List of Major League Soccer head coaches

The following is a list of Major League Soccer head coaches — including lists of current head coaches and head coaches with most wins. Major League Soccer is a Division 1 professional soccer league, with 30 teams — 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada.

Current MLS head coaches

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Coach Nationality Age Club Date appointed Time as coach Played in MLS
Rob Valentino (interim)   United States 38 Atlanta United FC June 3, 2024 177 days 2008–2010
Nico Estévez   Spain 44 Austin FC October 25, 2024 33 days N/A
Dean Smith   England 53 Charlotte FC December 12, 2023 351 days N/A
Gregg Berhalter   United States 51 Chicago Fire FC October 8, 2024 50 days 2009-2011
Pat Noonan   United States 44 FC Cincinnati December 14, 2021 3 years, 44 days 2003–2007
2008–2012
Chris Armas   United States 52 Colorado Rapids November 17, 2023 1 year, 10 days 1996–2007
Wilfried Nancy   France 47 Columbus Crew December 6, 2022 1 year, 357 days N/A
Eric Quill   United States 46 FC Dallas November 21, 2024 6 days 1997–2005
Troy Lesesne   United States 41 D.C. United January 10, 2024 322 days N/A
Ben Olsen   United States 47 Houston Dynamo FC November 8, 2022 2 years, 19 days 1998–2009
Javier Mascherano   Argentina 40 Inter Miami CF November 26, 2024 1 day N/A
Greg Vanney   United States 50 LA Galaxy January 5, 2021 3 years, 327 days 1996–2001
2005–2008
Steve Cherundolo   United States 45 Los Angeles FC January 3, 2022 2 years, 329 days N/A
Eric Ramsay   Wales 32 Minnesota United FC March 13, 2024 259 days N/A
Laurent Courtois   France 46 CF Montréal January 8, 2024 324 days 2011–2013
B. J. Callaghan   United States 43 Nashville SC July 22, 2024 128 days N/A
Caleb Porter   United States 49 New England Revolution December 19, 2023 344 days 1998–2000
Vacant New York City FC N/A
Sandro Schwarz   Germany 46 New York Red Bulls December 14, 2023 349 days N/A
Óscar Pareja   Colombia 56 Orlando City SC December 4, 2019 4 years, 359 days 1998–2005
Vacant Philadelphia Union N/A
Phil Neville   England 47 Portland Timbers November 6, 2023 1 year, 21 days N/A
Pablo Mastroeni   United States 48 Real Salt Lake August 27, 2021 3 years, 92 days 1998–2013
Mikey Varas   United States 41 San Diego FC September 16, 2024 72 days N/A
Bruce Arena   United States 73 San Jose Earthquakes November 7, 2024 20 days N/A
Brian Schmetzer   United States 62 Seattle Sounders FC July 26, 2016 8 years, 124 days N/A
Peter Vermes   United States 58 Sporting Kansas City August 4, 2009 15 years, 115 days 1996–2002
Olof Mellberg   Sweden 47 St. Louis City SC November 26, 2024 1 day N/A
John Herdman   England 49 Toronto FC October 1, 2023 1 year, 57 days N/A
Vacant Vancouver Whitecaps FC N/A

Most coaching wins

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Achievements

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The following table shows the MLS head coaches that have won the Coach of the Year, MLS Cup, or Supporters' Shield at least twice.

Coach Coach of the Year MLS Cup Supporters' Shield
Bruce Arena 4 (1997, 2009, 2011, 2021) 5 (1996, 1997, 2011, 2012, 2014) 4 (1997, 2010, 2011, 2021)
Bob Bradley 3 (1998, 2006, 2019) 1 (1998) 1 (2019)
Sigi Schmid 2 (1999, 2008) 2 (2002, 2008) 3 (2002, 2008, 2014)
Frank Yallop 2 (2001, 2012) 2 (2001, 2003) 1 (2012)
Jim Curtin 2 (2020, 2022) 1 (2020)
Dominic Kinnear 1 (2005) 2 (2006, 2007) 1 (2005)
Caleb Porter 1 (2013) 2 (2015, 2020)
Thomas Rongen 1 (1996) 1 (1999) 2 (1996, 1999)
Brian Schmetzer 2 (2016, 2019)

List of all-time coaches

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

Coaches highlighted in yellow and in italics are currently head coach of the listed MLS club.

