List of Hull City A.F.C. managers

Mike Phelan was caretaker manager Hull City A.F.C. from July to October 2016, when he became head coach

Hull City A.F.C. is a professional football club based in Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The club was founded in 1904 and was initially managed by James Ramster who only took charge of the team for friendly matches. Ambrose Langley, a former Sheffield Wednesday player managed Hull for over 300 games from 1905 to 1913. Harry Chapman, Fred Stringer, David Menzies and Percy Lewis held short tenures as manager before Billy McCracken led the club from 1923 to 1931, overseeing 375 matches. Haydn Green took charge for almost three seasons, leaving the club in 1934 with a win percentage just shy of 50%.

Raich Carter became the next Hull City manager to lead the club for over 100 competitive matches, holding the tenure from March 1948 to September 1951. Five managers, Bob Jackson, Bob Brocklebank, Cliff Britton, Terry Neill and John Kaye, then led the club over the next 25 years. Mike Smith and Brian Horton also managed the club for over 100 games, while Terry Dolan took charge for over 300 matches in the 1990s. Dane Jan Mølby became the first and only manager from outside the United Kingdom when he took over in April 2002. His tenure was to be short-lived, he was replaced on a full-time basis after just 17 competitive matches in charge by Peter Taylor.

Phil Brown became the first Hull City manager to lead the club to the top division of English football in 2008 after winning the Football League Championship play-off Finals 1–0 against Bristol City at Wembley Stadium. Hull City player Nick Barmby took over, initially in a caretaker role, in November 2011, but was released from his duties the following May, to be replaced by Steve Bruce. On 22 July 2016 the BBC reported that manager Steve Bruce had resigned from his position.^[1] This was later confirmed by the club that indicated Mike Phelan would act as caretaker manager.^[2] On 13 October 2016, Phelan became the head coach.^[3]

Managers

Updated as of 29 November 2016. Only professional, competitive matches are counted.^[4]

Name	Nat	Tenure	G	W	D	L	Win %
Ramster, JamesJames Ramster	England	August 1904 – April 1905	0	0	0	0	00.00
Langley, AmbroseAmbrose Langley	England	April 1905 – April 1913	318	143	67	108	44.96
Chapman, HarryHarry Chapman	England	April 1913 – September 1914	45	20	10	15	44.44
Stringer, FredFred Stringer	England	September 1914 – July 1916	43	22	6	15	51.16
Menzies, DavidDavid Menzies	England	July 1916 – June 1921	90	31	27	32	34.44
Lewis, PercyPercy Lewis	England	July 1921 – January 1923	71	27	18	26	38.02
McCracken, BillyBilly McCracken	Northern Ireland	February 1923 – May 1931	375	134	104	137	35.73
Green, HaydnHaydn Green	England	May 1931 – March 1934	123	61	24	38	49.59
Hill, JackJack Hill	England	March 1934 – January 1936	77	24	15	38	31.16
Menzies, DavidDavid Menzies	England	February 1936 – October 1936	24	5	8	11	20.83
Blackburn, ErnestErnest Blackburn	England	December 1936 – January 1946	117	50	31	36	42.73
Buckley, FrankFrank Buckley	England	May 1946 – March 1948	80	33	19	28	41.25
Carter, RaichRaich Carter	England	March 1948 – September 1951	157	74	41	42	47.13
Jackson, BobBob Jackson	England	June 1952 – March 1955	123	42	26	55	34.14
Brocklebank, BobBob Brocklebank	England	March 1955 – May 1961	302	113	71	118	37.41
Britton, CliffCliff Britton	England	July 1961 – November 1969	406	170	101	135	41.87
Neill, TerryTerry Neill	Northern Ireland	June 1970 – September 1974	174	61	55	58	35.05
Kaye, JohnJohn Kaye	England	September 1974 – October 1977	126	40	40	46	31.74
Collins, BobbyBobby Collins	Scotland	October 1977 – February 1978	19	4	7	8	21.05
McGuinness, WilfWilf McGuinness*	England	February 1978 – April 1978	9	1	4	5	11.11
Houghton, KenKen Houghton	England	April 1978 – December 1979	72	23	22	27	31.94
Smith, MikeMike Smith	England	December 1979 – March 1982	117	30	37	50	25.64
Brown, BobbyBobby Brown*	Scotland	March 1982 – June 1982	19	10	4	5	52.63
Appleton, ColinColin Appleton	England	June 1982 – May 1984	91	47	29	15	51.64
Horton, BrianBrian Horton	England	June 1984 – April 1988	195	77	58	60	39.48
Gray, EddieEddie Gray	Scotland	June 1988 – May 1989	51	13	14	24	25.49
Appleton, ColinColin Appleton	England	May 1989 – October 1989	16	1	8	7	6.25
Ternent, StanStan Ternent	England	November 1989 – January 1991	62	19	15	28	30.64
Dolan, TerryTerry Dolan	England	January 1991 – July 1997	322	99	96	127	30.74
Hateley, MarkMark Hateley	England	July 1997 – November 1998	76	17	14	45	22.36
Joyce, WarrenWarren Joyce	England	November 1998 – April 2000	86	33	25	28	38.37
Russell, BillyBilly Russell*	Scotland	April 2000 – April 2000	2	0	0	2	00.00
Little , BrianBrian Little	England	April 2000 – February 2002	97	41	28	28	42.26
Russell, BillyBilly Russell*	Scotland	February 2002 – April 2002	7	1	1	5	14.29
Mølby, JanJan Mølby	Denmark	April 2002 – October 2002	17	2	8	7	11.76
Russell, BillyBilly Russell*	Scotland	October 2002 – October 2002	1	1	0	0	100.00
Taylor, PeterPeter Taylor	England	October 2002 – June 2006	184	77	50	57	41.84
Parkinson, PhilPhil Parkinson	England	June 2006 – December 2006	24	5	6	13	20.83
Brown, PhilPhil Brown	England	December 2006 – June 2010	157	52	40	65	33.12
Dowie, IainIain Dowie†	Northern Ireland	March 2010 – June 2010	9	1	3	5	11.11
Pearson, NigelNigel Pearson	England	June 2010 – November 2011	64	23	20	21	35.94
Barmby, NickNick Barmby	England	November 2011 – May 2012	33	13	8	12	39.39
Bruce, SteveSteve Bruce	England	June 2012 – July 2016	201	83	44	74	41.29
Phelan, MikeMike Phelan*	England	July 2016 – October 2016	9	4	1	4	44.44
Phelan, MikeMike Phelan‡	England	October 2016 –	8	1	1	4	37.50

* Caretaker manager
† Temporary football management consultant
‡ Head coach

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