List of Derby County F.C. managers

Statue outside Pride Park Stadium of Derby County's 1972 Football League-winning manager Brian Clough and his assistant Peter Taylor, who also managed the club

Derby County is an English association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire. The club was formed in 1884 but didn't appoint a full-time manager until 1896; prior to this the team for each match was selected by committee, a common practice in the early days of professional football. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team since 1896. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker managers are included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge. Derby have had 26 full-time managers. The most successful of these is Brian Clough, who won the club's first ever Football League title and reached the semi-final of the European Cup. The club's longest-serving managers were Jimmy Methven and George Jobey, who managed the club for 16 years, with Jobey being in charge for a club-record 629 games.

Managers

Name	Nationality	From	To	Record							Notes
				P	W	D	L	Win %	Loss %	PPG*
Harry Newbould	England	1 August 1896	31 July 1906	376	151	81	144	40.16	38.3	1.42	FA Cup Finalists, 1897/98, 1898/99, 1902/03
Jimmy Methven	Scotland	1 August 1906	30 June 1922	498	202	117	179	40.56	35.94	1.45	Division Two Champions, 1911–12, 1914–15
Cecil Potter	England	1 July 1922	31 July 1925	137	62	34	41	45.26	29.93	1.61
George Jobey	England	1 August 1925	1 May 1941	629	273	140	216	43.4	34.34	1.52	Division One Runners Up, 1929–30, 1935–36 Division Two Promotion, 1925/26
Ted Magner	England	1 August 1944	31 May 1946	11	9	2	0	81.82	0	2.64	Football League North Champions, 1945/46 Midlands Cup Winners, 1945/46
Stuart McMillan	England	1 January 1946	1 November 1953	346	146	73	127	42.2	36.71	1.48	FA Cup, Winners 1945/46
Jack Barker	England	1 November 1953	1 April 1955	64	12	16	36	18.75	56.25	0.81
Harry Storer, Jr.	England	1 June 1955	31 May 1962	332	137	67	118	41.27	35.54	1.44	Football League Division Three North, Champions 1956–57, Runners-Up 1955–56
Tim Ward	England	1 June 1962	31 May 1967	219	72	59	88	32.88	40.18	1.26
Brian Clough	England	1 June 1967	15 October 1973	289	135	70	84	46.71	29.07	1.64	Division One Champions, 1971–72 Division Two Champions, 1968–69 European Champion Clubs' Cup, Semi-Finalists 1973 Texaco Cup, Winners 1971–72
Jimmy Gordon	Scotland	15 October 1973	23 October 1973	2	1	1	0	50	0	2	Caretaker Manager
Dave Mackay	Scotland	23 October 1973	25 November 1976	158	70	44	44	44.3	27.85	1.61	Division One Champions, 1974–75 Charity Shield 1975
Colin Murphy	England	25 November 1976	17 September 1977	35	7	15	13	20	37.14	1.03
Tommy Docherty	Scotland	17 September 1977	10 May 1979	78	24	21	33	30.77	42.31	1.19
Colin Addison	England	6 July 1979	25 January 1982	105	33	28	44	31.43	41.9	1.21
John Newman	England	25 January 1982	11 August 1982	35	6	13	16	17.14	45.71	0.89
Peter Taylor	England	11 August 1982	4 April 1984	66	19	22	25	28.79	37.88	1.2
Roy McFarland	England	4 April 1984	28 May 1984	9	4	1	4	44.44	44.44	1.44
Arthur Cox	England	28 May 1984	2 October 1993	453	184	108	161	40.62	35.54	1.46	Division Two Champions, 1986–87
Roy McFarland	England	2 October 1993	29 April 1995	93	40	21	31	43.01	33.33	1.52	Division One (New) Playoffs Runners Up, 1993/94
Billy McEwan	Scotland	29 April 1995	15 June 1995	1	0	0	1	0	100	0	Caretaker Manager
Jim Smith	England	15 June 1995	7 October 2001	281	99	81	101	35.23	35.94	1.35	Division One (New) Runners-Up 1995–96
Colin Todd	England	8 October 2001	14 January 2002	17	4	2	11	23.53	64.71	0.82
Billy McEwan	Scotland	14 January 2002	30 January 2002	2	0	0	2	0	100	0	Caretaker Manager
John Gregory	England	30 January 2002	21 March 2003	55	16	9	30	29.09	54.55	1.04
Mark Lillis	England	21 March 2003	31 March 2003	1	0	0	1	0	100	0	Caretaker Manager
George Burley	Scotland	31 March 2003	7 June 2005	107	39	25	43	36.45	40.19	1.33	Championship Playoffs Semi-Finalists, 2004–05
Phil Brown	England	24 June 2005	30 January 2006	33	7	14	12	21.21	36.36	1.06
Terry Westley	England	30 January 2006	2 June 2006	16	4	6	6	25	37.5	1.13
Billy Davies	Scotland	2 June 2006	26 November 2007	69	31	14	24	44.93	34.78	1.55	Championship Playoffs Winner, 2006–07
Paul Jewell	England	28 November 2007	29 December 2008	58	13	15	30	22.41	51.72	0.93
Chris Hutchings	England	29 December 2008	6 January 2009	1	1	0	0	100	0	3	Caretaker Manager
David Lowe	England	6 January 2009	8 January 2009	1	1	0	0	100	0	3	Caretaker Manager
Nigel Clough	England	8 January 2009	28 September 2013	231	76	54	101	32.9	43.72	1.22
Darren Wassall	England	29 September 2013	1 October 2013	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	Caretaker Manager
Steve McClaren	England	1 October 2013	25 May 2015	95	51	22	22	54.26	23.4	1.84	Championship Playoffs Runners Up, 2013–14
Paul Clement	England	1 June 2015	8 February 2016	33	14	12	7	42.42	21.21	1.64
Darren Wassall	England	8 February 2016	27 May 2016	18	9	3	6	50	33.33	1.67	Caretaker Manager
Nigel Pearson	England	27 May 2016	8 October 2016	12	3	3	6	25	50	1
Chris Powell	England	27 September 2016	12 October 2016	1	1	0	0	50	0	2	Caretaker Manager
Steve McClaren	England	12 October 2016	Present	7	5	1	1	71.43	14.29	2.29

• Up to and including 28th November 2016
• *Points Per Game, 3 points for a win across all competitions played, 1 for a draw

References

• "Derby Managerial History". Soccerbase.com. Retrieved 20 November 2008. 
• "Rams Roll Call". Derby County F.C. Retrieved 20 November 2008.