This is a list of all managers of Reading Football Club.
Managerial history
edit- As of match played 12 November 2024. Managers in italics were hired as interim or caretaker managers.
Name | From | To | Duration | P | W | D | L | Win % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harry Marshall[1] | 23 February 1920 | 23 December 1920 | 304 days | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 31.58 |
Jack Smith[1] | 23 December 1920 | 11 May 1922 | 1 year, 139 days | 65 | 20 | 15 | 30 | 30.77 |
The Board[2][3] | 11 May 1922 | 1 January 1923 | 245 days | 138 | 35 | 36 | 67 | 25.36 |
Arthur Chadwick[4] | 1 January 1923 | 1 October 1925 | 2 years, 273 days | 112 | 38 | 28 | 46 | 33.93 |
Harold Bray[5] | 1 October 1925 | 1 June 1926 | 243 days | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 52.63 |
Angus Wylie[6][7] | 1 July 1926 | 1 June 1931 | 4 years, 335 days | 229 | 75 | 52 | 102 | 32.75 |
Joe Smith[8] | 1 June 1931 | 1 August 1935 | 4 years, 61 days | 184 | 92 | 49 | 43 | 50 |
Billy Butler[9] | 1 August 1935 | 1 March 1939 | 3 years, 212 days | 167 | 81 | 38 | 48 | 48.5 |
Johnny Cochrane[10] | 1 March 1939 | 13 April 1939 | 43 days | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 40 |
Joe Edelston[11] | 13 April 1939 | 1 June 1947 | 8 years, 49 days | 55 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 38.18 |
Ted Drake[12] | 1 June 1947 | 1 June 1952 | 5 years, 0 days | 234 | 114 | 46 | 74 | 48.72 |
Arthur Smith[13] | 1 June 1952 | 1 October 1955 | 3 years, 122 days | 164 | 59 | 38 | 67 | 35.98 |
Fred May James Carter[1] |
1 October 1955 | 1 November 1955 | 31 days | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 30 |
Harry Johnston[14] | 1 November 1955 | 1 January 1963 | 7 years, 61 days | 356 | 143 | 76 | 137 | 40.17 |
Roy Bentley[15] | 1 January 1963 | 1 February 1969 | 6 years, 31 days | 322 | 136 | 79 | 107 | 42.24 |
Ray Henderson[1] | 1 February 1969 | 1 April 1969 | 59 days | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 26.67 |
Jack Mansell[16] | 1 April 1969 | 1 October 1971 | 2 years, 183 days | 130 | 49 | 28 | 53 | 37.69 |
Jimmy Wallbanks[1] | 1 October 1971 | 13 January 1972 | 104 days | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 50 |
Charlie Hurley[17] | 13 January 1972 | 26 February 1977 | 5 years, 44 days | 284 | 108 | 82 | 94 | 38.03 |
Maurice Evans[18] | 26 February 1977 | 31 January 1984 | 6 years, 339 days | 334 | 133 | 93 | 108 | 39.82 |
Ian Branfoot[19] | 31 January 1984 | 23 October 1989 | 5 years, 265 days | 295 | 116 | 79 | 100 | 39.32 |
Lew Chatterley[1] | 23 October 1989 | 14 November 1989 | 19 days | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
Ian Porterfield[20] | 14 November 1989 | 1 April 1991 | 1 year, 138 days | 70 | 27 | 22 | 21 | 38.57 |
Eddie Niedzwiecki[1] | 1 April 1991 | 30 April 1991 | 29 days | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14.29 |
John Haselden[1] | 30 April 1991 | 10 May 1991 | 10 days | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Mark McGhee[21] | 10 May 1991 | 14 December 1994 | 3 years, 218 days | 135 | 53 | 41 | 41 | 39.26 |
Jimmy Quinn[22] Mick Gooding[23] Ady Williams[24] Jeff Hopkins[25] |
15 December 1994 | 4 January 1995 | 20 days | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40 |
Jimmy Quinn[22] Mick Gooding[23] |
5 January 1995 | 9 May 1997 | 2 years, 124 days | 127 | 46 | 34 | 47 | 36.22 |
Terry Bullivant[26] | 30 June 1997 | 18 March 1998 | 261 days | 50 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 30 |
Alan Pardew[27] | 18 March 1998 | 25 March 1998 | 7 days | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Tommy Burns[28] | 25 March 1998 | 16 September 1999 | 1 year, 175 days | 68 | 20 | 18 | 30 | 29.41 |
Alan Pardew[27] | 16 September 1999 | 9 September 2003 | 3 years, 358 days | 216 | 104 | 52 | 60 | 48.15 |
Kevin Dillon[29] | 10 September 2003 | 9 October 2003 | 29 days | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 28.57 |
Steve Coppell[30] | 9 October 2003 | 12 May 2009 | 5 years, 215 days | 282 | 126 | 66 | 90 | 44.68 |
Brendan Rodgers[31] | 4 June 2009 | 16 December 2009 | 195 days | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 26.09 |
Brian McDermott[32] | 16 December 2009 | 11 March 2013 | 3 years, 85 days | 152 | 70 | 41 | 41 | 46.05 |
Eamonn Dolan[33] | 11 March 2013 | 26 March 2013 | 15 days | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Nigel Adkins[34] | 26 March 2013 | 15 December 2014 | 1 year, 264 days | 80 | 29 | 20 | 31 | 36.25 |
Steve Clarke[35][36] | 16 December 2014 | 4 December 2015 | 354 days | 53 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 35.85 |
Martin Kuhl[37] | 4 December 2015 | 17 December 2015 | 13 days | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Brian McDermott[32] | 17 December 2015 | 27 May 2016 | 175 days | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
Jaap Stam[38] | 13 June 2016 | 21 March 2018[39] | 1 year, 281 days | 98 | 40 | 23 | 35 | 40.82 |
Paul Clement | 23 March 2018[40] | 6 December 2018[41] | 258 days | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 23.33 |
Scott Marshall | 6 December 2018 | 22 December 2018 | 16 days | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
José Gomes | 22 December 2018 | 9 October 2019 | 291 days | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 23.68 |
Mark Bowen | 14 October 2019 | 29 August 2020 | 320 days | 40 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 35 |
Veljko Paunović | 29 August 2020 | 19 February 2022[42] | 1 year, 174 days | 80 | 27 | 17 | 36 | 33.75 |
Eddie Niedzwiecki[43] | 5 September 2020 | 5 September 2020 | 1 day | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Marko Mitrović[44] | 2 November 2021 | 6 November 2021 | 4 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
Paul Ince Michael Gilkes |
19 February 2022[42] | 16 May 2022[45] | 86 days | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 28.57 |
Paul Ince | 16 May 2022[45] | 11 April 2023[46] | 330 days | 44 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 31.82 |
Noel Hunt | 11 April 2023[46] | 8 May 2023 | 27 days | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Rubén Sellés | 26 June 2023[47] | Present | 1 year, 140 days | 74 | 31 | 17 | 26 | 41.89 |
References
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- ^ "Andrew Wylie". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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- ^ "Joe Edelston". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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- ^ "Harry Johnston". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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- ^ "Charlie Hurley". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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Eddie Niedzwiecki will be taking charge of the side today in the Carabao Cup clash in the absence of new manager Veljko Paunović.
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