List of United States men's national soccer team managers
The role of the United States men's national soccer team manager was first established in 1916 with the appointment of Thomas Cahill. Thirty-five men have since occupied the position. German Jürgen Klinsmann was relieved of his duties on November 21, 2016 following two losses in World Cup qualifying.
The following tables include various statistics for managers of the United States men's national soccer team (featuring matches, wins, losses, ties, goals for, goals against and goal differential along with goals for average and goals against average) from the team's inception in 1916 through the November 15, 2016 game with Costa Rica.
Head coaches
Managers | Years | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Win % | GF | GA | GD | AGF | AGA | World Cup appearances |
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Bruce Arena [1] | 1998–2006, 2016 – Current | 130 | 71 | 29 | 30 | 65.77 | 210 | 98 | 112 | 1.62 | 0.75 | 2002, 2006 |
Jürgen Klinsmann | 2011–2016 | 98 | 55 | 15 | 28 | 63.78 | 177 | 107 | 70 | 1.81 | 1.09 | 2014 |
Bob Bradley | 2007–2011 | 80 | 43 | 12 | 25 | 61.25 | 134 | 97 | 37 | 1.68 | 1.21 | 2010 |
Steve Sampson | 1995–1998 | 62 | 26 | 14 | 22 | 53.23 | 83 | 69 | 14 | 1.34 | 1.11 | 1998 |
Bora Milutinović | 1991–1995 | 96 | 33 | 26 | 37 | 47.40 | 116 | 110 | 6 | 1.21 | 1.15 | 1994 |
John Kowalski | 1991 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 1.00 | |
Bob Gansler | 1982, 1989–1991 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 44.05 | 47 | 48 | -1 | 1.12 | 1.14 | 1990 |
Lothar Osiander | 1986–1988 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 36.11 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 0.67 | 1.17 | |
Alkis Panagoulias | 1983–1985 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 52.78 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 1.06 | 1.17 | |
Walt Chyzowych | 1976–1980 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 40.63 | 26 | 50 | -24 | 0.81 | 1.56 | |
Manfred Schellscheidt | 1975 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 0.33 | 3.67 | |
Al Miller | 1975 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 0.00 | 5.50 | |
Dettmar Cramer | 1974 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0.50 | 2.00 | |
Gordon Bradley | 1973 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 0.20 | 1.80 | |
Gene Chyzowych | 1973 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 0.80 | 1.80 | |
Max Wosniak | 1973 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 00.00 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 0.00 | 4.00 | |
Bob Kehoe | 1971–1972 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12.50 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 1.50 | 2.50 | |
Gordon Jago | 1969 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0.00 | 1.50 | |
Phil Woosnam | 1968 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 50.00 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2.44 | 2.44 | |
John Herberger | 1964 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 0.00 | 10.00 | |
Jim Reed | 1959–1961 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12.50 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 1.00 | 4.00 | |
George Meyer | 1957, 1965 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 25.00 | 9 | 26 | -17 | 1.13 | 3.25 | |
Jimmy Mills | 1956 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 1.00 | 9.00 | |
Ernő Schwarz | 1953–1955 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33.33 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 2.00 | 3.00 | |
John Wood | 1952 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 14 | -14 | 0.00 | 7.00 | |
Bill Jeffrey | 1949–1952 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 1.33 | 2.67 | 1950 |
Walter Giesler | 1948–1949 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 18.75 | 8 | 44 | -36 | 1.00 | 5.50 | |
Andrew Brown | 1947 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 1.00 | 5.00 | |
Bill Lloyd | 1937 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 2.00 | 6.33 | |
Elmer Schroeder | 1936 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.00 | 1.00 | |
David Gould | 1934 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 2.50 | 4.50 | 1934 |
Robert Millar | 1929–1933 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.00 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 1930 |
George Burford | 1924, 1928 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 41.67 | 10 | 22 | -12 | 1.67 | 3.67 | |
Nat Agar | 1925–1926 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 4.00 | 1.00 | |
Thomas Cahill | 1916 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2.00 | 1.50 |
Sources:
USMNT All-Time Scores – SoccerOverThere.com.
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United States men's national soccer team results