List of Accrington Stanley F.C. managers

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Accrington Stanley F.C. was founded in October 1968 as a successor to the original Accrington Stanley which had collapsed in 1966. It is based in the Lancashire town of Accrington.

Managerial history

The clubs first manager was Jimmy Hinksman.

Following the departure of manager Leam Richardson on 30 April 2013, then player-coach James Beattie expressed an interest in taking the position.[1] On 13 May 2013, Beattie was appointed Stanley's new manager.[2] After 16 months in the post, Beattie left by mutual consent on 12 September 2014.[3] He managed for 58 matches with a win ratio of 27.6%.

Paul Stephenson was appointed caretaker manager who oversaw a victory against AFC Wimbledon.[4] On 18 September 2014, John Coleman was confirmed as manager of Accrington for his second spell with the club.[5]

List of managers

Information correct after match played on 22 March 2025.[6][7] Only competitive matches are counted, except the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season and matches in Wartime Leagues and Cups.

Key
  • Names of caretaker managers are supplied where known, and the names of caretaker managers are highlighted in italics and marked with an asterisk (*).
  • Names of player-managers are supplied where known, and are marked with a double-dagger (‡).
List of Accrington Stanley F.C. managers
Name Nationality From To Matches Won Drawn[a] Lost Win%[b] Honours Refs.
Jimmy Hinksman 1968 1975
Don Bramley 1975 1978
Dave Baron 1978 1982
Micky Finn  England 1982 1982
Dennis Cook 1982 1983
Pat Lynch 1983 1984
Gerry Keenan ‡  England 1984 1985
Frank O'Kane 1985 1986
Eric Whalley 1986 1988
Gary Pierce  England 1988 1989
David Thornley 1989 1990
Phil Staley 1990 1993
Ken Wright 1993 1994
Eric Whalley 1994 1995
Stan Allan 1995 1996
Tony Greenwood 1996 1997
Leighton James  Wales 29 September 1997 1998
Billy Rodaway  England 1998 1999
John Coleman  England 1 May 1999 23 January 2012 587 236 148 203 040.20 1999–2000: Northern Premier League Division One Champions (promotion to Northern Premier)
2002–03: Northern Premier Champions (promotion to Football Conference)
2005–06: Conference Premier Champions (promotion to League Two) 		[8][9]
Leam Richardson*  England 23 January 2012 13 February 2012 1 1 0 0 100.00 [10][11]
Paul Cook  England 13 February 2012 25 October 2012 33 8 7 18 024.24 [12][13]
Leam Richardson*  England 25 October 2012 1 November 2012 1 1 0 0 100.00 [14][15]
Leam Richardson  England 1 November 2012 30 April 2013 35 9 11 15 025.71 [16][17]
James Beattie  England 13 May 2013 12 September 2014 58 16 16 26 027.59 [18][19]
Paul Stephenson*  England 12 September 2014 18 September 2014 2 1 0 1 050.00 [20]
John Coleman  England 18 September 2014 3 March 2024 511 200 128 183 039.14 2017–18: League Two Champions (promotion to League One) [21][22]
John Doolan  England 3 March 2024 56 15 15 26 026.79

Notes

  1. ^ Drawn matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
  2. ^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places.

References

  1. ^ "James Beattie interested in Accrington Stanley manager's job". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  2. ^ "James Beattie is Accrington Stanley's new manager". BBC Sport. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  3. ^ "James Beattie: Accrington Stanley part company with boss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Stephenson leaves club". Accrington Stanley F.C. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Accrington Stanley: John Coleman returns as manager". BBC Sport. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Accrington Stanley Managers List". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Accrington Stanley Managers List stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  8. ^ "John Coleman". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  9. ^ "John Coleman stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Leam Richardson". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Leam Richardson stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Paul Cook". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Paul Cook stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Leam Richardson". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Leam Richardson stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Leam Richardson". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Leam Richardson stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  18. ^ "James Beattie". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  19. ^ "James Beattie stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  20. ^ "Paul Stephenson stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  21. ^ "John Coleman". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  22. ^ "John Coleman stats". managerstats.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.