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List of Everton F.C. managers

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Everton F.C. is a professional association football club based in Liverpool, England. The club was founded in 1878, but did not participate in competitive football until 1887, when they first took part in the FA Cup. The club has had 26 permanent managers, though this role was previously filled by the club secretary.

Alexander Nisbet was the club secretary, before William Edward Barclay became the club secretary for Everton's first season in the newly founded Football League but was replaced the following season by Dick Molyneux. Molyneux brought the first title to the club, winning the First Division in the 1890–91 season. He managed the club for eleven seasons before being replaced in 1901 by William C. Cuff who brought further success in the shape of another League title in the 1914–15 season and the club's first FA Cup, a 1–0 victory over Newcastle United at Crystal Palace. Between the First and Second World Wars, the club enjoyed its first prolonged period of success under the guidance of Thomas H. McIntosh. Despite relegation to the Second Division in the 1928–29 season, he led the team to back-to-back Second and First Division championships in 1931 and 1932, the 1933 FA Cup and two successful appearances in the Charity Shield. A fifth league title was secured in 1938–39 while the club was managed by Theo Kelly, while in 1946 Kelly was appointed as the club's first manager after the succession of secretaries and senior coaches who were responsible for team selection.[1][2]

With the pre-War team dispersed, the club struggled to reassert its dominance in the late 1940s and eventually suffered relegation to the Second Division under Cliff Britton in the 1950–51 season. After finishing second in the 1953–54 season, the club returned to the top tier of English football, the level at which they have played ever since. In 1961, the club appointed Harry Catterick as manager who led the club to the league title again in both the 1962–63 and 1969–70 seasons, with the league successes punctuated by another FA Cup triumph, this time a 3–2 victory over Sheffield Wednesday at Wembley.

The club failed to achieve further league or cup success until the appointment of former Everton player and club captain Howard Kendall in 1981. While results were initially mixed under Kendall, this was not to last as he led Everton to their most successful season ever winning the European Cup Winners' Cup and the First Division title in the 1984–85 season.[3] Following success in the Charity Shield thrice and another League championship in 1986–87, Kendall resigned from Everton to manage Spanish side Athletic Bilbao. He returned for two further spells during the 1990s (1990–1993 & 1997–1998) but without such success. Former Everton player and Oldham Athletic manager Joe Royle was appointed in 1994 following the disastrous reign of Mike Walker (1994 for 10 months) winning the FA Cup in the same season. Injury crises and players such as Andrei Kanchelskis being sold led to Royle's resignation in March 1997.[4] Former Rangers manager, Walter Smith, took the position in August 1998, but he failed to transfer the success he had achieved in Scotland. With three bottom-half finishes in his first three seasons and facing relegation in the 2001–02 season, Smith was sacked. He was replaced by fellow Scot David Moyes who led the club back into European football and also signed back striker Duncan Ferguson, before finishing fifth in the 2006–07 season. Under Moyes's 11-year managership, the club prospered, qualifying for the Champions League in 2005 and reaching the FA Cup final in 2009. However, the long-awaited trophy that his leadership deserved eluded him. Having stalled on contract renewal discussions, and following the announcement of Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement as manager of Manchester United at the end of the 2013 season, Moyes succeeded him at Old Trafford.

Moyes's replacement was Roberto Martínez, the club's first manager from outside Britain and Ireland. After three seasons, the last of which saw Everton return their worst home record in the club's 138-year history, Martínez was sacked in May 2016 and replaced by Ronald Koeman a month later. Koeman was sacked in October 2017 after 16 months in the job following a 5–2 defeat to Arsenal that had dropped the club into the relegation zone.[5] Sam Allardyce was named as Koeman's permanent replacement in November 2017.[6] He was replaced at the end of 2017–18 by Marco Silva after finishing in 8th[7] Silva was sacked in December 2019 following a 5–2 defeat to Liverpool,[8] with Duncan Ferguson taking over as interim manager until the arrival of Carlo Ancelotti on 21 December 2019.[9] Ancelotti would depart the club at the end of the 2020–21 season, returning to coach Real Madrid.[10] On 30 June 2021, Rafael Benítez was named as Ancelotti's successor.[11] He himself would be relieved of his duties on 16 January 2022 following a defeat to Norwich City which left Everton in 15th in the league.[12][13] Benítez's six-and-a-half month tenure meant that he was the shortest-serving permanent manager in Everton's history.[14] He was replaced temporarily with Duncan Ferguson as caretaker manager again that same day, playing and losing one game against Aston Villa, before being replaced by Frank Lampard on 31 January 2022.[15] Lampard just about kept Everton up, but after a very below-par first half of the following season, alongside unrest from fans against the board, he was sacked on 23 January 2023 with the Toffeemen sitting bottom alongside Southampton with only 15 points, and he was replaced by Sean Dyche a week later on 30 January 2023.[16][17] Dyche was also sacked, nearly two years later on 9 January 2025 after poor results, which left the club one point above the relegation zone. David Moyes returned as manager two days later on 11 January 2025.

