List of Southampton F.C. managers

The following is a list of Southampton managers from the founding of Southampton F.C. in 1885 until the present. The first secretary manager of the club was Cecil Knight from 1892 to 1895; the first full-time manager of the club was George Swift from 1911 to 1912.

The most successful managers are, in terms of trophies and honours, Ernest Arnfield, with whom the club won the Southern Football League five times and the Western Football League Division 1A once; and (since the start of the Football League era), in terms of win percentage, Nigel Adkins.

The longest-serving manager has been Ted Bates from 1955 to 1973, for 850 matches. (Bates – "Mr Southampton" – had played for the club from 1937 to 1955, and also served as a club director for 20 years after managing it.)

Managers
As of match played 26 May 2024
Name Nationality From To Matches Won Drawn Lost Win%[1] Honours
Cecil Knight[2]  England August 1892 May 1895 251528060.00[3]
Charles Robson[2]  England August 1895 May 1896 231607069.57[4]
Alfred McMinn[2]  England August 1896 May 1897 271971070.37[5] 1 Southern League championship
Ernest Arnfield[2]  England August 1897 May 1911 514268107139052.14[6] 5 Southern League championships
2 FA Cup Finals
George Swift  England August 1911 May 1912 39101118025.64[7]
Ernest Arnfield[2]  England August 1912 May 1919 121462550038.02[8]
Jimmy McIntyre  England August 1919 December 1924 209857747040.67 1 Third Division South championship
Arthur Chadwick  England October 1925 May 1931 2561006096039.06
George Kay  England May 1931 May 1936 2197643100034.70
George Goss  England May 1936 March 1937 3210814031.25
Tom Parker  England March 1937 June 1943 97292246029.90
Arthur Dominy  England June 1943 January 1946 0000!—
Bill Dodgin  England January 1946 August 1949 137652844047.45
Sid Cann  England August 1949 December 1951 107413333038.32
George Roughton  England March 1952 September 1955 156633756040.38
Ted Bates  England September 1955 November 1973 850333212305039.18 1 Third Division championship
Lawrie McMenemy  England November 1973 June 1985 539225144170041.74 1 FA Cup
1 Football League Cup final
Chris Nicholl  Northern Ireland July 1985 May 1991 29310086107034.13
Ian Branfoot  England June 1991 January 1994 128373457028.91 1 Full Members Cup final
Alan Ball  England January 1994 July 1995 67222421032.84
David Merrington  England July 1995 June 1996 48151320031.25
Graeme Souness  Scotland July 1996 June 1997 48141519029.17
Dave Jones  England June 1997 January 2000 113372254032.74
Glenn Hoddle  England January 2000 March 2001 52221218042.31
Stuart Gray  England March 2001 October 2001 196211031.58
Gordon Strachan  Scotland October 2001 February 2004 110393239035.45 1 FA Cup Final
Steve Wigley (caretaker)  England February 2004 March 2004 2020000.00
Paul Sturrock  Scotland March 2004 August 2004 13526038.46
Steve Wigley  England August 2004 December 2004 17368017.65
Harry Redknapp  England December 2004 December 2005 49132115026.53
Dave Bassett & Dennis Wise (caretakers)  England December 2005 December 2005 3111033.33
George Burley  Scotland December 2005 January 2008 109452539041.28
John Gorman & Jason Dodd (caretakers)  England January 2008 February 2008 6114016.67
Nigel Pearson  England February 2008 May 2008 14374021.43
Jan Poortvliet  Netherlands May 2008 January 2009 328816025.00
Mark Wotte  Netherlands January 2009 July 2009 18477022.22
Alan Pardew  England July 2009 August 2010 64341713053.13 1 Football League Trophy
Dean Wilkins (caretaker)  England August 2010 September 2010 3003000.00
Nigel Adkins  England September 2010 January 2013 124672532054.03
Mauricio Pochettino  Argentina January 2013 May 2014 60231819038.33
Ronald Koeman  Netherlands June 2014 June 2016 91441730048.35
Claude Puel  France June 2016 June 2017 53201320037.74 1 Football League Cup Final
Mauricio Pellegrino  Argentina June 2017 March 2018[9] 3481313023.53
Mark Hughes  Wales March 2018 December 2018 2751012018.52
Kelvin Davis (caretaker)  England December 2018 December 2018 1001000.00
Ralph Hasenhüttl  Austria December 2018 November 2022 173594173034.10
Rubén Sellés (caretaker)  Spain November 2022 November 2022 1010000.00
Nathan Jones  Wales November 2022 February 2023 14509035.71
Rubén Sellés (Interim Manager)  Spain February 2023 May 2023 172411011.76
Russell Martin  Scotland June 2023 Present 54301113055.56 1 EFL Championship play-offs winners

References
  • "Manager History for Southampton". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

Notes
  1. Win% is rounded to two decimal places
  2. Secretary of the committee that chose the team
  3. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 14–17. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
  4. Saints – A complete record. pp. 18–19.
  5. Saints – A complete record. pp. 20–21.
  6. Saints – A complete record. pp. 22–49.
  7. Saints – A complete record. pp. 50–51.
  8. Saints – A complete record. pp. 51–54.
  9. "Mauricio Pellegrino: Southampton sack manager with eight games left of season". BBC Sport. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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