List of Sunderland A.F.C. managers

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Peter Reid, manager of Sunderland from 1995 to 2002, gained the club's highest league finish since 1955.

1913 under Kyle.[5]

After Cochrane, no manager won a trophy until

final, which they lost 1–0 to Norwich City, but relegation brought him the sack at the end of the season.[8][9] Under Lawrie McMenemy, Sunderland were relegated to the Third Division for the first time in their history.[10] Following this, Denis Smith was named as manager, and saw the club back into the Second Division.[11]

2003–04 play-offs, only to lose to Crystal Palace in the semi-finals;[16] in 2004–05, they were promoted as champions, clinching the title with a 2–1 win over West Ham.[17] In March 2006, McCarthy was sacked in a season where Sunderland gained just 15 points, breaking their previous record, with former player Kevin Ball taking over as caretaker manager for the remaining games.[18] Following a takeover of the club, incoming chairman Niall Quinn acted as manager until Roy Keane's appointment three weeks into the 2006–07 season.[19] Keane went on to win the Championship title in his first season of management.[20] After keeping the side in the Premier League, he resigned in December 2008 and Ricky Sbragia eventually assumed the role after a spell as caretaker.[21][22] Sbragia resigned immediately after the final match of the 2008–09 season, when Sunderland had achieved survival in the Premier League.[23] Wigan Athletic manager Steve Bruce was appointed as his successor in June 2009.[24] Having spent two-and-a-half years as manager, Bruce was sacked on 30 November 2011.[25] Martin O'Neill, a boyhood fan of the club, was appointed as manager on 3 December 2011. Sunderland's form soon took off, picking up 27 points in O'Neill's first 18 league games in charge, as well as reaching an FA Cup quarter-final. However, the team underperformed during the 2012–13 season, and on 30 March 2013, O'Neill was sacked. The following day on 31 March 2013, Paolo Di Canio was appointed on a 2+1⁄2-year contract. Di Canio was sacked less than six months later with Sunderland bottom of the Premier League.[26]

