List of Reading F.C. managers

This is a list of all managers of Reading Football Club.

Managerial history

As of match played 25 January 2025. Managers in italics were hired as interim or caretaker managers.
Name From To Duration P W D L Win %
Harry Marshall[1] 23 February 1920 23 December 1920 304 days 19 6 2 11 31.58
England Jack Smith[1] 23 December 1920 11 May 1922 1 year, 139 days 65 20 15 30 30.77
The Board[2][3] 11 May 1922 1 January 1923 245 days 138 35 36 67 25.36
England Arthur Chadwick[4] 1 January 1923 1 October 1925 2 years, 273 days 112 38 28 46 33.93
Harold Bray[5] 1 October 1925 1 June 1926 243 days 38 20 10 8 52.63
Scotland Angus Wylie[6][7] 1 July 1926 1 June 1931 4 years, 335 days 229 75 52 102 32.75
England Joe Smith[8] 1 June 1931 1 August 1935 4 years, 61 days 184 92 49 43 50
England Billy Butler[9] 1 August 1935 1 March 1939 3 years, 212 days 167 81 38 48 48.5
Scotland Johnny Cochrane[10] 1 March 1939 13 April 1939 43 days 10 4 2 4 40
England Joe Edelston[11] 13 April 1939 1 June 1947 8 years, 49 days 55 21 14 20 38.18
England Ted Drake[12] 1 June 1947 1 June 1952 5 years, 0 days 234 114 46 74 48.72
Wales Arthur Smith[13] 1 June 1952 1 October 1955 3 years, 122 days 164 59 38 67 35.98
Fred May
James Carter[1] 		1 October 1955 1 November 1955 31 days 10 3 1 6 30
England Harry Johnston[14] 1 November 1955 1 January 1963 7 years, 61 days 356 143 76 137 40.17
England Roy Bentley[15] 1 January 1963 1 February 1969 6 years, 31 days 322 136 79 107 42.24
England Ray Henderson[1] 1 February 1969 1 April 1969 59 days 15 4 6 5 26.67
England Jack Mansell[16] 1 April 1969 1 October 1971 2 years, 183 days 130 49 28 53 37.69
England Jimmy Wallbanks[1] 1 October 1971 13 January 1972 104 days 12 6 1 5 50
Republic of Ireland Charlie Hurley[17] 13 January 1972 26 February 1977 5 years, 44 days 284 108 82 94 38.03
England Maurice Evans[18] 26 February 1977 31 January 1984 6 years, 339 days 334 133 93 108 39.82
England Ian Branfoot[19] 31 January 1984 23 October 1989 5 years, 265 days 295 116 79 100 39.32
England Lew Chatterley[1] 23 October 1989 14 November 1989 19 days 4 1 0 3 25
Scotland Ian Porterfield[20] 14 November 1989 1 April 1991 1 year, 138 days 70 27 22 21 38.57
Wales Eddie Niedzwiecki[1] 1 April 1991 30 April 1991 29 days 7 1 1 5 14.29
England John Haselden[1] 30 April 1991 10 May 1991 10 days 2 0 0 2 0
Scotland Mark McGhee[21] 10 May 1991 14 December 1994 3 years, 218 days 135 53 41 41 39.26
Northern Ireland Jimmy Quinn[22]
England Mick Gooding[23]
England Ady Williams[24]
Wales Jeff Hopkins[25] 		15 December 1994 4 January 1995 20 days 5 2 2 1 40
Northern Ireland Jimmy Quinn[22]
England Mick Gooding[23] 		5 January 1995 9 May 1997 2 years, 124 days 127 46 34 47 36.22
England Terry Bullivant[26] 30 June 1997 18 March 1998 261 days 50 15 14 21 30
England Alan Pardew[27] 18 March 1998 25 March 1998 7 days 1 0 0 1 0
Scotland Tommy Burns[28] 25 March 1998 16 September 1999 1 year, 175 days 68 20 18 30 29.41
England Alan Pardew[27] 16 September 1999 9 September 2003 3 years, 358 days 216 104 52 60 48.15
England Kevin Dillon[29] 10 September 2003 9 October 2003 29 days 7 2 1 4 28.57
England Steve Coppell[30] 9 October 2003 12 May 2009 5 years, 215 days 282 126 66 90 44.68
Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers[31] 4 June 2009 16 December 2009 195 days 23 6 6 11 26.09
England Brian McDermott[32] 16 December 2009 11 March 2013 3 years, 85 days 152 70 41 41 46.05
Republic of Ireland Eamonn Dolan[33] 11 March 2013 26 March 2013 15 days 1 0 0 1 0
England Nigel Adkins[34] 26 March 2013 15 December 2014 1 year, 264 days 80 29 20 31 36.25
Scotland Steve Clarke[35][36] 16 December 2014 4 December 2015 354 days 53 19 14 20 35.85
England Martin Kuhl[37] 4 December 2015 17 December 2015 13 days 2 0 0 2 0
England Brian McDermott[32] 17 December 2015 27 May 2016 175 days 30 9 8 13 30
Netherlands Jaap Stam[38] 13 June 2016 21 March 2018[39] 1 year, 281 days 98 40 23 35 40.82
England Paul Clement 23 March 2018[40] 6 December 2018[41] 258 days 30 7 8 15 23.33
Scotland Scott Marshall 6 December 2018 22 December 2018 16 days 3 0 1 2 0
Portugal José Gomes 22 December 2018 9 October 2019 291 days 38 9 14 15 23.68
Wales Mark Bowen 14 October 2019 29 August 2020 320 days 40 14 12 14 35
Serbia Veljko Paunović 29 August 2020 19 February 2022[42] 1 year, 174 days 80 27 17 36 33.75
Wales Eddie Niedzwiecki[43] 5 September 2020 5 September 2020 1 day 1 1 0 0 100
Serbia Marko Mitrović[44] 2 November 2021 6 November 2021 4 days 2 1 0 1 50
England Paul Ince
Barbados Michael Gilkes 		19 February 2022[42] 16 May 2022[45] 86 days 14 4 3 7 28.57
England Paul Ince 16 May 2022[45] 11 April 2023[46] 330 days 44 14 8 22 31.82
Republic of Ireland Noel Hunt 11 April 2023[46] 8 May 2023 27 days 5 0 3 2 0
Spain Rubén Sellés 26 June 2023[47] 6 December 2024[48] 1 year, 163 days 78 34 18 26 43.59
Republic of Ireland Noel Hunt 7 December 2024[49] Present 51 days 11 3 3 5 27.27

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