List of Preston North End F.C. managers

Managerial history

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As of 04 May 2024

The following is a list of Preston North End managers and caretaker managers.[1][2][3]

Statistics include League, FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy matches. All points averages are calculated using three points for a win.

Caretaker managers are shown in italics.

Manager Nationality From To Total League
G W D L Win % G W D L Win % Point Av.
William Sudell   England 1881 1889
E.H. Bahr   England 1889 1906
Charlie Parker   England 1906 1915 357 134 86 137 37.54 1.37
Vincent Hayes   England 1919 1923 166 59 41 66 35.54 1.31
James Lawrence   Scotland 1923 1925 107 31 19 57 28.97 1.05
Frank Richards   England 1925 1927 89 39 18 32 43.82 1.52
Alex Gibson   Scotland 1927 1931 165 65 36 64 39.39 1.40
Lincoln Hyde   England 1931 1932 35 10 12 13 28.57 1.20
Tommy Muirhead   Scotland 1936 1937 56 22 15 19 39.29 1.45
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 12 February 1973 4 May 1973 13 1 5 7 7.69 13 1 5 7 7.69 0.62
Bobby Charlton   England 1973 21 August 1975 89 29 25 35 32.58 1.26

Nobby Stiles

  England 1975 1975 1 0 1 0 0.00 1.00
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 1 June 1981 2 December 1981 22 5 7 10 22.72 17 3 6 8 17.65 0.88
Alan Kelly   Ireland 3 December 1981 8 December 1981 1 0 0 1 0.00 1 0 0 1 0.00 0.00
Gordon Lee   England 9 December 1981 20 December 1983 105 38 27 40 36.19 93 32 25 36 34.41 1.30
Alan Kelly   Ireland 21 December 1983 2 February 1985 59 19 12 28 32.20 52 17 10 25 32.69 1.17
Tommy Booth   England 9 February 1985 24 January 1986 54 15 10 29 27.78 49 13 9 27 26.53 0.98
Brian Kidd   England 25 January 1986 21 March 1986 9 0 2 7 0.00 9 0 2 7 0.00 0.22
Jonathan Clark   England 22 March 1986 3 May 1986 10 5 2 3 50.00 10 5 2 3 50.00 1.70
John McGrath   England 1 June 1986 13 February 1990 192 74 53 65 38.54 165 68 45 54 41.21 1.51
Les Chapman   England 17 February 1990 29 September 1992 129 44 30 55 34.11 118 39 29 50 33.05 1.24
Sam Allardyce   England 30 September 1992 30 November 1992 12 3 4 5 25.00 10 3 3 4 30.00 1.20
John Beck   England 1 December 1992 1 December 1994 99 36 20 43 36.36 87 31 19 37 35.63 1.29
Gary Peters   England 2 December 1994 11 January 1998 166 72 42 52 43.37 143 63 37 43 44.06 1.58
David Moyes   Scotland 12 January 1998 14 March 2002 234 113 60 61 48.29 196 95 53 48 48.47 1.72
Kelham O'Hanlon   Ireland 15 March 2002 28 April 2002 8 4 1 3 50.00 8 4 1 3 50.00 1.63
Craig Brown   Scotland 29 April 2002 28 August 2004 106 36 30 40 33.96 97 32 28 37 32.99 1.28
Billy Davies   Scotland 29 August 2004 2 June 2006 101 45 35 21 45.55 87 40 31 16 45.98 1.74
Paul Simpson   England 17 June 2006 13 November 2007 67 27 14 26 40.30 62 25 14 23 40.32 1.44
Alan Irvine   Scotland 20 November 2007 29 December 2009 110 45 25 40 40.90 99 40 24 35 40.40 1.45
Rob Kelly   England 30 December 2009 5 January 2010 1 1 0 0 100.00 0 0 0 0
Darren Ferguson   Scotland 6 January 2010 29 December 2010 49 13 11 25 26.53 45 11 11 23 24.44 0.98
David Unsworth   England 30 December 2010 5 January 2011 2 0 0 2 0.00 2 0 0 2 0.00 0.00
Phil Brown   England 6 January 2011 14 December 2011 51 15 15 21 29.41 42 13 11 18 30.95 1.19
David Unsworth &
Graham Alexander
  England
  Scotland
15 December 2011 12 January 2012 5 2 2 1 40.00 5 2 2 1 40.00 1.60
Graham Westley   England 13 January 2012 13 February 2013 62 16 23 23 25.81 52 11 21 20 21.15 1.04
John Dreyer   England 14 February 2013 17 February 2013 1 1 0 0 100.00 1 1 0 0 100.00 3.00
Simon Grayson   England 18 February 2013 29 June 2017 235 104 74 57 44.26 198 84 67 47 42.42 1.61
Alex Neil   Scotland 4 July 2017 21 March 2021 191 72 48 71 37.70 129 51 37 41 39.53 1.47
Frankie McAvoy   Scotland 21 March 2021 6 December 2021 33 14 9 10 42.4
Ryan Lowe   England 7 December 2021 12 August 2024 124 47 31 46 37.90
Mike Marsh   England 12 August 2024 17 August 2024 00 00 00 00 00
Paul Heckingbottom   England 20 August 2024 Present 00 00 00 00 00

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