List of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. managers

Brian Laws was the 27th manager of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. He was succeeded by Alan Irvine.

This is a List of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. managers. Their first and longest serving manager was Arthur Dickinson who was appointed in 1891. There have been a total of 30 managers appointed to the role on a permanent basis and a further four have taken the position in a caretaker role. The vast majority have been English and until 2015 the club had not hired a manager from outside of the United Kingdom. Many of the managerial changes have taken place in recent years including eight different managers between 1995 and 2004.^[1]

Arthur Dickinson is also the club's most successful manager so far, winning two First Division titles (1902–03 and 1903–04) and the same number of FA Cups (1896 and 1907).^[2] Robert Brown was in charge during Wednesday's two other league championship successes in 1928–29 and 1929–30.^[3] The last FA Cup was won during Billy Walker's reign at the end of the 1935 season.^[4] Ron Atkinson masterminded the club's only League Cup triumph in 1991.^[5] His successor, Trevor Francis, took the club to third place in Football's top tier in the 1991–92 season, before he became the only manager to lose both the FA Cup and League Cup finals in the same year in 1993.

The current full-time manager of the club is Carlos Carvalhal

List of Managers

As of 5 November 2016

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	L	D	Win %
(1) Dickinson, ArthurArthur Dickinson	England	August 1891	May 1920	919	393	338	188	42.76
(2) Brown, RobertRobert Brown	England	June 1920	December 1933	600	266	199	135	44.33
(3) Walker, BillyBilly Walker	England	December 1933	November 1937	187	66	68	53	35.29
(4) McMullan, JimmyJimmy McMullan	Scotland	December 1937	April 1942	77	33	21	23	42.86
(5) Taylor, EricEric Taylor	England	April 1942	July 1958	539	196	215	128	36.36
(6) Catterick, HarryHarry Catterick	England	August 1958	April 1961	138	77	30	31	55.80
(7) Buckingham, VicVic Buckingham	England	May 1961	March 1964	134	63	47	24	47.01
(8) Brown, AlanAlan Brown	England	July 1964	February 1968	174	60	70	44	34.48
(9) Marshall, JackJack Marshall	England	February 1968	April 1969	48	12	20	16	25.00
(10) Williams, DannyDanny Williams	England	August 1969	January 1971	67	16	35	16	23.88
(11) Dooley, DerekDerek Dooley	England	January 1971	24 December 1973	130	41	54	35	31.54
(12) Burtenshaw, SteveSteve Burtenshaw	England	29 January 1974	1 October 1975	68	13	38	17	19.12
(13) Ashurst, LenLen Ashurst	England	15 October 1975	5 October 1977	92	31	34	27	33.70
(14) Charlton, JackJack Charlton	England	8 October 1977	27 May 1983	269	105	77	87	39.03
(15) Wilkinson, HowardHoward Wilkinson	England	24 June 1983	10 October 1988	255	114	73	68	44.71
(16) Eustace, PeterPeter Eustace	England	28 October 1988	14 February 1989	18	2	9	7	11.11
(17) Atkinson, RonRon Atkinson	England	14 February 1989	6 June 1991	118	49	34	35	41.53
(18) Francis, TrevorTrevor Francis	England	7 June 1991	20 May 1995	214	88	58	68	41.12
(19) Pleat, DavidDavid Pleat	England	14 June 1995	3 November 1997	102	32	40	30	31.37
(20) Atkinson, RonRon Atkinson	England	14 November 1997	17 May 1998	27	9	11	7	33.33
(21) Wilson, DannyDanny Wilson	Northern Ireland	6 July 1998	21 March 2000	80	23	40	17	28.75
(22) Jewell, PaulPaul Jewell	England	21 June 2000	12 February 2001	38	12	21	5	31.58
(23) Shreeves, PeterPeter Shreeves	England	12 February 2001	17 October 2001	31	11	11	9	35.48
(24) Yorath, TerryTerry Yorath	Wales	17 October 2001	31 October 2002	56	16	25	15	28.57
(25) Turner, ChrisChris Turner	England	7 November 2002	19 September 2004	96	29	36	31	30.21
(26) Sturrock, PaulPaul Sturrock	Scotland	23 September 2004	19 October 2006	104	35	40	29	33.65
(27) Laws, BrianBrian Laws	England	6 November 2006	13 December 2009	154	52	60	42	33.77
(28) Irvine, AlanAlan Irvine	Scotland	8 January 2010	3 February 2011	59	24	22	13	40.68
(29) Megson, GaryGary Megson	England	4 February 2011	29 February 2012	62	28	22	12	45.16
(30) Jones, DaveDave Jones	England	1 March 2012	1 December 2013	81	29	30	22	35.80
(31) Gray, StuartStuart Gray	England	1 December 2013	11 June 2015	68	26	19	23	38.24
(32) Carvalhal, CarlosCarlos Carvalhal	Portugal	30 June 2015	07 November 2016	73	32	21	20	43.84

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; D = Matches drawn; Won % = Percentage of matches played that resulted in a win

References

1. "The Managerial Merry-Go-Round". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 2007-06-17. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
2. Farnsworth, Keith (1982). Wednesday. Sheffield City Libraries. pp. 49,64, 76. ISBN 0-900660-87-2.
3. Farnsworth, Keith (1982). Wednesday. Sheffield City Libraries. p. 111. ISBN 0-900660-87-2.
4. Farnsworth, Keith (1982). Wednesday. Sheffield City Libraries. p. 135. ISBN 0-900660-87-2.
5. "Profile: Ron Atkinson". BBC. 22 April 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2008.