Hull City Association Football Club 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 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. After a poor run of results, Brown was placed on "garden leave" to be replaced by Iain Dowie in an attempt to keep Hull City in the Premier League, an effort which ended in relegation with Dowie only overseeing a solitary win in his nine games in charge. Nigel Pearson was appointed to stabilise the team following relegation to the Championship, he held the role for 15 months until he was enticed to return to Leicester City, the club he had left to join Hull City. 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. This was later confirmed by the club who announced Mike Phelan would act as caretaker manager. On 13 October 2016, Phelan became the head coach. He was sacked on 3 January 2017. On 5 January 2017, the club announced the appointment of Marco Silva as the new head coach until the end of the 2016–17 season. On 25 May 2017, following relegation from the Premier League head coach Marco Silva resigned. On 9 June 2017, the club announced the appointment of Leonid Slutsky as head coach. On 3 December 2017, Leonid Slutsky left the club by mutual consent after a run of bad results. On 7 December 2017, Nigel Adkins was appointed as head coach on an 18-month contract. On 8 June 2019, manager Atkins indicated that he would not take-up the offer of a new contract with the club and left the club before the start of the 2019–20 season. On 21 June 2019, Grant McCann was appointed as the new head coach on a one-year rolling contract. Following the takeover of the club by Acun Medya Group, backed by Acun Ilıcalı, on 19 January 2022, McCann was sacked a few days later. On 27 January 2022, Shota Arveladze was announced as the new head coach. On 30 September 2022, Arveladze was sacked after a run of four league defeats and Andy Dawson was appointed as interim head coach. Dawson's temporary reign lasted 8 games, 3 wins and 5 losses were recorded before Liam Rosenior was appointed as his successor on 3 November 2022. On 7 May 2024, after a seventh-place finish for Hull City caused the team to narrowly miss out on the play-offs, Rosenior was sacked. Hull City owner, Acun Ilicali said that Rosenior had been sacked over a difference on football philosophy between the two with Ilicali wanting attacking football and Rosenior unable to offer that as a manager. On 31 May 2024, Tim Walter was appointed as the new manager of the club and would take up the post on 1 July 2024. On 27 November 2024, the club parted ways with Walter following a run of four straight defeats and nine games without a win, to be replaced by Andy Dawson as interim head coach. On 6 December 2024, Rubén Sellés was appointed as head coach of the club on a two-and-a-half-year deal, taking up his position from 9 December. On 15 May 2025, the club announced that they had parted company with Sellés. On 11 June 2025, Sergej Jakirović was announced as the new head coach on a two-year contract.
Managers Updated as of 19 September 2026. Only professional, competitive matches are counted.
Name Nat Tenure G W D L Win %August 1904 – April 1905 000000.00April 1905 – April 1913 3181436710844.96April 1913 – September 1914 4520101544.44September 1914 – July 1916 432261551.16July 1916 – June 1921 9031273234.44July 1921 – January 1923 7127182638.02February 1923 – May 1931 37513410413735.73May 1931 – March 1934 12361243849.59March 1934 – January 1936 7724153831.16February 1936 – October 1936 24581120.83December 1936 – January 1946 11750313642.73May 1946 – March 1948 8033192841.25March 1948 – September 1951 15774414247.13June 1952 – March 1955 12342265534.14March 1955 – May 1961 3021137111837.41July 1961 – November 1969 40617010113541.87June 1970 – September 1974 17461555835.05September 1974 – October 1977 12640404631.74October 1977 – February 1978 1947821.05*February 1978 – April 1978 1014510.00 April 1978 – December 1979 7223222731.94December 1979 – March 1982 11730375025.64*March 1982 – June 1982 19104552.63June 1982 – May 1984 9147291551.64June 1984 – April 1988 19577586039.48June 1988 – May 1989 5113142425.49May 1989 – October 1989 161876.25November 1989 – January 1991 6219152830.64January 1991 – July 1997 322999612730.74July 1997 – November 1998 7617144522.36November 1998 – April 2000 8633252838.37*April 2000 – April 2000 200200.00April 2000 – February 2002 9741282842.26*February 2002 – April 2002 711514.29April 2002 – October 2002 1728711.76*October 2002 – October 2002 1100100.00October 2002 – June 2006 18477505741.84June 2006 – December 2006 24561320.83December 2006 – June 2010 15752406533.12†March 2010 – June 2010 913511.11June 2010 – November 2011 6423202135.94November 2011 – May 2012 331381239.39June 2012 – July 2016 20183447441.29* July 2016 – October 2016 941444.44‡ October 2016 – January 2017 1524913.33 January 2017 – May 2017 22831136.36 June 2017 – December 201721471019.05 December 2017 – June 20197826213133.33 June 2019 – January 202213653305338.97Shota Arveladze January 2022 – September 2022 30961530.00Andy Dawson* September 2022 – November 2022 830537.50Liam Rosenior November 2022 – May 2024 7827282334.62Tim WalterJuly 2024 – November 20241836916.67Andy Dawson* November 2024 – December 2024200200.00Rubén Sellés December 2024 – May 202528981132.14Sergej Jakirović June 2025 – Present5925161842.37
* Caretaker manager † Temporary football management consultant ‡ Head coach
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