Managers

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As of match played 28 January 2025. Only professional, competitive matches are counted.
Table of Everton F.C. managers, including tenure, record and honours
Manager Nationality From To Games W D L Win % Honours[18] Notes
Alexander Nisbet  England August 1886 12 June 1888 4 1 2 1 25.00
William Edward Barclay Ireland Ireland 12 June 1888 23 August 1889 22 9 2 11 040.91
Dick Molyneux  England 23 August 1889 11 September 1901 388 196 64 128 050.52 1 Division One title
Will Cuff  England 11 September 1901 3 December 1918 575 273 110 192 047.48 1 Division One title,
1 FA Cup
W.J. Sawyer  England August 1918 May 1919 16 7 3 6 043.75
Thomas H. McIntosh  England 1 December 1919 29 October 1935 715 282 179 254 039.44 2 Division One championships,
1 Division Two championship,
1 FA Cup,
2 Charity Shields
Theo Kelly  England 30 October 1935 4 March 1946 170 73 34 63 042.94 1 Division One championship
Theo Kelly  England 5 March 1946 10 October 1948 103 39 19 45 037.86
Cliff Britton  England 11 October 1948 24 February 1956 336 124 91 121 036.90
Ian Buchan  Scotland 3 May 1956 25 September 1958 99 32 22 45 032.32
Johnny Carey  Ireland 20 October 1958 15 April 1961 122 51 22 49 041.80
Harry Catterick  England 17 April 1961 11 April 1973 592 275 156 161 046.45 2 Division One championships,
1 FA Cup,
2 Charity Shields
Tom Eggleston*  England 12 April 1973 28 May 1973 6 1 2 3 016.67
Billy Bingham  Northern Ireland 28 May 1973 10 January 1977 172 64 55 53 037.21
Steve Burtenshaw*  England 10 January 1977 30 January 1977 4 0 2 2 000.00
Gordon Lee  England 30 January 1977 31 May 1981 234 92 72 70 039.32
Howard Kendall  England 1 June 1981 18 June 1987 338 183 78 77 054.14 2 Division One championships,
1 FA Cup,
1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup,
3 Charity Shields
Colin Harvey  England 19 June 1987 31 October 1990 176 75 52 49 042.61 1 Charity Shield
Jimmy Gabriel*  Scotland 3 November 1990 3 November 1990 1 1 0 0 100.00
Howard Kendall  England 5 November 1990 4 December 1993 162 63 40 59 038.89
Jimmy Gabriel*  Scotland 8 December 1993 3 January 1994 7 0 1 6 000.00
Mike Walker  Wales 7 January 1994 8 November 1994 35 6 11 18 017.14
Joe Royle  England 10 November 1994 27 March 1997 118 47 36 35 039.83 1 FA Cup,
1 Charity Shield
Dave Watson*  England 5 April 1997 11 May 1997 7 1 3 3 014.29
Howard Kendall  England 27 June 1997 25 June 1998 42 11 13 18 026.19
Walter Smith  Scotland 1 July 1998 13 March 2002 168 53 50 65 031.55
David Moyes  Scotland 14 March 2002 30 June 2013 518 218 139 161 042.08
Roberto Martínez  Spain 5 July 2013 12 May 2016 143 61 39 43 042.66
David Unsworth*, Joe Royle*  England  England 15 May 2016 15 May 2016 1 1 0 0 100.00
Ronald Koeman  Netherlands 14 June 2016 23 October 2017 58 24 14 20 041.38
David Unsworth*  England 24 October 2017 30 November 2017 8 2 1 5 025.00
Sam Allardyce  England 30 November 2017 16 May 2018 26 10 7 9 038.46
Marco Silva  Portugal 31 May 2018 5 December 2019 60 24 12 24 040.00
Duncan Ferguson*  Scotland 5 December 2019 21 December 2019 4 1 3 0 025.00
Carlo Ancelotti  Italy 21 December 2019 1 June 2021 67 31 14 22 046.27
Rafael Benítez  Spain 30 June 2021 16 January 2022 22 7 5 10 031.82
Duncan Ferguson*  Scotland 16 January 2022 31 January 2022 1 0 0 1 000.00
Frank Lampard  England 31 January 2022 23 January 2023 44 12 8 24 027.27
Sean Dyche  England 30 January 2023 9 January 2025 84 26 26 32 030.95
Leighton Baines*, Séamus Coleman*  England  Ireland 9 January 2025 11 January 2025 1 1 0 0 100.00
David Moyes  Scotland 11 January 2025 Present 3 2 0 1 066.67

References

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  1. ^ "Managers – Theo Kelly". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2007.
  2. ^ "Managers". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
  3. ^ "Managers – Howard Kendall". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2007.
  4. ^ "Managers – Joe Royle". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2007.
  5. ^ "Ronald Koeman: Everton sack manager after Arsenal defeat". BBC Sport. 23 October 2017. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Everton confirm Sam Allardyce will become new manager". Sky Sports. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Marco Silva: New Everton boss seeks 'great connection' between players and fans". BBC Sport. 31 May 2018. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Everton sack Marco Silva as manager after 18 months in charge". BBC Sport. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Carlo Ancelotti: Everton appoint Italian as manager on four-and-a-half-year deal". BBC Sport. 21 December 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Carlo Ancelotti leaves Everton for Real Madrid return". BBC Sport. 1 June 2021. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Benitez Appointed Everton Manager". Everton F.C. 30 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Rafael Benitez: Everton sack manager after just six-and-a-half months in charge following Norwich defeat". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Benitez sacked by Everton". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  14. ^ "Ex-Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez sacked by Everton to confirm shortest managerial reign in Toffees' history". Yardbarker. 16 January 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Frank Lampard: Everton appoint former Chelsea boss as new manager to replace Rafael Benitez". Sky Sports. 31 January 2022. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Frank Lampard: Everton manager sacked after defeat by West Ham". BBC Sport. 23 January 2023. Archived from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  17. ^ "Dyche appointed as Everton manager". BBC Sport. 30 January 2023. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Honours and records". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
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  • Official website – all dates taken from this site reflect the manager's first and last games rather than their dates of appointment and departure.
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