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Managers

47 men have picked the team — from 1920 to today.
The managers · Milestones
Managers
47
who have taken charge
Most games
739
Don Revie
Longest tenure
13.1yrs
Don Revie
Honours won
14
major trophies
Don Revie
The defining manager

Don Revie

1961 — 1974 · 739 matches

Took a struggling Second Division side and built the most feared team in England — two league titles, an FA Cup, a League Cup and two Fairs Cups across thirteen seasons. The benchmark every Leeds manager since has been measured against.

  • Second Division 1964
  • League Cup 1968
  • Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968
  • Football League First Division 1969
  • Charity Shield 1970
  • Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1971
  • FA Cup 1972
  • Football League First Division 1974
739

P

396

W

196

D

147

L

54%

Win rate

The complete list

Every manager

Leeds United managers, chronological order
Manager Years P W D L Win rate
Arthur Fairclough 1920–27 307 109 77 121
36%
Dick Ray 1927–35 347 144 74 129
41%
Billy Hampson 1935–47 223 70 47 106
31%
Willis Edwards 1947–48 42 13 8 21
31%
Major Frank Buckley 1948–53 225 88 63 74
39%
Raich Carter 1953–58 217 90 51 76
41%
Bill Lambton 1958–59 33 10 8 15
30%
Bob Roxburgh 1959 10 5 1 4
50%
Jack Taylor 1959–61 83 27 17 39
33%
Don Revie 1961–74 739 396 196 147
54%
Brian Clough 1974 13 3 4 6
23%
Jimmy Armfield 1974–78 195 88 47 60
45%
Jock Stein 1978 16 6 5 5
38%
Jimmy Adamson 1978–80 102 36 31 35
35%
Allan Clarke 1980–82 76 24 20 32
32%
Eddie Gray 1982–85, 2003–04 189 64 64 61
34%
Billy Bremner 1985–88 142 59 31 52
42%
Peter Gunby 1988 3 0 0 3
0%
Howard Wilkinson 1988–96 412 179 117 116
43%
George Graham 1996–98 95 37 27 31
39%
David O'Leary 1998–02 203 101 46 56
50%
Terry Venables 2002–03 42 16 7 19
38%
Peter Reid 2003 22 6 4 12
27%
Kevin Blackwell 2004–06 115 44 36 35
38%
John Carver 2006 5 1 0 4
20%
Dave Geddis 2006 1 0 0 1
0%
Dennis Wise 2006–08 68 30 12 26
44%
Gwyn Williams 2008 1 0 0 1
0%
Gary McAllister 2008 50 25 8 17
50%
Simon Grayson 2008–12 169 84 40 45
50%
Neil Redfearn 2012, 2013, 2014, 2014–15 42 16 8 18
38%
Neil Warnock 2012–13 63 23 15 25
37%
Brian McDermott 2013–14, 2014 54 20 9 25
37%
Nigel Gibbs 2014 1 1 0 0
100%
David Hockaday 2014 6 2 0 4
33%
Darko Milanic 2014 6 0 3 3
0%
Uwe Rösler 2015 12 2 5 5
17%
Steve Evans 2015–16 38 14 12 12
37%
Garry Monk 2016–17 53 27 9 17
51%
Thomas Christiansen 2017–18 35 15 6 14
43%
Paul Heckingbottom 2018 16 4 4 8
25%
Marcelo Bielsa 2018–22 170 81 30 59
48%
Jesse Marsch 2022–23 37 11 10 16
30%
Michael Skubala 2023 3 0 1 2
0%
Javi Gracia 2023 12 3 2 7
25%
Sam Allardyce 2023 4 0 1 3
0%
Daniel Farke 2023–26 148 76 38 34
51%

Win rate is league and cup combined. Managers sorted chronologically by first match.