List of Hull City A.F.C. managers

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Grant McCann, head coach from June 2019

Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The club was founded in 1904 and was initially managed by James Ramster who only took charge of the team for friendly matches. Ambrose Langley, a former Sheffield Wednesday player managed Hull for over 300 games from 1905 to 1913. Harry Chapman, Fred Stringer, David Menzies and Percy Lewis held short tenures as manager before Billy McCracken led the club from 1923 to 1931, overseeing 375 matches. Haydn Green took charge for almost three seasons, leaving the club in 1934 with a win percentage just shy of 50%.

Raich Carter became the next Hull City manager to lead the club for over 100 competitive matches, holding the tenure from March 1948 to September 1951. Five managers, Bob Jackson, Bob Brocklebank, Cliff Britton, Terry Neill and John Kaye, then led the club over the next 25 years. Mike Smith and Brian Horton also managed the club for over 100 games, while Terry Dolan took charge for over 300 matches in the 1990s. Dane Jan Mølby became the first manager from outside the United Kingdom when he took over in April 2002. His tenure was to be short-lived, he was replaced on a full-time basis after just 17 competitive matches in charge by Peter Taylor.

Phil Brown became the first Hull City manager to lead the club to the top division of English football in 2008 after winning the Football League Championship play-off Finals 1–0 against Bristol City at Wembley Stadium. After a poor run of results, Brown was placed on "garden leave" to be replaced by Iain Dowie in an attempt to keep Hull City in the Premier League, an effort which ended in relegation with Dowie only overseeing a solitary win in his nine games in charge. Nigel Pearson was appointed to stabilise the team following relegation to the Championship, he held the role for 15 months until he was enticed to return to Leicester City, the club he had left to join Hull City. Hull City player Nick Barmby took over, initially in a caretaker role, in November 2011, but was released from his duties the following May, to be replaced by Steve Bruce. On 22 July 2016 the BBC reported that manager Steve Bruce had resigned from his position.[1] This was later confirmed by the club who announced Mike Phelan would act as caretaker manager.[2] On 13 October 2016, Phelan became the head coach.[3] He was sacked on 3 January 2017.[4] On 5 January 2017, the club announced the appointment of Marco Silva as the new head coach until the end of the 2016–17 season.[5] On 25 May 2017, following relegation from the Premier League head coach Marco Silva resigned.[6] On 9 June 2017, the club announced the appointment of Leonid Slutsky as head coach.[7] On 3 December 2017, Leonid Slutsky left the club by mutual consent after a run of bad results.[8] On 7 December 2017, Nigel Adkins was appointed as head coach on an 18-month contract.[9] On 8 June 2019, manager Atkins indicated that he would not take-up the offer of a new contract with the club and left the club before the start of the 2019–20 season.[10] On 21 June 2019, Grant McCann was appointed as the new head coach on a one-year rolling contract.[11]

Managers[]

Updated as of 14 September 2021. Only professional, competitive matches are counted.[12]