As of October 6, 2024.
Name Nationality Club From Until
Gerardo Martino   Argentina Atlanta United FC 2017 2018
Frank de Boer   Netherlands Atlanta United FC 2019 2020
Stephen Glass (interim)   Scotland Atlanta United FC 2020 2020
Gabriel Heinze   Argentina Atlanta United FC 2021 2021
Rob Valentino (interim)   United States Atlanta United FC 2021 2021
Gonzalo Pineda   Mexico Atlanta United FC 2021 2024
Rob Valentino (interim)   United States Atlanta United FC 2024 present
Josh Wolff   United States Austin FC 2021 2024
Miguel Ángel Ramírez   Spain Charlotte FC 2022 2022
Christian Lattanzio   Italy Charlotte FC 2022 2023
Dean Smith   England Charlotte FC 2024 present
Bob Bradley   United States Chicago Fire 1998 2002
Dave Sarachan   United States Chicago Fire 2003 2007
Denis Hamlett (interim)   Costa Rica Chicago Fire 2007 2007
Juan Carlos Osorio   Colombia Chicago Fire 2007 2007
Denis Hamlett   Costa Rica Chicago Fire 2008 2009
Carlos de los Cobos   Mexico Chicago Fire 2010 2011
Frank Klopas   United States Chicago Fire 2011 2013
Frank Yallop   Canada Chicago Fire 2014 2015
Brian Bliss (interim)   United States Chicago Fire 2015 2015
Veljko Paunović   Serbia Chicago Fire 2016 2019
Raphaël Wicky    Switzerland Chicago Fire 2020 2021
Frank Klopas (interim)   United States Chicago Fire 2021 2021
Ezra Hendrickson   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Chicago Fire 2022 2023
Frank Klopas   United States Chicago Fire 2023 present
Thomas Rongen   Netherlands Chivas USA 2005 2005
Javier Ledesma (interim)   Mexico Chivas USA 2005 2005
Hans Westerhof   Netherlands Chivas USA 2005 2005
Bob Bradley   United States Chivas USA 2006 2006
Preki   United States Chivas USA 2007 2009
Martín Vásquez   United States Chivas USA 2010 2010
Robin Fraser   United States Chivas USA 2011 2012
José Luis Sánchez Solá   Mexico Chivas USA 2013 2013
Sacha van der Most (interim)   Netherlands Chivas USA 2013 2013
José Luis Real   Mexico Chivas USA 2013 2013
Wilmer Cabrera   Colombia Chivas USA 2014 2014
Alan Koch   South Africa FC Cincinnati 2019 2019
Yoann Damet (interim)   France FC Cincinnati 2019 2019
Ron Jans   Netherlands FC Cincinnati 2019 2020
Yoann Damet (interim)   France FC Cincinnati 2020 2020
Jaap Stam   Netherlands FC Cincinnati 2020 2021
Tyrone Marshall (interim)   Jamaica FC Cincinnati 2021 2021
Pat Noonan   United States FC Cincinnati 2022 present
Bobby Houghton   England Colorado Rapids 1996 1996
Roy Wegerle (interim)   United States Colorado Rapids 1996 1996
Glenn Myernick   United States Colorado Rapids 1997 2000
Tim Hankinson   United States Colorado Rapids 2001 2004
Fernando Clavijo   United States Colorado Rapids 2005 2008
Gary Smith   England Colorado Rapids 2008 2011
Óscar Pareja   Colombia Colorado Rapids 2012 2013
Pablo Mastroeni   United States Colorado Rapids 2014 2017
Steve Cooke (interim)   England Colorado Rapids 2017 2017
Anthony Hudson   England Colorado Rapids 2017 2019
Conor Casey (interim)   United States Colorado Rapids 2019 2019
Robin Fraser   United States Colorado Rapids 2019 2023
Chris Little (interim)   Scotland Colorado Rapids 2023 2023
Chris Armas   United States Colorado Rapids 2024 present
Timo Liekoski   Finland Columbus Crew 1996 1996
Tom Fitzgerald   United States Columbus Crew 1996 2001
Greg Andrulis   United States Columbus Crew 2001 2005
Robert Warzycha (interim)   Poland Columbus Crew 2005 2005
Sigi Schmid   United States Columbus Crew 2006 2008
Robert Warzycha   Poland Columbus Crew 2009 2013
Brian Bliss (interim)   United States Columbus Crew 2013 2013
Gregg Berhalter   United States Columbus Crew 2014 2018
Caleb Porter   United States Columbus Crew 2019 2022
Wilfried Nancy   France Columbus Crew 2023 present
