List of Preston North End F.C. managers

Managerial history

As of 23 August 2018

The following is a list of Preston North End managers and caretaker managers.^[1][2][3]

Statistics include League, FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy matches. All points averages are calculated using three points for a win.

Caretaker managers are shown in italics.

Manager	Nationality	From	To	Total					League
				G	W	D	L	Win %	G	W	D	L	Win %	Point Av.
William Sudell	England	1881	1889
E.H. Bahr	England	1889	1906
Charlie Parker	England	1906	1915						357	134	86	137	37.54	1.37
Vincent Hayes	England	1919	1923						166	59	41	66	35.54	1.31
James Lawrence	Scotland	1923	1925						107	31	19	57	28.97	1.05
Frank Richards	England	1925	1927						89	39	18	32	43.82	1.52
Alex Gibson	Scotland	1927	1931						165	65	36	64	39.39	1.40
Lincoln Hyde	England	1931	1932						35	10	12	13	28.57	1.20
Tommy Muirhead	Scotland	1936	1937						56	22	15	19	39.29	1.45
Will Scott	England	1949	1953						163	78	36	49	47.85	1.66
Scot Symon	Scotland	1953	1954						63	30	11	22	47.62	1.60
Frank Hill	Scotland	1954	1956						88	31	17	40	35.23	1.25
Cliff Britton	England	1956	1961						230	102	54	74	44.35	1.56
Jimmy Milne	Scotland	1961	1968						350	126	96	128	36.00	1.35
Bobby Seith	Scotland	1968	1970						70	15	21	34	21.48	0.94
Alan Ball	England	1970	1973						118	44	36	38	37.29	1.42
Bobby Charlton	England	1973	1975						89	29	25	35	32.58	1.26
Harry Catterick	England	1975	1977						90	38	22	30	42.22	1.51
Nobby Stiles	England	1977	1981						174	56	67	51	32.18	1.35
Tommy Docherty	Scotland	Jun 1, 1981	Dec 2, 1981	22	5	7	10	22.72	17	3	6	8	17.65	0.88
Alan Kelly	Ireland	Dec 3, 1981	Dec 8, 1981	1	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	1	0.00	0.00
Gordon Lee	England	Dec 9, 1981	Dec 20, 1983	105	38	27	40	36.19	93	32	25	36	34.41	1.30
Alan Kelly	Ireland	Dec 21, 1983	Feb 2, 1985	59	19	12	28	32.20	52	17	10	25	32.69	1.17
Tommy Booth	England	Feb 9, 1985	Jan 24, 1986	54	15	10	29	27.78	49	13	9	27	26.53	0.98
Brian Kidd	England	Jan 25, 1986	Mar 21, 1986	9	0	2	7	0.00	9	0	2	7	0.00	0.22
Jonathan Clark	England	Mar 22, 1986	May 3, 1986	10	5	2	3	50.00	10	5	2	3	50.00	1.70
John McGrath	England	Jun 1, 1986	Feb 13, 1990	192	74	53	65	38.54	165	68	45	54	41.21	1.51
Les Chapman	England	Feb 17, 1990	Sep 29, 1992	129	44	30	55	34.11	118	39	29	50	33.05	1.24
Sam Allardyce	England	Sep 30, 1992	Nov 30, 1992	12	3	4	5	25.00	10	3	3	4	30.00	1.20
John Beck	England	Dec 1, 1992	Dec 1, 1994	99	36	20	43	36.36	87	31	19	37	35.63	1.29
Gary Peters	England	Dec 2, 1994	Jan 11, 1998	166	72	42	52	43.37	143	63	37	43	44.06	1.58
David Moyes	Scotland	Jan 12, 1998	Mar 14, 2002	234	113	60	61	48.29	196	95	53	48	48.47	1.72
Kelham O'Hanlon	Ireland	Mar 15, 2002	Apr 28, 2002	8	4	1	3	50.00	8	4	1	3	50.00	1.63
Craig Brown	Scotland	Apr 29, 2002	Aug 28, 2004	106	36	30	40	33.96	97	32	28	37	32.99	1.28
Billy Davies	Scotland	Aug 29, 2004	Jun 2, 2006	101	45	35	21	45.55	87	40	31	16	45.98	1.74
Paul Simpson	England	Jun 17, 2006	Nov 13, 2007	67	27	14	26	40.30	62	25	14	23	40.32	1.44
Alan Irvine	Scotland	Nov 20, 2007	Dec 29, 2009	110	45	25	40	40.90	99	40	24	35	40.40	1.45
Rob Kelly	England	Dec 30, 2009	Jan 5, 2010	1	1	0	0	100.00	0	0	0	0
Darren Ferguson	Scotland	Jan 6, 2010	Dec 29, 2010	49	13	11	25	26.53	45	11	11	23	24.44	0.98
David Unsworth	England	Dec 30, 2010	Jan 5, 2011	2	0	0	2	0.00	2	0	0	2	0.00	0.00
Phil Brown	England	Jan 6, 2011	Dec 14, 2011	51	15	15	21	29.41	42	13	11	18	30.95	1.19
David Unsworth & Graham Alexander	England  Scotland	Dec 15, 2011	Jan 12, 2012	5	2	2	1	40.00	5	2	2	1	40.00	1.60
Graham Westley	England	Jan 13, 2012	Feb 13, 2013	62	16	23	23	25.81	52	11	21	20	21.15	1.04
John Dreyer	England	Feb 14, 2013	Feb 17, 2013	1	1	0	0	100.00	1	1	0	0	100.00	3.00
Simon Grayson	England	Feb 18, 2013	Jun 29, 2017	235	104	74	57	44.26	198	84	67	47	42.42	1.61
Alex Neil	Scotland	Jul 4, 2017	Present	54	22	17	15	40.74	50	20	17	13	40.00	1.54

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