Key

Managers

As of 13 December 2023. Only professional, competitive matches are counted, including; League, FA Cup, League Cup and other cup competitions. Dates for earlier years are only months because of unclear statistics.
Name Nationality From To M W D L Win % Honours Notes
– November 1880 August 1889 12 8 1 3 066.7 [27]
Tom Watson  England August 1889 August 1896 191 119 28 44 062.3 Football League First Division champions 1891–92, 1892–93, 1894–95 [28]
Robert Campbell  Scotland August 1896 April 1899 103 41 22 40 039.8 [29]
Alex Mackie  Scotland August 1899 April 1905 214 104 46 64 048.6 Football League First Division champions 1901–02, Sheriff of London Charity Shield champions 1902–03 [30]
Bob Kyle  Northern Ireland August 1905 May 1928 817 371 155 291 045.4 Football League First Division champions 1912–13 [31]
Johnny Cochrane
 		 Scotland June 1928 March 1939 500 212 122 166 42.4
1936–37
 [32]
– March 1939 March 1939 5 2 0 3 040.0 [27]
Bill Murray  Scotland April 1939 June 1957 512 186 140 186 036.3 [33]
Alan Brown
 		 England August 1957 July 1964 332 138 88 106 041.6 [34]
– August 1964 November 1964 18 3 6 9 016.7 [27]
George Hardwick (caretaker)  England November 1964 April 1965 29 14 3 12 048.3 [35]
Ian McColl  Scotland August 1965 February 1968 124 39 27 58 031.5 [36]
Alan Brown
 		 England February 1968 November 1972 219 63 68 88 028.8 [34]
Billy Elliott (caretaker)  England November 1972 November 1972 4 0 2 2 000.0 [37]
Bob Stokoe  England 23 November 1972 18 October 1976 197 92 49 56 046.7
1972–73, Football League Second Division champions 1975–76
 [38]
Ian MacFarlane (caretaker)  Scotland 18 October 1976 1 December 1976 7 2 1 4 028.6 [39]
Jimmy Adamson  England 1 December 1976 25 October 1978 88 29 28 31 033.0 [40]
David Merrington
 (caretaker) 		 England 25 October 1978 13 December 1978 8 4 2 2 050.0 [41]
Billy Elliott  England 13 December 1978 24 May 1979 26 14 7 5 053.8 [37]
Ken Knighton  England 7 June 1979 1 April 1981 94 34 25 35 036.2 [42]
Mick Docherty (caretaker)  England 1 April 1981 1 June 1981 4 2 0 2 050.0 [43]
Alan Durban  Wales 1 June 1981 2 March 1984 130 37 40 53 028.5 [44]
Pop Robson (caretaker)  England 2 March 1984 4 March 1984 1 0 1 0 000.0 [45]
Len Ashurst  England 4 March 1984 23 May 1985 66 21 16 29 031.8 [46]
Lawrie McMenemy  England 8 June 1985 16 April 1987 90 27 24 39 030.0 [47]
Bob Stokoe (caretaker)  England 16 April 1987 9 June 1987 9 3 2 4 033.3 [38]
Denis Smith  England 9 June 1987 30 December 1991 238 91 64 83 038.2 Football League Third Division champions 1987–88 [48]
Malcolm Crosby  England 30 December 1991 28 January 1993 60 21 15 24 035.0 [49]
Terry Butcher  England 29 January 1993 26 November 1993 45 14 8 23 031.1 [50]
Mick Buxton  England 26 November 1993 29 March 1995 76 25 24 27 032.9 [51]
Peter Reid  England 29 March 1995 7 October 2002 353 159 95 99 045.0 Football League First Division champions 1995–96, 1998–99 [52]
Howard Wilkinson  England 10 October 2002 10 March 2003 27 4 8 15 014.8 [53]
Mick McCarthy  Ireland 12 March 2003 6 March 2006 147 63 26 58 042.9
Football League Championship champions 2004–05
 [54]
Kevin Ball (caretaker)  England 7 March 2006 31 May 2006 10 1 2 7 010.0 [55]
Niall Quinn  Ireland 25 July 2006 30 August 2006 6 1 0 5 016.7 [56]
Roy Keane  Ireland 30 August 2006 4 December 2008 100 42 17 41 042.0
Football League Championship champions 2006–07
 [57]
Ricky Sbragia  Scotland 4 December 2008 24 May 2009 26 6 7 13 023.1 [58]
Steve Bruce  England 3 June 2009 30 November 2011 98 29 28 41 029.6 [59]
Eric Black (caretaker)  Scotland 30 November 2011 3 December 2011 1 0 0 1 000.0 [60]
Martin O'Neill  Northern Ireland 3 December 2011 30 March 2013 54 19 16 19 035.2 [61]
Paolo Di Canio  Italy 31 March 2013 22 September 2013 13 3 3 7 023.1
Kevin Ball (caretaker)  England 22 September 2013 8 October 2013 3 1 0 2 033.3 [55]
Gus Poyet  Uruguay 8 October 2013 16 March 2015 75 23 22 30 030.7 [62][63]
Dick Advocaat  Netherlands 17 March 2015 4 October 2015 19 4 6 9 021.1
Sam Allardyce  England 9 October 2015 22 July 2016 31 9 9 13 029.0 [64]
David Moyes  Scotland 23 July 2016 22 May 2017 43 8 7 28 018.6 [65]
Simon Grayson  England 29 June 2017 31 October 2017 18 3 7 8 016.7 [66]
Robbie Stockdale (caretaker)
Billy McKinlay (caretaker) 		 Scotland
 Scotland 		31 October 2017 19 November 2017 2 0 1 1 000.0 [67]
Chris Coleman  Wales 19 November 2017 29 April 2018 29 5 8 16 017.2 [68]
Robbie Stockdale (caretaker)  Scotland 29 April 2018 25 May 2018 1 1 0 0 100.0 [67]
Jack Ross  Scotland 25 May 2018 8 October 2019 75 38 27 10 050.7 [69]
James Fowler (caretaker)  Scotland 8 October 2019 17 October 2019 0 0 0 !— [70]
Phil Parkinson  England 17 October 2019 29 November 2020 31 11 9 11 035.5 [71]
Andrew Taylor (caretaker)  England 30 November 2020 5 December 2020 1 0 1 0 000.0 [72]
Lee Johnson  England 5 December 2020 30 January 2022 78 40 20 18 051.3 EFL Trophy champions 2020-21 [73]
Mike Dodds
 (caretaker) 		 England 2 February 2022 11 February 2022 2 0 0 2 000.0 [74]
Alex Neil  Scotland 11 February 2022 28 August 2022 19 11 7 1 057.9
Football League One play-offs: 2022
 [75]
Martin Canning (caretaker)  Scotland 26 August 2022 30 August 2022 1 0 0 1 000.0 [76]
Tony Mowbray  England 30 August 2022 4 December 2023 65 26 18 21 040.0 2023 Championship play-offs [77]
Mike Dodds
 (caretaker) 		 England 4 December 2023 18 December 2023 3 2 0 1 066.7 [78]
Michael Beale  England 18 December 2023 19 February 2024 12 4 2 6 033.3 [79]
Mike Dodds
 (caretaker) 		 England 19 February 2024 10 2 3 5 020.0 [80]

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