Bruce Arena   United States D.C. United 1996 1998
Thomas Rongen   Netherlands D.C. United 1999 2001
Ray Hudson   England D.C. United 2002 2003
Piotr Nowak   Poland D.C. United 2004 2006
Tom Soehn   United States D.C. United 2006 2009
Curt Onalfo   United States D.C. United 2010 2010
Ben Olsen   United States D.C. United 2010 2020
Chad Ashton (interim)   United States D.C. United 2020 2020
Hernán Losada   Argentina D.C. United 2021 2022
Chad Ashton (interim)   United States D.C. United 2022 2022
Wayne Rooney   England D.C. United 2022 2023
Frédéric Brillant (interim)   France D.C. United 2023 2023
Troy Lesesne   United States D.C. United 2024 present
Dave Dir   United States Dallas Burn 1996 2000
Mike Jeffries   United States Dallas Burn 2001 2003
Colin Clarke   Northern Ireland Dallas Burn/FC Dallas 2003 2006
Steve Morrow   Northern Ireland FC Dallas 2007 2008
Marco Ferruzzi (interim)   United States FC Dallas 2008 2008
Schellas Hyndman   United States FC Dallas 2008 2013
Óscar Pareja   Colombia FC Dallas 2014 2018
Luchi Gonzalez   United States FC Dallas 2019 2021
Marco Ferruzzi (interim)   United States FC Dallas 2021 2021
Nico Estévez   Spain FC Dallas 2022 2024
Peter Luccin (interim)   France FC Dallas 2024 present
Dominic Kinnear   United States Houston Dynamo 2006 2014
Owen Coyle   Republic of Ireland Houston Dynamo 2015 2016
Wade Barrett (interim)   United States Houston Dynamo 2016 2016
Wilmer Cabrera   Colombia Houston Dynamo 2017 2019
Davy Arnaud (interim)   United States Houston Dynamo 2019 2019
Tab Ramos   United States Houston Dynamo 2020 2021
Paulo Nagamura   Brazil Houston Dynamo 2022 2022
Kenny Bundy (interim)   United States Houston Dynamo 2022 2022
Ben Olsen   United States Houston Dynamo 2023 present
Diego Alonso   Uruguay Inter Miami CF 2020 2020
Phil Neville   England Inter Miami CF 2021 2023
Javier Morales (interim)   Argentina Inter Miami CF 2023 2023
Gerardo Martino   Argentina Inter Miami CF 2023 present
Ron Newman   England Kansas City Wiz/Wizards 1996 1999
Ken Fogarty (interim)   England Kansas City Wizards 1999 1999
Bob Gansler   United States Kansas City Wizards 1999 2006
Brian Bliss (interim)   United States Kansas City Wizards 2006 2006
Curt Onalfo   United States Kansas City Wizards 2007 2009
Peter Vermes   United States Kansas City Wizards/Sporting Kansas City 2009 present
Lothar Osiander   Germany LA Galaxy 1996 1997
Octavio Zambrano   Ecuador LA Galaxy 1997 1999
Sigi Schmid   United States LA Galaxy 1999 2004
Steve Sampson   United States LA Galaxy 2004 2006
Frank Yallop   Canada LA Galaxy 2006 2007
Ruud Gullit   Netherlands LA Galaxy 2008 2008
Cobi Jones (interim)   United States LA Galaxy 2008 2008
Bruce Arena   United States LA Galaxy 2008 2016
Curt Onalfo   United States LA Galaxy 2017 2017
Sigi Schmid   United States LA Galaxy 2017 2018
Dominic Kinnear (interim)   United States LA Galaxy 2018 2018
Guillermo Barros Schelotto   Argentina LA Galaxy 2019 2020
Dominic Kinnear (interim)   United States LA Galaxy 2020 2020
Greg Vanney   United States LA Galaxy 2021 present
Bob Bradley   United States Los Angeles FC 2018 2021
Steve Cherundolo   United States Los Angeles FC 2022 present
Carlos Córdoba   Argentina Miami Fusion 1998 1998
Ivo Wortmann   Brazil Miami Fusion 1998 2000
Ray Hudson   England Miami Fusion 2000 2001
Adrian Heath   England Minnesota United FC 2017 2023
Sean McAuley (interim)   England Minnesota United FC 2023 2023
Cameron Knowles (interim)   New Zealand Minnesota United FC 2024 2024
Eric Ramsay   Wales Minnesota United FC 2024 present
Jesse Marsch   United States Montreal Impact 2012 2012
Marco Schällibaum    Switzerland Montreal Impact 2013 2013
