanne Skinner †  England Tottenham Hotspur 19 November 2020 present 0 years, 3 years, 263 days 2020– [62]
Matt Beard  England West Ham United 7 June 2018 19 November 2020 2 years, 165 days 2018–20 [63][64]
Billy Stewart ‡  England West Ham United 19 November 2020 23 December 2020 0 years, 31 days 2020 [64]
Olli Harder †  New Zealand West Ham United 23 December 2020 present 0 years, 3 years, 229 days 2020– [65]
Jamie Sherwood  England Yeovil Town 22 September 2014 21 May 2018 3 years, 241 days 2017–18 [66][67]
Lee Burch  England Yeovil Town 14 June 2018 19 June 2019 1 year, 5 days 2018–19 [68][69]

Notes:

  1. ^ Assumed interim managerial role ahead of incumbent head coach Gemma Davies.
  2. ^ Originally managed as Bristol Academy, renamed Bristol City in 2016.
  3. ^ Maternity cover for incumbent manager.
  4. ^ Originally managed as Lincoln, team relocated in 2014.
  5. ^ a b Part of a joint managerial team.

Records

Joe Montemurro has managed more WSL games than any other non-British manager.
As of the end of the 2019–20 season.

Managers listed in bold are currently managing in the WSL. Does not include caretaker/interim managers who never took on a permanent role.

Most games

Rank Manager Games Club(s)
1 England Emma Hayes 124 Chelsea (124)
2 England Matt Beard 105 Liverpool (48)
West Ham United (34)
Chelsea (23)
3 England Nick Cushing 104 Manchester City (104)
4 England David Parker 86 Birmingham City (86)
5 England Kelly Chambers 76 Reading (76)
6 Scotland Willie Kirk 62 Bristol City (36)
Everton (26)
7 England Rick Passmoor 58 Notts County (44)
Lincoln (14)
8 England Andy Spence 52 Everton (52)
9 Australia Joe Montemurro 48 Arsenal (48)
10 Spain Pedro Martínez Losa 46 Arsenal (46)

Most wins

Rank Manager Wins Club(s)
1 England Emma Hayes 78 Chelsea (78)
2 England Nick Cushing 72 Manchester City (72)
3 England Matt Beard 42 Liverpool (23)
West Ham United (12)
Chelsea (7)
4 Australia Joe Montemurro 38 Arsenal (38)
5 England David Parker 37 Birmingham City (37)
6 Spain Pedro Martínez Losa 27 Arsenal (27)
7 England Kelly Chambers 26 Reading (26)
8 England Laura Harvey 20 Arsenal (20)
England Scott Rogers 20 Liverpool (20)
10 Wales Mark Sampson 18 Bristol Academy (18)
England Marc Skinner 18 Birmingham City (18)

Highest win percentage

Rank Manager Wins (games) Club(s) Win %
1 Australia Joe Montemurro 38 (48) Arsenal (2017– ) 79.17
2 England Laura Harvey 20 (28) Arsenal (2010–12) 71.43
3 England Nick Cushing 72 (104) Manchester City (2013–20) 69.23
4 England Emma Hayes 78 (124) Chelsea (2012– ) 62.9
5 Spain Pedro Martínez Losa 27 (46) Arsenal (2014–17) 58.7
6 Scotland Shelley Kerr 10 (18) Arsenal (2013–14) 55.56
7 England Mo Marley 14 (28) Everton (2002–12) 50
England Casey Stoney 7 (14) Manchester United (2018– ) 50
9 England Scott Rogers 20 (42) Liverpool (2015–18) 47.62
10 England Marc Skinner 18 (39) Birmingham City (2016–19) 46.15

Lowest win percentage

Rank Manager Wins (games) Club(s) Win %
1 England Jamie Sherwood 0 (26) Yeovil Town (2014–18) 0
England Neil Redfearn 0 (1) Liverpool (2018) 0
3 England Emma Coates 1 (13) Doncaster Rovers (2016–17) 7.69
4 England Robbie Johnson 2 (20) Liverpool (2008–12) 10
England Lee Burch 2 (20) Yeovil Town (2018–19) 10
6 England John Buckley 6 (42) Doncaster Rovers (2003–13) 14.29
7 England Andy Spence 8 (52) Everton (2012–18) 15.38
8 England Vicky Jepson 5 (29) Liverpool (2018– ) 17.24
9 England Hope Powell 7 (36) Brighton & Hove Albion (2017– ) 19.44
10 England Rick Passmoor 14 (58) Lincoln (2013)
Notts County (2014–17)		 24.14

Achievements

Laura Harvey won the first two WSL seasons managing Arsenal.

Title winning managers

By season

Season Name Club Ref.
2011 England Laura Harvey Arsenal [70]
2012 England Laura Harvey Arsenal [71]
2013 England Matt Beard Liverpool [72]
2014 England Matt Beard Liverpool [73]
2015 England Emma Hayes Chelsea [74]
2016 England Nick Cushing Manchester City [75]
2017–18 England Emma Hayes Chelsea [76]
2018–19 Australia Joe Montemurro Arsenal [77]
2019–20 England Emma Hayes Chelsea [78]

By manager

Rank Name Titles Club(s) Seasons
1 England Emma Hayes 3 Chelsea 2015, 2017–18, 2019–20
2 England Laura Harvey 2 Arsenal 2011, 2012
England Matt Beard Liverpool 2013, 2014
4 England Nick Cushing 1 Manchester City 2016
Australia Joe Montemurro Arsenal 2018–19

Manager of the Year awards

Below is a list of all the recipients named as WSL manager of the year either at the The FA Women's Football Awards (2011–18), by the League Managers Association (2019) or Women's Super League awards (2020–present):

Number of wins in brackets.

Year Name Club Ref.
2011 England Laura Harvey Arsenal [79]
2012 Wales Mark Sampson Bristol Academy [80]
2013 England Matt Beard Liverpool [81]
2014 England David Parker Birmingham [82]
2015 England Emma Hayes Chelsea [83]
2016 England Nick Cushing Manchester City [84]
2017 England Andy Spence Everton [85]
2018 England Emma Hayes (2) Chelsea [86]
2019 Australia Joe Montemurro Arsenal [87]
2020 England Emma Hayes (3) Chelsea [88]

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