List of Derby County F.C. managers
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Derby County is an English association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire. The club was formed in 1884 but didn't appoint a full-time manager until 1896; prior to this the team for each match was selected by committee, a common practice in the early days of professional football. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team since 1896. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker managers are included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge. Derby have had 26 full-time managers. The most successful of these is Brian Clough, who won the club's first ever Football League title and reached the semi-final of the European Cup. The club's longest-serving managers were Jimmy Methven and George Jobey, who managed the club for 16 years, with Jobey being in charge for a club-record 629 games.
Managers
[edit]- As of 27 August 2024
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1 August 1896 | 31 July 1906 | 376 | 151 | 81 | 144 | 40.16 | 38.3 | 1.42 | FA Cup finalists (1897–98, 1898–99, 1902–03) |
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1 August 1906 | 30 June 1922 | 498 | 202 | 117 | 179 | 40.56 | 35.94 | 1.45 | Division Two champions (1911–12, 1914–15) |
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1 July 1922 | 31 July 1925 | 137 | 62 | 34 | 41 | 45.26 | 29.93 | 1.61 | |
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1 August 1925 | 1 May 1941 | 629 | 273 | 140 | 216 | 43.4 | 34.34 | 1.52 | Division One runners-up (1929–30, 1935–36) Division Two promotion (1925–26) |
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1 August 1944 | 1 January 1946 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.82 | 0 | 2.64 | Football League North champions (1944–45) Midlands Cup winners (1944–45) |
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1 January 1946 | 1 November 1953 | 346 | 146 | 73 | 127 | 42.2 | 36.71 | 1.48 | FA Cup winners (1945–46) |
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1 November 1953 | 1 April 1955 | 64 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 18.75 | 56.25 | 0.81 | |
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1 June 1955 | 31 May 1962 | 332 | 137 | 67 | 118 | 41.27 | 35.54 | 1.44 | Football League Division Three North champions (1956–57) |
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1 June 1962 | 31 May 1967 | 219 | 72 | 59 | 88 | 32.88 | 40.18 | 1.26 | |
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1 June 1967 | 15 October 1973 | 289 | 135 | 70 | 84 | 46.71 | 29.07 | 1.64 | Division One champions (1971–72) Division Two champions (1968–69) European Cup semi-finalists (1972–73) |
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15 October 1973 | 23 October 1973 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 2 | Caretaker manager |
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23 October 1973 | 25 November 1976 | 158 | 70 | 44 | 44 | 44.3 | 27.85 | 1.61 | Division One champions (1974–75) Charity Shield winners (1975) |
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25 November 1976 | 17 September 1977 | 35 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 37.14 | 1.03 | |
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17 September 1977 | 10 May 1979 | 78 | 24 | 21 | 33 | 30.77 | 42.31 | 1.19 | |
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6 July 1979 | 25 January 1982 | 105 | 33 | 28 | 44 | 31.43 | 41.9 | 1.21 | |
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25 January 1982 | 11 August 1982 | 35 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 17.14 | 45.71 | 0.89 | |
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11 August 1982 | 4 April 1984 | 66 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28.79 | 37.88 | 1.2 | |
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4 April 1984 | 28 May 1984 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 44.44 | 44.44 | 1.44 | |
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28 May 1984 | 2 October 1993 | 453 | 184 | 108 | 161 | 40.62 | 35.54 | 1.46 | Division Two champions (1986–87) |
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2 October 1993 | 29 April 1995 | 93 | 40 | 21 | 31 | 43.01 | 33.33 | 1.52 | |
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29 April 1995 | 15 June 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 | Caretaker manager |
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15 June 1995 | 7 October 2001 | 281 | 99 | 81 | 101 | 35.23 | 35.94 | 1.35 | New Division One runners-up (1995–96) |
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8 October 2001 | 14 January 2002 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 23.53 | 64.71 | 0.82 | |
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14 January 2002 | 30 January 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 0 | Caretaker manager |
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30 January 2002 | 21 March 2003 | 55 | 16 | 9 | 30 | 29.09 | 54.55 | 1.04 | |
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21 March 2003 | 31 March 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 | Caretaker manager |
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31 March 2003 | 7 June 2005 | 107 | 39 | 25 | 43 | 36.45 | 40.19 | 1.33 | |
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24 June 2005 | 30 January 2006 | 33 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 21.21 | 36.36 | 1.06 | |
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30 January 2006 | 2 June 2006 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 37.5 | 1.13 | |
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2 June 2006 | 26 November 2007 | 69 | 31 | 14 | 24 | 44.93 | 34.78 | 1.55 | Championship playoffs winners (2006–07) |
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28 November 2007 | 29 December 2008 | 58 | 13 | 15 | 30 | 22.41 | 51.72 | 0.93 | |
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29 December 2008 | 6 January 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 3 | Caretaker manager |
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6 January 2009 | 8 January 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 3 | Caretaker manager |
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8 January 2009 | 28 September 2013 | 231 | 76 | 54 | 101 | 32.9 | 43.72 | 1.22 | |
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29 September 2013 | 1 October 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Caretaker manager |
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1 October 2013 | 25 May 2015 | 95 | 51 | 22 | 22 | 54.26 | 23.4 | 1.84 | |
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1 June 2015 | 8 February 2016 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 42.42 | 21.21 | 1.64 | |
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8 February 2016 | 27 May 2016 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 33.33 | 1.67 | Interim head coach |
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27 May 2016 | 8 October 2016 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21.43 | 42.86 | 1 | |
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27 September 2016 | 12 October 2016 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 2 | Caretaker manager |
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12 October 2016 | 12 March 2017 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 44.83 | 31.03 | 1.59 | |
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14 March 2017 | 22 May 2018 | 60 | 26 | 18 | 16 | 43.33 | 26.67 | 1.6 | |
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31 May 2018 | 4 July 2019 | 57 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 42.11 | 28.07 | 1.56 | |
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5 July 2019 | 14 November 2020 | 65 | 21 | 18 | 26 | 32.31 | 40 | 1.25 | |
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15 November 2020 | 24 June 2022 | 85[a] | 24 | 22 | 39 | 28.57 | 45.24 | 1.12 | Interim player-manager (until 15 January 2021) |
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26 June 2022 | 22 September 2022 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 58.33 | 25 | 1.92 | Interim manager |
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22 September 2022 | present | 104 | 54 | 24 | 26 | 51.92 | 25 | 1.79 | League One runners-up (2023-24) |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Includes two games as part of a four man coaching setup (alongside Liam Rosenior, Shay Given and Justin Walker) and one FA Cup match in which Rooney and the entire Derby County first team squad were unavailable due to COVID-19 cases within the squad and resulting restrictions. Pat Lyons took temporary charge of an academy side in the 2–0 loss to Chorley, which is included as part of Rooney's record during his tenure.
References
[edit]- "Derby Managerial History". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- "Derby County Club Honours, Records + Managers". Derby County F.C. Retrieved 28 December 2020.