List of Burnley F.C. managers

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Sean Dyche guided Burnley to two promotions to the Premier League.

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.[1] 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.[1] Burnley have played in the top four tiers of English football from 1888 to the present day.[2] 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.[2][3] 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.[4][5]

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.[6] In August 1894, the club decided to follow several 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8][9] Two Burnley managers have died in the job—Spen Whittaker and John Haworth.[10]

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.[11][12] 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).[11]

From the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1894 to the present, Burnley have had 30 permanent managers and 6 caretakers.[11][12] The club's current manager is Scott Parker, who was appointed in July 2024.[13]

List of managers

Information correct after match played on 19 May 2024. 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[a] Lost Win%[b] Honours Refs.
Harry Bradshaw  England August 1894 June 1899[c] 164 65 37 62 039.63 Second Division title: 1897–98 [6][14]
Ernest Mangnall  England March 1900 October 1903 125 44 27 54 035.20 [15][16]
Spen Whittaker  England October 1903 April 1910[d] 262 108 48 106 041.22 [17][18]
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 		[10][19]
Albert Pickles  England January 1925 August 1932 336 120 71 145 035.71 [20][21]
Tom Bromilow  England October 1932 July 1935 131 50 28 53 038.17 [22]
Selection Committee[e] July 1935 September 1939 177 63 44 70 035.59 [23]
Cliff Britton  England May 1945 September 1948 100 49 30 21 049.00 FA Cup runners–up: 1946–47
Second Division promotion: 1946–47 		[23][24]
Frank Hill  Scotland October 1948 August 1954 266 105 68 93 039.47 [7][25]
Alan Brown  England August 1954 July 1957 138 57 32 49 041.30 [26]
Billy Dougall  Scotland July 1957 January 1958 31 15 4 12 048.39 [27][28]
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 		[29][30]
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 		[31][32]
Joe Brown  England January 1976 February 1977 53 12 15 26 022.64 [33]
Harry Potts  England February 1977 October 1979 123 42 32 49 034.15 Anglo–Scottish Cup winners: 1978–79 [29][30]
Brian Miller  England October 1979 January 1983 166 57 50 59 034.34 Third Division title: 1981–82 [34][35]
Frank Casper*  England January 1983 June 1983 34 17 8 9 050.00 [36][37]
John Bond  England June 1983 August 1984 53 18 16 19 033.96 [38]
John Benson  Scotland August 1984 May 1985 53 14 13 26 026.42 [39][40]
Martin Buchan  Scotland June 1985 October 1985 13 5 2 6 038.46 [41]
Tommy Cavanagh  England October 1985 June 1986 37 13 9 15 035.14 [42]
Brian Miller  England July 1986 January 1989 126 43 30 53 034.13 Associate Members' Cup runners–up: 1987–88 [34][35]
Frank Casper  England January 1989 October 1991 143 51 36 56 035.66 [37]
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 		[43][44]
Clive Middlemass*  England February 1996 March 1996 3 0 1 2 000.00 [45]
Adrian Heath ‡  England March 1996 June 1997 71 26 18 27 036.62 [46][47]
Chris Waddle ‡  England July 1997 May 1998 57 17 16 24 029.82 [48][49]
Stan Ternent  England June 1998 June 2004 312 122 82 108 039.10 Second Division promotion: 1999–2000 [50][51]
Steve Cotterill  England June 2004 November 2007 170 55 49 66 032.35 [52]
Steve Davis*  England November 2007 November 2007 1 1 0 0 100.00 [53][54]
Owen Coyle  Ireland November 2007 January 2010 116 49 29 38 042.24 Championship play–off winners: 2008–09 [55][56]
Brian Laws  England January 2010 December 2010 44 13 9 22 029.55 [57]
Stuart Gray*  England December 2010 January 2011 4 2 1 1 050.00 [58][59]
Eddie Howe  England January 2011 October 2012 87 34 19 34 039.08 [60]
Terry Pashley*  England October 2012 October 2012 3 2 0 1 066.67 [61][62]
Sean Dyche  England October 2012 April 2022 425 149 118 158 035.06 Championship promotion: 2013–14
Championship title: 2015–16 		[63][64]
Mike Jackson*  England April 2022 May 2022 8 3 2 3 037.50 [65][66]
Vincent Kompany  Belgium June 2022 May 2024 96 41 24 31 042.71 Championship title: 2022–23 [67][68]
Scott Parker[f]  England July 2024 [70]

