List of Walsall F.C. managers

Statistics

Only competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shoot-outs are not counted.^[1]

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%	Honours	Notes
H. Smallwood	England	1 August 1888	1 August 1891	7001890000000000000♠89	7001450000000000000♠45	7001110000000000000♠11	7001330000000000000♠33	7001505600000000000♠50.56
A. G. Burton	England	1 August 1891	1 August 1893	7001490000000000000♠49	7001140000000000000♠14	7000600000000000000♠6	7001290000000000000♠29	7001285700000000000♠28.57
J. H. Robinson	England	1 August 1893	1 August 1895	7001620000000000000♠62	7001220000000000000♠22	7000300000000000000♠3	7001370000000000000♠37	7001354809999999999♠35.48
C. H. Aislo	England	1 August 1895	1 August 1896	7001310000000000000♠31	7001190000000000000♠19	7000600000000000000♠6	7000600000000000000♠6	7001612900000000000♠61.29
A. E. Parsloe	England	1 August 1896	1 August 1897	7001330000000000000♠33	7001120000000000000♠12	7000500000000000000♠5	7001160000000000000♠16	7001363600000000000♠36.36
L. Ford	England	1 August 1897	1 August 1898	7001300000000000000♠30	7001120000000000000♠12	7000500000000000000♠5	7001130000000000000♠13	7001400000000000000♠40.00
G. Hughes	England	1 August 1898	1 August 1899	7001350000000000000♠35	7001150000000000000♠15	7001120000000000000♠12	7000800000000000000♠8	7001428600000000000♠42.86
L. Ford	England	1 August 1899	1 August 1901	7001790000000000000♠79	7001250000000000000♠25	7001240000000000000♠24	7001300000000000000♠30	7001316500000000000♠31.65
J. E. Shutt	England	1 August 1908	1 July 1912	7002144000000000000♠144	7001690000000000000♠69	7001280000000000000♠28	7001470000000000000♠47	7001479200000000000♠47.92
Haydn Price	Wales	1 July 1912	1 August 1915	7002114000000000000♠114	7001570000000000000♠57	7001190000000000000♠19	7001380000000000000♠38	7001500000000000000♠50.00		First manager from outside England
Albert Groves	Wales	1 May 1920	1 August 1921	7001360000000000000♠36	7001190000000000000♠19	7000600000000000000♠6	7001110000000000000♠11	7001527800000000000♠52.78
Joe Burchell	England	1 August 1921	1 February 1926	7002199000000000000♠199	7001740000000000000♠74	7001360000000000000♠36	7001890000000000000♠89	7001371900000000000♠37.19
David Ashworth	Ireland	1 February 1926	1 February 1927	7001420000000000000♠42	7001160000000000000♠16	7000900000000000000♠9	7001170000000000000♠17	7001381000000000000♠38.10
Jimmy Torrance	Scotland	1 February 1927	1 May 1928	7001610000000000000♠61	7001170000000000000♠17	7001120000000000000♠12	7001320000000000000♠32	7001278700000000000♠27.87
James Kerr	England	1 May 1928	1 April 1929	7001390000000000000♠39	7001130000000000000♠13	7001120000000000000♠12	7001140000000000000♠14	7001333300000000000♠33.33
Sid Scholey	England	1 April 1929	1 October 1930	7001610000000000000♠61	7001210000000000000♠21	7001100000000000000♠10	7001300000000000000♠30	7001344300000000000♠34.43
Peter O'Rourke	Scotland	1 October 1930	1 February 1932	7001630000000000000♠63	7001210000000000000♠21	7001100000000000000♠10	7001320000000000000♠32	7001333300000000000♠33.33
Bill Slade	England	1 February 1932	1 October 1934	7002114000000000000♠114	7001550000000000000♠55	7001210000000000000♠21	7001380000000000000♠38	7001482500000000000♠48.25
Andrew Wilson	Scotland	1 October 1934	1 April 1937	7002133000000000000♠133	7001470000000000000♠47	7001320000000000000♠32	7001540000000000000♠54	7001353400000000000♠35.34