Frank Klopas   United States Montreal Impact 2014 2015
Mauro Biello   Canada Montreal Impact 2015 2017
Rémi Garde   France Montreal Impact 2017 2019
Wílmer Cabrera   Colombia Montreal Impact 2019 2019
Thierry Henry   France Montreal Impact 2020 2020
Wilfried Nancy   France CF Montréal 2021 2022
Hernán Losada   Argentina CF Montréal 2023 2023
Laurent Courtois   France CF Montréal 2024 present
Gary Smith   England Nashville SC 2020 2024
Rumba Munthali (interim)   Canada Nashville SC 2024 2024
B. J. Callaghan   United States Nashville SC 2024 present
Frank Stapleton   Ireland New England Revolution 1996 1996
Thomas Rongen   Netherlands New England Revolution 1997 1998
Walter Zenga   Italy New England Revolution 1999 1999
Steve Nicol (interim)   Scotland New England Revolution 1999 1999
Fernando Clavijo   United States New England Revolution 2000 2002
Steve Nicol   Scotland New England Revolution 2002 2011
Jay Heaps   United States New England Revolution 2012 2017
Brad Friedel   United States New England Revolution 2017 2019
Mike Lapper (interim)   United States New England Revolution 2019 2019
Bruce Arena   United States New England Revolution 2019 2023
Richie Williams (interim)   United States New England Revolution 2023 2023
Clint Peay (interim)   United States New England Revolution 2023 2023
Caleb Porter   United States New England Revolution 2024 present
Jason Kreis   United States New York City FC 2015 2015
Patrick Vieira   France New York City FC 2016 2018
Domènec Torrent   Spain New York City FC 2018 2019
Ronny Deila   Norway New York City FC 2020 2022
Nick Cushing   England New York City FC 2022 present
Eddie Firmani   Italy New York/New Jersey MetroStars 1996 1996
Carlos Queiroz   Portugal New York/New Jersey MetroStars 1996 1996
Carlos Alberto Parreira   Brazil New York/New Jersey MetroStars 1997 1997
Alfonso Mondelo   Spain MetroStars 1998 1998
Bora Milutinović   Serbia MetroStars 1998 1999
Octavio Zambrano   Ecuador MetroStars 2000 2002
Bob Bradley   United States MetroStars 2003 2005
Mo Johnston   Scotland MetroStars/New York Red Bulls 2005 2006
Richie Williams (interim)   United States New York Red Bulls 2006 2006
Bruce Arena   United States New York Red Bulls 2006 2007
Juan Carlos Osorio   Colombia New York Red Bulls 2008 2009
Richie Williams (interim)   United States New York Red Bulls 2009 2009
Hans Backe   Sweden New York Red Bulls 2010 2012
Mike Petke   United States New York Red Bulls 2013 2014
Jesse Marsch   United States New York Red Bulls 2015 2018
Chris Armas   United States New York Red Bulls 2018 2020
Bradley Carnell (interim)   South Africa New York Red Bulls 2020 2020
Gerhard Struber   Austria New York Red Bulls 2020 2023
Troy Lesesne   United States New York Red Bulls 2023 2023
Sandro Schwarz   Germany New York Red Bulls 2024 present
Adrian Heath   England Orlando City SC 2015 2016
Bobby Murphy (interim)   United States Orlando City SC 2016 2016
Jason Kreis   United States Orlando City SC 2016 2018
Bobby Murphy (interim)   United States Orlando City SC 2018 2018
James O'Connor   Ireland Orlando City SC 2018 2019
Óscar Pareja   Colombia Orlando City SC 2020 present
Piotr Nowak   Poland Philadelphia Union 2010 2012
John Hackworth   United States Philadelphia Union 2012 2014
Jim Curtin   United States Philadelphia Union 2014 present
John Spencer   Scotland Portland Timbers 2011 2012
Gavin Wilkinson (interim)   New Zealand Portland Timbers 2012 2012
Caleb Porter   United States Portland Timbers 2013 2017
Giovanni Savarese   Venezuela Portland Timbers 2018 2023
Miles Joseph (interim)   United States Portland Timbers 2023 2023
Phil Neville   England Portland Timbers 2024 present
John Ellinger   United States Real Salt Lake 2005 2007
