List of Burnley F C managers

Burnley Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Burnley, Lancashire. Founded on 18 May 1882, the club was one of the first to become professional (in 1883), putting pressure on the Football Association to permit payments to players. As a result, the team were able to enter the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86, and were one of the twelve founding members of the Football League in 1888–89. Burnley have played in the top four tiers of English football from 1888 to the present day. The team have been champions of England twice, in 1920–21 and 1959–60, have won the FA Cup once, in 1913–14, and have won the FA Charity Shield twice, in 1960 and 1973. Burnley were the second, and are one of only five teams to have won all four professional divisions of English football, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Preston North End, Sheffield United and Portsmouth.

From 1882 to 1894, the Burnley team was selected by the board of directors or a committee whose secretary had the same powers and role as a manager has today. In August 1894, the club decided to follow other clubs and appoint a team manager. Burnley-born Harry Bradshaw was appointed; he had been involved with the club since its foundation in 1882 and he had been a committee member since 1887. Scotsman Frank Hill, who was in charge of Burnley from October 1948 to August 1954, was the first non-English manager in the club's history. From 1954 to 1983, under chairman Bob Lord, only managers with a previous playing career at the club were appointed—this trend ended when John Bond took the post in June 1983. Two Burnley managers have died in the job—Spen Whittaker and John Haworth.

The longest-serving person to manage Burnley is Harry Potts, who was in charge of the club for a total of 728 competitive matches: from February 1958 to February 1970 and from February 1977 to October 1979. Haworth and Potts are Burnley's most successful managers in terms of competitive honours won, as Haworth claimed one FA Cup (1913–14) and one First Division title (1920–21), while Potts won one First Division title (1959–60) and one Charity Shield (1960).

From the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1894 to the present, Burnley have had 29 permanent managers and 6 caretakers. The club's current manager is Vincent Kompany, who was appointed in June 2022.

List of managers

Information correct after match played on 25 November 2023. Only competitive matches are counted, except the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season and matches in Wartime Leagues and Cups.

Key

Names of caretaker managers are supplied where known, and the names of caretaker managers are highlighted in italics and marked with an asterisk (*).
Names of player-managers are supplied where known, and are marked with a double-dagger (‡).

List of Burnley F.C. managers
Name	Nationality	From	To	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win%	Honours
Harry Bradshaw	England	August 1894	June 1899	164	65	37	62	039.63	Second Division title: 1897–98
Ernest Mangnall	England	March 1900	October 1903	125	44	27	54	035.20
Spen Whittaker	England	October 1903	April 1910	262	108	48	106	041.22
John Haworth	England	July 1910	December 1924	464	203	106	155	043.75	Second Division promotion: 1912–13 FA Cup winners: 1913–14 First Division runners–up: 1919–20 First Division title: 1920–21 FA Charity Shield runners–up: 1921
Albert Pickles	England	January 1925	August 1932	336	120	71	145	035.71
Tom Bromilow	England	October 1932	July 1935	131	50	28	53	038.17
Selection Committee		July 1935	September 1939	177	63	44	70	035.59
Cliff Britton	England	May 1945	September 1948	100	49	30	21	049.00	FA Cup runners–up: 1946–47 Second Division promotion: 1946–47
Frank Hill	Scotland	October 1948	August 1954	266	105	68	93	039.47
Alan Brown	England	August 1954	July 1957	138	57	32	49	041.30
Billy Dougall	Scotland	July 1957	January 1958	31	15	4	12	048.39
Harry Potts	England	February 1958	February 1970	605	272	141	192	044.96	First Division title: 1959–60 FA Charity Shield winners (shared): 1960 First Division runners–up: 1961–62 FA Cup runners–up: 1961–62
Jimmy Adamson	England	February 1970	January 1976	272	104	74	94	038.24	Second Division title: 1972–73 FA Charity Shield winners: 1973 Texaco Cup runners–up: 1973–74
Joe Brown	England	January 1976	February 1977	53	12	15	26	022.64
Harry Potts	England	February 1977	October 1979	123	42	32	49	034.15	Anglo–Scottish Cup winners: 1978–79
Brian Miller	England	October 1979	January 1983	166	57	50	59	034.34	Third Division title: 1981–82
Frank Casper*	England	January 1983	June 1983	34	17	8	9	050.00
John Bond	England	June 1983	August 1984	53	18	16	19	033.96
John Benson	Scotland	August 1984	May 1985	53	14	13	26	026.42
Martin Buchan	Scotland	June 1985	October 1985	13	5	2	6	038.46
Tommy Cavanagh	England	October 1985	June 1986	37	13	9	15	035.14
Brian Miller	England	July 1986	January 1989	126	43	30	53	034.13	Associate Members' Cup runners–up: 1987–88
Frank Casper	England	January 1989	October 1991	143	51	36	56	035.66
Jimmy Mullen	England	October 1991	February 1996	249	97	67	85	038.96	Fourth Division title: 1991–92 Second Division play–off winners: 1993–94
Clive Middlemass*	England	February 1996	March 1996	3	0	1	2	000.00
Adrian Heath ‡	England	March 1996	June 1997	71	26	18	27	036.62
Chris Waddle ‡	England	July 1997	May 1998	57	17	16	24	029.82
Stan Ternent	England	June 1998	June 2004	312	122	82	108	039.10	Second Division promotion: 1999–2000
Steve Cotterill	England	June 2004	November 2007	170	55	49	66	032.35
Steve Davis*	England	November 2007	November 2007	1	1	0	0	100.00
Owen Coyle	Ireland	November 2007	January 2010	116	49	29	38	042.24	Championship play–off winners: 2008–09
Brian Laws	England	January 2010	December 2010	44	13	9	22	029.55
Stuart Gray*	England	December 2010	January 2011	4	2	1	1	050.00
Eddie Howe	England	January 2011	October 2012	87	34	19	34	039.08
Terry Pashley*	England	October 2012	October 2012	3	2	0	1	066.67
Sean Dyche	England	October 2012	April 2022	425	149	118	158	035.06	Championship promotion: 2013–14 Championship title: 2015–16
Mike Jackson*	England	April 2022	May 2022	8	3	2	3	037.50
Vincent Kompany	Belgium	June 2022		70	37	16	17	052.86	Championship title: 2022–23

Notes

References

General

Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882-2007. Burnley F.C. ISBN 978-0955746802.

Specific