Notes

  1. ^ Drawn matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
  2. ^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places.
  3. ^ Following Bradshaw's departure to Woolwich Arsenal in June 1899, team affairs remained in the hands of the board of directors until Ernest Mangnall was appointed in March 1900.[6]
  4. ^ Following the death of Whittaker in April 1910, team affairs were placed in the hands of the directors until the end of the season.[10]
  5. ^ After Tom Bromilow left the club in 1935 to manage Crystal Palace, the directors decided to not appoint a team manager due to economical reasons. Team affairs became a joint effort between chairman Tom Clegg, secretary Alf Boland and senior trainer Billy Dougall.[23]
  6. ^ Parker was named head coach instead of manager[13][69]

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  7. ^ a b Simpson (2007), p. 545
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  11. ^ a b c Simpson (2007), pp. 540–559
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  16. ^ "Ernest Mangnall". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  17. ^ Simpson (2007), pp. 541–542
  18. ^ "Spen Whittaker". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  19. ^ "John Haworth". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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  22. ^ "Tom Bromilow". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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  25. ^ "Frank Hill". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  26. ^ "Alan Brown". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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  30. ^ a b "Harry Potts". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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  32. ^ "Jimmy Adamson". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  33. ^ "Joe Brown". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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  35. ^ a b "Brian Miller". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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  37. ^ a b "Frank Casper". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  38. ^ "John Bond". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  39. ^ Simpson (2007), pp. 553–554
  40. ^ "John Benson". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  41. ^ "Martin Buchan". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  42. ^ "Tommy Cavanagh". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  43. ^ Simpson (2007), pp. 555–556
  44. ^ "Jimmy Mullen". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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  46. ^ Simpson (2007), pp. 556–557
  47. ^ "Adrian Heath". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  48. ^ Simpson (2007), pp. 557–558
  49. ^ "Chris Waddle". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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  51. ^ "Stan Ternent". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  52. ^ "Steve Cotterill". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  53. ^ Bevan, Chris (11 November 2007). "Davis hopeful over Burnley post". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  54. ^ "Steve Davis". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  55. ^ Fletcher, Paul (25 May 2009). "Burnley 1–0 Sheff Utd". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  56. ^ "Owen Coyle". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  57. ^ "Brian Laws". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  58. ^ Boden, Chris (17 January 2014). "Former Burnley coach Stuart Gray is back with hope of Owls job". Burnley Express. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  59. ^ "Stuart Gray". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  60. ^ "Eddie Howe". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  61. ^ "Burnley: Sean Dyche named as new manager at Turf Moor". BBC Sport. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  62. ^ "Terry Pashley". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  63. ^ "Sean Dyche's five years at Burnley". Sky Sports. 30 October 2017. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  64. ^ "Sean Dyche". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  65. ^ "Burnley sack manager Sean Dyche with eight games left of Premier League season". BBC Sport. 15 April 2022. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  66. ^ "Michael Jackson". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  67. ^ "Vincent Kompany". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  68. ^ "Burnley 3–0 Cardiff City". BBC Sport. 8 May 2023. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  69. ^ Jones, Andy; Rutzler, Peter (22 July 2024). "What to expect from Scott Parker's Burnley as they plot immediate return to Premier League". The Athletic. Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024. One important detail is that Burnley have appointed a head coach rather than a manager. Kompany was unique, holding a lot of power and involving himself in all football and non-football matters. There is little difference between the titles in modern football but the slightly altered strategy will see Parker focusing his attention just on football matters, while maintaining a key influence in recruitment.
  70. ^ "Scott Parker". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
General
  • Quelch, Tim (2017). From Orient to the Emirates: The Plucky Rise of Burnley FC. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1785313127.
  • Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882-2007. Burnley F.C. ISBN 978-0955746802.
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