Tommy Lowes	England	1 April 1937	1 September 1939	7002105000000000000♠105	7001330000000000000♠33	7001220000000000000♠22	7001500000000000000♠50	7001314300000000000♠31.43
Sam Longmore	England	1 September 1939	5 August 1944	7002166000000000000♠166	7001540000000000000♠54	7001340000000000000♠34	7001780000000000000♠78	7001325300000000000♠32.53
Harry Hibbs	England	5 August 1944	30 June 1951	7002230000000000000♠230	7001850000000000000♠85	7001570000000000000♠57	7001880000000000000♠88	7001369600000000000♠36.96		Walsall's longest-serving manager
Tony McPhee	England	1 July 1951	1 December 1951	7001210000000000000♠21	7000700000000000000♠7	7000300000000000000♠3	7001110000000000000♠11	7001333300000000000♠33.33
Brough Fletcher	England	1 March 1952	1 April 1953	7001520000000000000♠52	7000900000000000000♠9	7000800000000000000♠8	7001350000000000000♠35	7001173109999900000♠17.31
Frank Buckley	England	1 April 1953	1 September 1955	7002112000000000000♠112	7001240000000000000♠24	7001280000000000000♠28	7001600000000000000♠60	7001214300000000000♠21.43
John Love	Scotland	1 September 1955	1 December 1957	7002113000000000000♠113	7001380000000000000♠38	7001260000000000000♠26	7001490000000000000♠49	7001336300000000000♠33.63
Bill Moore	England	1 December 1957	1 November 1963	7002332000000000000♠332	7002132000000000000♠132	7001680000000000000♠68	7002132000000000000♠132	7001397600000000000♠39.76	1 Division Four (Champions) 1 Division Three (2nd place)
Alf Wood	England	1 November 1963	1 October 1964	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7001333300000000000♠33.33
Ray Shaw	England	1 October 1964	1 March 1968	7002166000000000000♠166	7001670000000000000♠67	7001350000000000000♠35	7001640000000000000♠64	7001403600000000000♠40.36
Dick Graham	England	1 March 1968	1 May 1968	7001130000000000000♠13	7000500000000000000♠5	7000400000000000000♠4	7000400000000000000♠4	7001384600000000000♠38.46
Ron Lewin	England	1 July 1968	1 February 1969	7001280000000000000♠28	7000800000000000000♠8	7001100000000000000♠10	7001100000000000000♠10	7001285700000000000♠28.57
Bill Moore	England	1 February 1969	16 October 1972	7002179000000000000♠179	7001650000000000000♠65	7001520000000000000♠52	7001620000000000000♠62	7001363100000000000♠36.31
John Smith	England	16 October 1972	23 March 1973	7001270000000000000♠27	7000800000000000000♠8	7000500000000000000♠5	7001140000000000000♠14	7001296300000000000♠29.63
Jimmy MacEwan	Scotland	23 March 1973	1 June 1973	7000900000000000000♠9	7000300000000000000♠3	7000200000000000000♠2	7000400000000000000♠4	7001333300000000000♠33.33
Ronnie Allen	England	6 June 1973	20 December 1974	7001230000000000000♠23	7000400000000000000♠4	7000900000000000000♠9	7001100000000000000♠10	7001173900000000000♠17.39
Doug Fraser	Scotland	1 January 1974	7 March 1977	7002151000000000000♠151	7001540000000000000♠54	7001430000000000000♠43	7001540000000000000♠54	7001357600000000000♠35.76
Dave Mackay	Scotland	9 March 1977	5 August 1978	7001610000000000000♠61	7001230000000000000♠23	7001250000000000000♠25	7001130000000000000♠13	7001377000000000000♠37.70
Alan Ashman	England	23 August 1978	17 February 1979	7001180000000000000♠18	7000600000000000000♠6	7000600000000000000♠6	7000600000000000000♠6	7001333300000000000♠33.33
Frank Sibley	England	1 March 1979	5 May 1979	7001150000000000000♠15	7000200000000000000♠2	7000400000000000000♠4	7000900000000000000♠9	7001133300000000000♠13.33
Alan Buckley	England	27 June 1979	1 July 1981	7001930000000000000♠93	7001360000000000000♠36	7001330000000000000♠33	7001240000000000000♠24	7001387100000000000♠38.71	1 Division Four (2nd place)
