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List of Leicester City F.C. managers

Up until Peter Hodge was hired after World War I, Leicester City 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 City's current manager is Enzo Maresca.[2] 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.[3]

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

Key edit

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

Secretary/Managers edit

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 edit

  • Caretakers names are in italics.
As of match played 29 April 2024
Name Nationality From To P W D L Win % Honours
Peter Hodge   Scotland 6 September 1919 May 1926 310 125 84 101 40.32 Second Division champions: 1924–25
Willie Orr   Scotland July 1926 January 1932 242 102 50 90 42.15 First Division runners-up: 1928–29
Board January 1932 March 1932 10 2 3 5 20.00
Peter Hodge   Scotland March 1932 1 August 1934 100 34 26 40 34.00
Board 1 August 1934 17 October 1934 10 2 4 4 20.00
Arthur Lochhead   Scotland 17 October 1934 2 September 1936 81 33 15 33 40.74
Board 2 September 1936 October 1936 8 1 2 5 12.50
Frank Womack   England October 1936 May 1939 123 48 29 46 39.02 Second Division champions: 1936–37
Tom Bromilow   England August 1939 May 1945 0 0 0 0 n/a
Tom Mather   England August 1945 March 1946 2 0 1 1 00.00
Johnny Duncan   Scotland March 1946 11 October 1949 156 56 42 58 35.90 FA Cup runners-up: 1948–49
Board 11 October 1949 December 1949 7 1 4 2 14.29
Norman Bullock   England December 1949 February 1955 232 91 64 77 39.22 Second Division champions: 1953–54
Board February 1955 May 1955 15 7 3 5 46.67
Dave Halliday   Scotland June 1955 November 1958 146 64 27 55 43.84 Second Division champions: 1956–57
Matt Gillies   Scotland 8 November 1958 30 November 1968 508 201 123 184 39.57 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 134 62 27 55 46.27 FA Cup runners-up: 1968–69
Second Division champions: 1970–71
Jimmy Bloomfield   England 23 June 1971 23 May 1977 285 85 104 96 29.82 FA Charity Shield winners: 1971
Frank McLintock   Scotland 9 June 1977 5 April 1978 40 5 12 23 12.50
Ian MacFarlane   Scotland 5 April 1978 24 May 1978 5 1 0 4 20.00
Jock Wallace   Scotland 24 May 1978 12 July 1982 189 69 51 69 37.10 Second Division champions: 1979–80
Gordon Milne   England 2 August 1982 3 June 1986 184 64 41 79 34.78 Second Division promotion: 1982–83
Gordon Milne
Bryan Hamilton 		  England
  Northern Ireland 		June 1986 May 1987 46 13 9 24 28.26
Bryan Hamilton   Northern Ireland May 1987 11 December 1987 27 10 6 11 37.04
David Pleat   England 24 December 1987 29 January 1991 157 49 45 63 31.21
Gordon Lee   England 30 January 1991 29 May 1991 20 7 2 11 35.00
Brian Little   England 30 May 1991 22 November 1994 188 81 45 62 43.09 First Division promotion: 1993–94
Kevin MacDonald
Tony McAndrew 		  Scotland 22 November 1994 14 December 1994 3 0 1 2 00.00
Mark McGhee   Scotland 14 December 1994 7 December 1995 51 16 14 21 31.37
David Nish
Chris Turner
Garry Parker
Steve Walsh 		  England 7 December 1995 21 December 1995 2 1 0 1 50.00
Martin O'Neill   Northern Ireland 21 December 1995 1 June 2000 222 85 67 70 38.29 First Division promotion: 1995–96
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 54 19 9 26 35.19
Garry Parker   England 30 September 2001 10 October 2001 1 0 0 1 00.00
Dave Bassett   England 10 October 2001 6 April 2002 28 4 8 16 14.29
Micky Adams   England 7 April 2002 11 October 2004 111 41 38 32 36.94 First Division promotion: 2002–03
Dave Bassett
Howard Wilkinson 		  England 11 October 2004 30 October 2004 4 0 4 0 00.00
Craig Levein   Scotland 1 November 2004 25 January 2006 70 20 25 25 28.57
Rob Kelly   England 13 February 2006 11 April 2007 63 21 19 23 33.33
Nigel Worthington   Northern Ireland 11 April 2007 7 May 2007 5 2 0 3 40.00
Martin Allen   England 25 May 2007 29 August 2007 4 2 1 1 50.00
Jon Rudkin
Steve Beaglehole
Mike Stowell 		  England 30 August 2007 13 September 2007 1 0 1 0 00.00
Gary Megson   England 13 September 2007 24 October 2007 9 3 4 2 33.33
Frank Burrows
Gerry Taggart 		  Scotland
  Northern Ireland 		24 October 2007 22 November 2007 5 1 2 2 20.00
Ian Holloway   England 22 November 2007 23 May 2008 32 9 8 15 28.13
Nigel Pearson   England 22 June 2008 29 June 2010 107 55 30 22 51.40 League One champions: 2008–09
Paulo Sousa   Portugal 7 July 2010 1 October 2010 12 4 2 6 33.33
Chris Powell
Mike Stowell 		  England 1 October 2010 4 October 2010 1 1 0 0 100.00
Sven-Göran Eriksson   Sweden 4 October 2010 24 October 2011 55 24 14 17 43.64
Jon Rudkin
Steve Beaglehole
Mike Stowell 		  England 24 October 2011 15 November 2011 3 1 0 2 33.33
Nigel Pearson   England 15 November 2011 30 June 2015 175 80 37 58 45.71 Championship champions: 2013–14
Claudio Ranieri   Italy 13 July 2015 23 February 2017 81 36 22 23 44.44 Premier League champions: 2015–16
Craig Shakespeare   England 23 February 2017 17 October 2017 26 11 6 9 42.31
Michael Appleton   England 17 October 2017 25 October 2017 2 2 0 0 100.00
Claude Puel   France 25 October 2017 24 February 2019 67 23 18 26 34.33
Mike Stowell
Adam Sadler 		  England 24 February 2019 26 February 2019 1 1 0 0 100.00
Brendan Rodgers   Northern Ireland 26 February 2019 2 April 2023 204 92 42 70 45.10 FA Cup winners: 2020–21
FA Community Shield winners: 2021
Mike Stowell
Adam Sadler 		  England 2 April 2023 10 April 2023 2 0 0 2 00.00
Dean Smith   England 10 April 2023 16 June 2023 8 2 3 3 25.00
Enzo Maresca   Italy 16 June 2023 to present 52 36 4 12 69.23 Championship champions: 2023–24

Notes edit

  • 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 edit

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

Nationality Number
  England 26
  Scotland 12
  Northern Ireland 5
  Italy 2
  Ireland 1
  Portugal 1
  Sweden 1
  France 1

References edit

  1. ^ a b Dave Smith & Paul Taylor (2010). Of Fossils and Foxes. p. 381. ISBN 978-1-905411-94-8.
  2. ^ "Managers | Leicester City".
  3. ^ Part Managers Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine LCFC.com, retrieved 5 April 2011
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