Name Nat Tenure G W D L Win %
James Ramster  England August 1904 – April 1905 0 0 0 0 00.00
Ambrose Langley  England April 1905 – April 1913 318 143 67 108 44.96
Harry Chapman  England April 1913 – September 1914 45 20 10 15 44.44
Fred Stringer  England September 1914 – July 1916 43 22 6 15 51.16
David Menzies  Scotland July 1916 – June 1921 90 31 27 32 34.44
Percy Lewis  England July 1921 – January 1923 71 27 18 26 38.02
Billy McCracken  Northern Ireland February 1923 – May 1931 375 134 104 137 35.73
Haydn Green  England May 1931 – March 1934 123 61 24 38 49.59
Jack Hill  England March 1934 – January 1936 77 24 15 38 31.16
David Menzies  Scotland February 1936 – October 1936 24 5 8 11 20.83
Ernest Blackburn  England December 1936 – January 1946 117 50 31 36 42.73
Frank Buckley  England May 1946 – March 1948 80 33 19 28 41.25
Raich Carter  England March 1948 – September 1951 157 74 41 42 47.13
Bob Jackson  England June 1952 – March 1955 123 42 26 55 34.14
Bob Brocklebank  England March 1955 – May 1961 302 113 71 118 37.41
Cliff Britton  England July 1961 – November 1969 406 170 101 135 41.87
Terry Neill  Northern Ireland June 1970 – September 1974 174 61 55 58 35.05
John Kaye  England September 1974 – October 1977 126 40 40 46 31.74
Bobby Collins  Scotland October 1977 – February 1978 19 4 7 8 21.05
Wilf McGuinness*  England February 1978 – April 1978 10 1 4 5 10.00
Ken Houghton  England April 1978 – December 1979 72 23 22 27 31.94
Mike Smith  England December 1979 – March 1982 117 30 37 50 25.64
Bobby Brown*  England March 1982 – June 1982 19 10 4 5 52.63
Colin Appleton  England June 1982 – May 1984 91 47 29 15 51.64
Brian Horton  England June 1984 – April 1988 195 77 58 60 39.48
Eddie Gray  Scotland June 1988 – May 1989 51 13 14 24 25.49
Colin Appleton  England May 1989 – October 1989 16 1 8 7 6.25
Stan Ternent  England November 1989 – January 1991 62 19 15 28 30.64
Terry Dolan  England January 1991 – July 1997 322 99 96 127 30.74
Mark Hateley  England July 1997 – November 1998 76 17 14 45 22.36
Warren Joyce  England November 1998 – April 2000 86 33 25 28 38.37
Billy Russell*  Scotland April 2000 – April 2000 2 0 0 2 00.00
Brian Little  England April 2000 – February 2002 97 41 28 28 42.26
Billy Russell*  Scotland February 2002 – April 2002 7 1 1 5 14.29
Jan Mølby  Denmark April 2002 – October 2002 17 2 8 7 11.76
Billy Russell*  Scotland October 2002 – October 2002 1 1 0 0 100.00
Peter Taylor  England October 2002 – June 2006 184 77 50 57 41.84
Phil Parkinson  England June 2006 – December 2006 24 5 6 13 20.83
Phil Brown  England December 2006 – June 2010 157 52 40 65 33.12
Iain Dowie†  Northern Ireland March 2010 – June 2010 9 1 3 5 11.11
Nigel Pearson  England June 2010 – November 2011 64 23 20 21 35.94
Nick Barmby  England November 2011 – May 2012 33 13 8 12 39.39
Steve Bruce  England June 2012 – July 2016 201 83 44 74 41.29
Mike Phelan*  England July 2016 – October 2016 9 4 1 4 44.44
Mike Phelan‡  England October 2016 – January 2017 15 2 4 9 13.33
Marco Silva  Portugal January 2017 – May 2017 22 8 3 11 36.36
Leonid Slutsky  Russia June 2017 – December 2017 21 4 7 10 19.05
Nigel Adkins  England December 2017 – June 2019 78 26 21 31 33.33
Grant McCann  Northern Ireland June 2019 – 115 46 26 43 40.00


* Caretaker manager
† Temporary football management consultant
‡ Head coach

References[]

  1. ^ "Steve Bruce: Hull City manager leaves newly promoted club". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Club Statement". Hull City A.F.C. 22 July 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Hull City: Mike Phelan named full-time head coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Mike Phelan: Hull City sack head coach after less than three months in permanent role". BBC Sport. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Tigers Appoint Marco Silva As New Head Coach". Hull City A.F.C. 5 January 2017. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Marco Silva: Hull City manager resigns after the club's relegation". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Tigers Confirm Leonid Slutsky As Head Coach". Hull City A.F.C. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Slutsky Departs By Mutual Consent". Hull City A.F.C. season. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Nigel Adkins: Hull City appoint former Southampton and Reading boss". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Nigel Adkins: Hull City boss to leave club at end of contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Hull City Appoint New Head Coach". Hull City A.F.C. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Manager History for Hull City". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
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