Alan Buckley & Neil Martin	England Scotland	1 July 1981	1 January 1982	7001180000000000000♠18	7000900000000000000♠9	7000500000000000000♠5	7000400000000000000♠4	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Neil Martin	Scotland	1 January 1982	1 May 1982	7001240000000000000♠24	7000300000000000000♠3	7000800000000000000♠8	7001130000000000000♠13	7001125000000000000♠12.50
Alan Buckley	England	1 May 1982	1 June 1986	7002201000000000000♠201	7001870000000000000♠87	7001480000000000000♠48	7001660000000000000♠66	7001432800000000000♠43.28
Tommy Coakley	Scotland	1 August 1986	27 December 1988	7002141000000000000♠141	7001600000000000000♠60	7001360000000000000♠36	7001450000000000000♠45	7001425509999900000♠42.55	1 Division Three (Play-off winners)
John Barnwell	Ireland	17 January 1989	1 March 1990	7001540000000000000♠54	7001100000000000000♠10	7001180000000000000♠18	7001260000000000000♠26	7001185200000000000♠18.52
Paul Taylor	England	1 March 1990	15 May 1990	7001180000000000000♠18	7000400000000000000♠4	7000400000000000000♠4	7001100000000000000♠10	7001222200000000000♠22.22
Kenny Hibbitt	England	16 May 1990	2 September 1994	7002201000000000000♠201	7001690000000000000♠69	7001550000000000000♠55	7001770000000000000♠77	7001343300000000000♠34.33
Chris Nicholl	England	1 August 1994	21 May 1997	7002157000000000000♠157	7001710000000000000♠71	7001410000000000000♠41	7001450000000000000♠45	7001452200000000000♠45.22	1 Division Three (2nd place)
Jan Sørensen	Denmark	25 June 1997	5 May 1998	7001620000000000000♠62	7001260000000000000♠26	7001130000000000000♠13	7001230000000000000♠23	7001419400000000000♠41.94		First manager from outside the United Kingdom
Ray Graydon	England	5 May 1998	22 January 2002	7002199000000000000♠199	7001790000000000000♠79	7001490000000000000♠49	7001710000000000000♠71	7001397000000000000♠39.70	1 Division Two (2nd place) 1 Division Two (Play-off winners)
Colin Lee	England	24 January 2002	16 April 2004	7002116000000000000♠116	7001380000000000000♠38	7001300000000000000♠30	7001480000000000000♠48	7001327590000000000♠32.76
Paul Merson†	England	16 April 2004	6 February 2006	7001940000000000000♠94	7001320000000000000♠32	7001230000000000000♠23	7001390000000000000♠39	7001340400000000000♠34.04
Kevan Broadhurst	England	22 February 2006	24 April 2006	7001110000000000000♠11	7000100000000000000♠1	7000400000000000000♠4	7000600000000000000♠6	07000909000000000000♠9.09
Richard Money	England	3 May 2006	22 April 2008	7002103000000000000♠103	7001440000000000000♠44	7001330000000000000♠33	7001260000000000000♠26	7001427200000000000♠42.72	1 League Two (Champions)
Jimmy Mullen	England	22 April 2008	10 January 2009	7001290000000000000♠29	7001100000000000000♠10	7000500000000000000♠5	7001140000000000000♠14	7001344809999999999♠34.48
Chris Hutchings	England	20 January 2009	4 January 2011	7001980000000000000♠98	7001310000000000000♠31	7001240000000000000♠24	7001430000000000000♠43	7001316300000000000♠31.63
Dean Smith†	England	4 January 2011	30 November 2015	7002260000000000000♠260	7001840000000000000♠84	7001960000000000000♠96	7001800000000000000♠80	7001323100000000000♠32.31
Jon Whitney (caretaker)	England	7 March 2016	Present	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7002100000000000000♠100.000

Key

† Served as caretaker manager before being appointed permanently.

Correct as of March 22, 2016.

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