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
NameFromToRecordNotesPWDLW %L %PPGW.D. Clarke1895Secretary and Manager Harry Newbould1 August 1896 31 July 190637615181144FA Cup finalists (1897–98, 1898–99, 1902–03) Jimmy Methven1 August 190630 June 1922498202117179 Division Two champions (1911–12, 1914–15) Cecil Potter1 July 192231 July 1925137623441 George Jobey1 August 19251 May 1941629273140216Division One runners-up (1929–30, 1935–36)Division Two promotion (1925–26) Ted Magner1 August 19441 January 194611920Football League North champions (1944–45)Midlands Cup winners (1944–45) Stuart McMillan1 January 19461 November 195334614673127FA Cup winners (1945–46) Jack Barker1 November 19531 April 195564121636 Harry Storer Jr.1 June 195531 May 196233213767118Football League Division Three North champions (1956–57) Tim Ward1 June 196231 May 1967219725988 Brian Clough1 June 196715 October 19732891357084Division One champions (1971–72)Division Two champions (1968–69)European Cup semi-finalists (1972–73) Jimmy Gordon15 October 197323 October 19732110Caretaker manager Dave Mackay23 October 197325 November 1976158704444Division One champions (1974–75)Charity Shield winners (1975) Colin Murphy25 November 197617 September 19773571513 Tommy Docherty17 September 197710 May 197978242133 Colin Addison6 July 197925 January 1982105332844 John Newman25 January 198211 August 19823561316 Peter Taylor11 August 19824 April 198466192225 Roy McFarland4 April 198428 May 19849414 Arthur Cox28 May 19842 October 1993453184108161 Division Two champions (1986–87) Roy McFarland2 October 199329 April 199593402131 Billy McEwan29 April 199515 June 19951001Caretaker manager Jim Smith15 June 19957 October 20012819981101New Division One runners-up (1995–96) Colin Todd8 October 200114 January 2002174211 Billy McEwan14 January 200230 January 20022002Caretaker manager John Gregory30 January 200221 March 20035516930 Mark Lillis21 March 200331 March 20031001Caretaker manager George Burley31 March 20037 June 2005107392543 Phil Brown24 June 200530 January 20063371412 Terry Westley30 January 20062 June 200616466 Billy Davies2 June 200626 November 200769311424 Championship playoffs winners (2006–07) Paul Jewell28 November 200729 December 200858131530 Chris Hutchings29 December 20086 January 20091100 Caretaker manager David Lowe6 January 20098 January 20091100Caretaker manager Nigel Clough8 January 200928 September 20132317654101 Darren Wassall29 September 20131 October 20131010001Caretaker manager Steve McClaren1 October 201325 May 201595512222 Paul Clement1 June 20158 February 20163314127 Darren Wassall8 February 201627 May 201618936Interim head coach Nigel Pearson27 May 20168 October 201614356 Chris Powell27 September 201612 October 20162110 Caretaker manager Steve McClaren12 October 2016 12 March 2017291379 Gary Rowett14 March 201722 May 201860261816 Frank Lampard31 May 20184 July 201957241716 Phillip Cocu5 July 201914 November 202065211826 Wayne Rooney15 November 202024 June 202285242239Interim player-manager (until 15 January 2021) Liam Rosenior26 June 202222 September 202212723Interim manager Paul Warne22 September 20227 February 2025132603141League One runners-up (2023-24) Matt Hamshaw7 February 202513 February 20252020Caretaker manager John Eustace13 February 2025Present71261530
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