The City Ground

MANAGERS

These are the records for all the Forest managers, including caretakers, since Harry Radford was appointed as our first manager in 1889.
In the next 86 years until Brian Clough joined in 1975, we had a total of 14 managers. In the 25 years since he left, we have had 23 managers and 11 caretakers!

Looking at the stats of the post-Clough era, each manager has been in charge for an average of only 60 games. Frank Clark lasted 3 and a half seasons and managed 180 games whereas Alex McLeish lasted only 7.

Steve Cooper has currently managed 45 games.

MANAGERS AND RECORDS
Italics and * = Caretaker Manager

					Competitive Record							Players
#	Manager	From	To	Num Seasons	P	W	D	L	W %	D %	L %	Used	Debuts	In	Out	Honours
1	Harry Radford	Aug 01, 1889	May 31, 1897	8	176	69	34	73	39%	19%	41%	67	57	67	65
2	Harry Haslam	Aug 01, 1897	May 31, 1909	12	462	188	104	170	41%	23%	37%	103	81	75	72	Tier 2 Champions, FA Cup
3	Fred Earp	Aug 01, 1909	May 31, 1912	3	120	35	26	59	29%	22%	49%	51	33	34	34
4	Bob Masters	Aug 01, 1912	May 31, 1925	13	386	108	97	181	28%	25%	47%	92	76	109	105	Tier 2 Champions
5	John Baynes	Aug 01, 1925	May 31, 1929	5	230	85	64	81	37%	28%	35%	72	52	47	49
6	Stan Hardy	Aug 01, 1930	May 31, 1931	1	43	14	9	20	33%	21%	47%	28	7	6	7
7	Noel Watson	Aug 01, 1931	Jul 01, 1936	5	223	79	57	87	35%	26%	39%	53	32	32	28
8	Harold Wightman	Jul 01, 1936	Mar 01, 1939	3	131	37	30	64	28%	23%	49%	47	27	26	21
9	Billy Walker	May 01, 1939	Jun 01, 1960	21	643	270	145	228	42%	23%	35%	123	112	152	157	Tier 3 Champions; FA Cup
10	Andy Beattie	Sep 01, 1960	Jul 01, 1963	3	144	52	32	60	36%	22%	42%	36	19	14	15
11	Johnny Carey	Jul 01, 1963	Dec 31, 1968	6	258	99	65	94	38%	25%	36%	46	25	18	22
12	Matt Gillies	Jan 01, 1969	Oct 20, 1972	5	181	50	50	81	28%	28%	45%	46	23	18	20
13	Dave Mackay	Nov 02, 1972	Oct 23, 1973	2	48	15	15	18	31%	31%	38%	27	6	3	8
14	Allan Brown	Nov 19, 1973	Jan 03, 1975	2	60	21	18	21	35%	30%	35%	27	4	3	3
15	Brian Clough	Jan 06, 1975	May 08, 1993	19	992	464	262	266	47%	26%	27%	130	100	87	133	2 European Cups, Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup, Tier 1 Champions, 4 League Cups, 2 Full Members Cups
16	Frank Clark	May 12, 1993	Dec 19, 1996	4	180	74	58	48	41%	32%	27%	49	23	26	18
	Stuart Pearce*	Dec 20, 1996	May 08, 1997	1	23	7	9	7	30%	39%	30%	33	4	4	6
17	Dave Bassett	May 08, 1997	Jan 05, 1999	3	77	34	19	24	44%	25%	31%	48	23	10	15	Tier 2 Champions
