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Managers

47 men have picked the team — from 1920 to today.
Managers
47
who have taken charge
Most games
739
Don Revie
Longest tenure
21.7yrs
Eddie Gray
Honours won
14
major trophies
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
395 W
197 D
147 L
53% 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 1959–59 10 5 1 4
50%
Jack Taylor 1959–61 83 27 17 39
33%
Don Revie 1961–74 739 395 197 147
53%
Brian Clough 1974–74 13 3 5 5
23%
Jimmy Armfield 1974–78 195 88 47 60
45%
Jock Stein 1978–78 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 1982–04 189 64 64 61
34%
Billy Bremner 1988–88 7 2 3 2
29%
Peter Gunby 1988–88 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 47 55
50%
Terry Venables 2002–03 42 16 7 19
38%
Peter Reid 2003–03 22 6 4 12
27%
Kevin Blackwell 2004–06 115 44 37 34
38%
John Carver 2006–06 5 1 0 4
20%
Dave Geddis 2006–06 1 0 0 1
0%
Dennis Wise 2006–08 68 30 12 26
44%
Gwyn Williams 2008–08 1 0 0 1
0%
Gary McAllister 2008–08 50 25 8 17
50%
Simon Grayson 2008–12 169 84 40 45
50%
Neil Redfearn 2012–15 42 16 8 18
38%
Neil Warnock 2012–13 63 23 15 25
37%
Brian McDermott 2013–14 54 20 9 25
37%
Nigel Gibbs 2014–14 1 1 0 0
100%
David Hockaday 2014–14 6 2 0 4
33%
Darko Milanic 2014–14 6 0 3 3
0%
Uwe Rösler 2015–15 12 2 6 4
17%
Steve Evans 2015–16 38 14 12 12
37%
Garry Monk 2016–17 53 25 11 17
47%
Thomas Christiansen 2017–18 35 15 6 14
43%
Paul Heckingbottom 2018–18 16 4 4 8
25%
Marcelo Bielsa 2018–22 170 80 33 57
47%
Jesse Marsch 2022–23 37 11 10 16
30%
Michael Skubala 2023–23 3 0 1 2
0%
Javi Gracia 2023–23 12 3 2 7
25%
Sam Allardyce 2023–23 4 0 1 3
0%
Daniel Farke 2023–25 109 62 27 20
57%

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