List of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. managers
The following is a list of Wolverhampton Wanderers managers from the founding of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club in 1877 until the present. The club has been served by 28 different permanently appointed managers, all of them born in the United Kingdom, aside from the short reign of Norwegian Ståle Solbakken (in 2012–13).
From 1877 to 1922, the team was selected by a committee whose secretary had the same powers and role as a manager has today. There were two secretaries during this period, George Worrall and Jack Addenbrooke, the latter being the longest serving manager in the club's history. In 1922, the club broke from this tradition and appointed George Jobey as the first full-time manager.
The club's most successful manager is Stan Cullis, who won three First Division championships, two FA Cups and one FA Charity Shield and was the first to bring European football to the club during his sixteen-year reign from 1948 to 1964. Previously also a notable player for the club, he narrowly missed out on becoming the first manager to win "the Double" in English football history, when Burnley pipped Wolves, already FA Cup winners, to the title by a single point in 1960.
Bill McGarry and John Barnwell are the only managers since Cullis to have won major silverware, both winning the League Cup (in 1974 and 1980, respectively). The former also took the club to the UEFA Cup Final, its best performance in a European campaign.
Graham Turner achieved three trophies in two seasons in the late 1980s, with back-to-back divisional titles (the Third and Fourth Division) and the Football League Trophy. Turner's success bucked a downward trend for the club in the mid-1980s that saw three different managers preside over three successive relegations.
Both Dave Jones and Mick McCarthy have both since had promotion successes that took Wolves into the Premier League; the former by winning the 2003 First Division play-offs and the latter winning the Football League Championship in 2009.
Kenny Jackett is the club's current incumbent, holding the modified title of head coach.[1]
Managers
Information as of last management change. Only competitive first team matches in official competitions are counted
Note: Win percentage is rounded to one decimal place.
References
- Manager History for Wolverhampton Wanderers at Soccerbase.com
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