	Micky Adams*	Jan 05, 1999	Jan 11, 1999	1	1			1	0%	0%	100%	17
18	Ron Atkinson	Jan 11, 1999	May 16, 1999	1	17	5	2	10	29%	12%	59%	31	7	5	5
19	David Platt	Jul 01, 1999	Jul 12, 2001	2	103	37	25	41	36%	24%	40%	59	29	16	21
20	Paul Hart	Jul 12, 2001	Feb 07, 2004	3	135	45	41	49	33%	30%	36%	55	23	22	19
21	Joe Kinnear	Feb 10, 2004	Dec 16, 2004	2	44	15	15	14	34%	34%	32%	40	8	8	7
	Mick Harford*	Dec 16, 2004	Jan 10, 2005	1	6	2	1	3	33%	17%	50%	24	3	3	2
22	Gary Megson	Jan 10, 2005	Feb 16, 2006	2	59	17	18	24	29%	31%	41%	53	24	19	15
	Frank Barlow and Ian McParland*	Feb 17, 2006	May 30, 2006	1	13	8	4	1	62%	31%	8%	21
23	Colin Calderwood	May 30, 2006	Dec 26, 2008	3	136	58	40	38	43%	29%	28%	62	32	22	37
	John Pemberton*	Dec 27, 2008	Jan 04, 2009	1	2	2			100%	0%	0%	20
24	Billy Davies	Jan 04, 2009	Jun 12, 2011	3	126	53	36	37	42%	29%	29%	52	19	24	33
25	Steve MacLaren	Jun 13, 2011	Oct 02, 2011	1	13	4	2	7	31%	15%	54%	26	6	6	2
26	Steve Cotterill	Oct 14, 2011	Jul 12, 2012	1	38	12	7	19	32%	18%	50%	34	7	5	10
27	Sean O'Driscoll	Jul 20, 2012	Dec 26, 2012	1	26	10	9	7	38%	35%	27%	32	12	10	7
28	Alex McLeish	Dec 27, 2012	Feb 05, 2013	1	7	1	2	4	14%	29%	57%	28	2	4	3
29	Billy Davies (2)	Feb 07, 2013	Mar 24, 2014	2	57	25	19	13	44%	33%	23%	42	11	10	5
	Gary Brazil*	Mar 24, 2014	May 03, 2014	1	12	2	4	6	17%	33%	50%	31	5	1
30	Stuart Pearce (2)	Jul 01, 2014	Feb 01, 2015	1	32	10	10	12	31%	31%	38%	37	12	8	8
31	Dougie Freedman	Feb 01, 2015	Mar 13, 2016	2	57	19	16	22	33%	28%	39%	45	16	15	17
	Paul Williams*	Mar 13, 2016	May 12, 2016	1	10	2	4	4	20%	40%	40%	26	1
32	Phillipe Montanier	Jun 27, 2016	Jan 14, 2017	1	30	9	6	15	30%	20%	50%	38	17	10	12
	Gary Brazil (2)*	Jan 14, 2017	Mar 14, 2017	1	11	4	1	6	36%	9%	55%	31	4	6	7
33	Mark Warburton	Mar 14, 2017	Dec 31, 2017	2	37	15	3	19	41%	8%	51%	35	7	8	10
	Gary Brazil (3)*	Dec 31, 2017	Jan 08, 2018	1	2	1	1		50%	50%	0%	21
34	Aitor Karanka	Jan 08, 2018	Jan 11, 2019	2	52	17	18	17	33%	35%	33%	53	21	27	36
	Simon Ireland*	Jan 11, 2019	Jan 15, 2019	1	1			1	0%	0%	100%	19			2
35	Martin O'Neill	Jan 15, 2019	Jun 28, 2019	1	19	8	3	8	42%	16%	42%	28	6	5	12
36	Sabri Lamouchi	Jun 28, 2019	Oct 06, 2020	2	55	20	16	19	36%	29%	35%	52	29	30	31
37	Chris Hughton	Oct 06, 2020	Sep 16, 2021	2	53	14	17	22	26%	32%	42%	50	18	14	22
	Steven Reid*	Sep 16, 2021	Sep 21, 2021	1	1	1			100%	0%	0%	19
38	Steve Cooper	Sep 21, 2021		1	45	27	10	8	60%	22%	18%	36	6	8	17