Jason Kreis   United States Real Salt Lake 2007 2013
Jeff Cassar   United States Real Salt Lake 2014 2017
Daryl Shore (interim)   United States Real Salt Lake 2017 2017
Mike Petke   United States Real Salt Lake 2017 2019
Freddy Juarez   United States Real Salt Lake 2019 2021
Pablo Mastroeni   United States Real Salt Lake 2021 present
Laurie Calloway   England San Jose Clash 1996 1997
Brian Quinn   Northern Ireland San Jose Clash 1997 1999
Jorge Espinoza (interim)   Chile San Jose Clash 1999 1999
Lothar Osiander   Germany San Jose Clash/Earthquakes 1999 2000
Frank Yallop   Canada San Jose Earthquakes 2001 2003
Dominic Kinnear   United States San Jose Earthquakes 2004 2005
Frank Yallop   Canada San Jose Earthquakes 2008 2013
Mark Watson   Canada San Jose Earthquakes 2013 2014
Ian Russell (interim)   United States San Jose Earthquakes 2014 2014
Dominic Kinnear   United States San Jose Earthquakes 2015 2017
Chris Leitch   United States San Jose Earthquakes 2017 2017
Mikael Stahre   Sweden San Jose Earthquakes 2017 2018
Steve Ralston   United States San Jose Earthquakes 2018 2018
Matías Almeyda   Argentina San Jose Earthquakes 2019 2022
Alex Covelo (interim)   Spain San Jose Earthquakes 2022 2022
Luchi Gonzalez   United States San Jose Earthquakes 2023 2024
Ian Russell (interim)   United States San Jose Earthquakes 2024 present
Sigi Schmid   United States Seattle Sounders FC 2009 2016
Brian Schmetzer   United States Seattle Sounders FC 2016 present
Bradley Carnell   South Africa St. Louis City SC 2023 2024
John Hackworth (interim)   United States St. Louis City SC 2024 present
Thomas Rongen   Netherlands Tampa Bay Mutiny 1996 1996
John Kowalski   United States Tampa Bay Mutiny 1997 1998
Tim Hankinson   United States Tampa Bay Mutiny 1998 2000
Alfonso Mondelo   Spain Tampa Bay Mutiny 2001 2001
Perry Van der Beck   United States Tampa Bay Mutiny 2001 2001
Mo Johnston   Scotland Toronto FC 2007 2007
John Carver   England Toronto FC 2008 2009
Chris Cummins (interim)   England Toronto FC 2009 2009
Preki   United States Toronto FC 2010 2010
Nick Dasovic (interim)   Canada Toronto FC 2010 2010
Aron Winter   Netherlands Toronto FC 2011 2012
Paul Mariner   England Toronto FC 2012 2012
Ryan Nelsen   New Zealand Toronto FC 2013 2014
Greg Vanney   United States Toronto FC 2014 2020
Chris Armas   United States Toronto FC 2021 2021
Javier Pérez   Spain Toronto FC 2021 2021
Bob Bradley   United States Toronto FC 2022 2023
Terry Dunfield (interim)   Canada Toronto FC 2023 2023
John Herdman   England Toronto FC 2023 present
Teitur Thordarson   Iceland Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2011 2011
Tom Soehn (interim)   United States Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2011 2011
Martin Rennie   Scotland Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2012 2013
Carl Robinson   Wales Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2014 2018
Craig Dalrymple (interim)   England Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2018 2018
Marc Dos Santos   Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2019 2021
Vanni Sartini   Italy Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2021 present

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Bruce Arena sets MLS coaching wins record". Major League Soccer. March 5, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Winningest coaches in MLS Cup Playoffs history". Major League Soccer. May 28, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Pedersen, Matt (November 13, 2013). "Houston Dynamo player milestones and notes from 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
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