List of Rochdale A.F.C. managers

Rochdale A.F.C is an English professional association football club based in Rochdale, England. The club was formed in 1907 and currently sits within the National League, the fifth tier of English football.

The current manager is Jimmy McNulty. Keith Hill was the club's longest serving manager over two spells, from 2006 to 2011, and from 2013 until 2019. Jack Peart has the longest continuous tenure as manager, serving for 7 years, 5 months and 30 days in the 1920s. The club has never won any honours outside promotion (in 1969, 2010 and 2014), and they were runners up in the 1961-62 Football League Cup.

Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's competitive record during that period, as well as any honours achieved.

Table headers
  • Nationality – The manager's country of birth.
  • From – The year of the manager's first game for Rochdale.
  • To – The year of the manager's last game for Rochdale.
  • P – The number of games managed for Rochdale.
  • W – The number of games won as a manager.
  • D – The number of games drawn as a manager.
  • L – The number of games lost as a manager.
  • Win% – The total winning percentage under his management.
  • Honours – The titles won while managing Rochdale.

Managers

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List of Rochdale A.F.C. managers
Name Nationality From To P W D L Win% Honours Notes
Billy Bradshaw   England April 1920 September 1920 1 0 0 1 0.00
Tom Wilson 1 July 1922 1 February 1923 23 10 7 6 43.48
Jack Peart   England 1 February 1923 31 July 1930 317 152 58 107 47.95 2 Football League Third Division North runner up (1923–24), (1926–27)
Will Cameron 1 August 1930 1 December 1931 60 16 8 36 26.67
Herbert Hopkinson 1 April 1932 1 January 1934 70 19 10 41 27.14
Billy Smith   England 1 July 1934 1 November 1935 54 15 13 26 27.78
Ernest Nixon 1 November 1935 1 October 1937 83 21 22 40 25.30
Sam Jennings   England 1 October 1937 1 September 1938 38 11 10 17 28.95
Ted Goodier   England 1 September 1938 30 June 1952 323 126 76 121 39.01
Jack Warner   Wales 1 July 1952 31 May 1953 47 14 5 28 29.79
Harry Catterick   England 1 June 1953 1 May 1958 238 88 58 92 36.97
Jack Marshall   England 1 October 1958 1 June 1960 87 25 24 38 28.74
Tony Collins   England 1 June 1960 30 September 1967 355 129 82 144 36.34 1 Football League Cup runner up
Bob Stokoe   England 1 October 1967 1 October 1968 49 13 16 20 26.53
Len Richley   England 1 October 1968 1 February 1970 69 29 19 21 42.03
Dick Conner   England 1 February 1970 1 May 1973 157 46 61 50 29.30
Walter Joyce   England 1 July 1973 6 May 1976 157 32 55 70 20.38
Brian Green   England 1 June 1976 1 September 1977 53 14 14 25 26.42
Mike Ferguson   England 1 September 1977 1 November 1978 63 9 15 39 14.29
Doug Collins   England 13 January 1979 19 November 1979 46 14 9 23 30.43
Bob Stokoe   England 20 November 1979 1 June 1980 34 7 10 17 20.59
Peter Madden   England 1 June 1980 1 March 1983 124 52 31 41 41.94
Jimmy Greenhoff   England 1 March 1983 12 March 1984 49 11 17 21 22.45
Vic Halom   England 1 May 1984 1 December 1986 124 34 38 52 27.42
Eddie Gray   Scotland 1 December 1986 30 June 1988 82 21 25 36 25.61
Danny Bergara   Uruguay 4 July 1988 1 March 1989 34 8 11 15 23.53
Terry Dolan   England 1 March 1989 31 January 1991 100 40 21 39 40.00
Dave Sutton   England 19 February 1991 28 November 1994 182 69 47 66 37.91
Mick Docherty   England 12 January 1995 31 July 1996 71 21 23 27 29.58
Graham Barrow   England 1 August 1996 2 May 1999 155 50 40 65 32.26
David Hamilton   England 2 May 1999 16 June 1999 7 2 3 2 28.57
Steve Parkin   England 16 June 1999 9 November 2001 127 51 39 37 40.16
David Hamilton   England 9 November 2001 11 December 2001 1 0 0 1 0.00
John Hollins   England 11 December 2001 14 May 2002 27 10 10 7 37.04
Paul Simpson   England 29 May 2002 7 May 2003 54 16 17 21 29.63
Alan Buckley   England 1 June 2003 30 December 2003 28 8 15 5 28.57
Steve Parkin   England 31 December 2003 16 December 2006 152 44 51 57 28.95
Keith Hill   England 16 December 2006 1 June 2011 231 101 59 71 43.72
Steve Eyre   England 18 June 2011 19 December 2011 27 6 8 13 22.22
Chris Beech   England 20 December 2011 23 January 2012 6 0 3 3 0.00
John Coleman   England 24 January 2012 21 January 2013 52 14 14 24 26.92
Keith Hill   England 22 January 2013 4 March 2019 339 134 82 123 39.5
Brian Barry-Murphy   Ireland 4 March 2019 30 June 2021 109 34 28 47 31.2
Robbie Stockdale   England 10 July 2021 18 August 2022 59 16 18 25 27.12
Jim McNulty (c)   England 20 August 2022 27 August 2022 3 0 1 2 0.00
Jim Bentley   England 30 August 2022 25 March 2023 36 7 9 20 19.4
Jim McNulty (c)   England 1 April 2023 Incumbent

References

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