MANAGERS BY SEASON
This list doesn't include the caretaker managers

Season	Division	Manager(s)	Result
2022-23	1	Steve Cooper
2021-22	2	Chris Hughton, Steve Cooper	Promoted
2020-21	2	Sabri Lamouchi, Chris Hughton
2019-20	2	Sabri Lamouchi
2018-19	2	Aitor Karanka, Martin O'Neill
2017-18	2	Mark Warburton, Aitor Karanka
2016-17	2	Phillipe Montanier, Mark Warburton
2015-16	2	Dougie Freedman
2014-15	2	Stuart Pearce (2), Dougie Freedman
2013-14	2	Billy Davies (2)
2012-13	2	Sean O'Driscoll, Alex McLeish, Billy Davies (2)
2011-12	2	Steve MacLaren, Steve Cotterill
2010-11	2	Billy Davies	Playoffs
2009-10	2	Billy Davies	Playoffs
2008-09	2	Colin Calderwood, Billy Davies
2007-08	3	Colin Calderwood	Promoted
2006-07	3	Colin Calderwood	Playoffs
2005-06	3	Gary Megson
2004-05	2	Joe Kinnear, Gary Megson	Relegated
2003-04	2	Paul Hart, Joe Kinnear
2002-03	2	Paul Hart	Playoffs
2001-02	2	Paul Hart
2000-01	2	David Platt
1999-00	2	David Platt
1998-99	1	Dave Bassett, Ron Atkinson	Relegated
1997-98	2	Dave Bassett	Champions
1996-97	1	Frank Clark, Dave Bassett	Relegated
1995-96	1	Frank Clark
1994-95	1	Frank Clark
1993-94	2	Frank Clark	Promoted
1992-93	1	Brian Clough	Relegated
1991-92	1	Brian Clough
1990-91	1	Brian Clough
1989-90	1	Brian Clough
1988-89	1	Brian Clough
1987-88	1	Brian Clough
1986-87	1	Brian Clough
1985-86	1	Brian Clough
1984-85	1	Brian Clough
1983-84	1	Brian Clough
1982-83	1	Brian Clough
1981-82	1	Brian Clough
1980-81	1	Brian Clough
1979-80	1	Brian Clough
1978-79	1	Brian Clough
1977-78	1	Brian Clough	Champions
1976-77	2	Brian Clough	Promoted
1975-76	2	Brian Clough
1974-75	2	Allan Brown, Brian Clough
1973-74	2	Dave Mackay, Allan Brown
1972-73	2	Matt Gillies, Dave Mackay
1971-72	1	Matt Gillies	Relegated
1970-71	1	Matt Gillies
1969-70	1	Matt Gillies
1968-69	1	Johnny Carey, Matt Gillies
1967-68	1	Johnny Carey
1966-67	1	Johnny Carey
1965-66	1	Johnny Carey
1964-65	1	Johnny Carey
1963-64	1	Johnny Carey
1962-63	1	Andy Beattie
1961-62	1	Andy Beattie
1960-61	1	Andy Beattie
1959-60	1	Billy Walker
1958-59	1	Billy Walker
1957-58	1	Billy Walker
1956-57	2	Billy Walker	Promoted
1955-56	2	Billy Walker
1954-55	2	Billy Walker
1953-54	2	Billy Walker
1952-53	2	Billy Walker
1951-52	2	Billy Walker
1950-51	3S	Billy Walker	Champions
1949-50	3S	Billy Walker
1948-49	2	Billy Walker	Relegated
1947-48	2	Billy Walker
1946-47	2	Billy Walker
1945-46		Billy Walker
1939-40		Billy Walker
1938-39	2	Harold Wightman
1937-38	2	Harold Wightman
1936-37	2	Harold Wightman
1935-36	2	Noel Watson
1934-35	2	Noel Watson
1933-34	2	Noel Watson
1932-33	2	Noel Watson
1931-32	2	Noel Watson
1930-31	2	Stan Hardy
1929-30	2	John Baynes
1928-29	2	John Baynes
1927-28	2	John Baynes
1926-27	2	John Baynes
1925-26	2	John Baynes
1924-25	1	Bob Masters	Relegated
1923-24	1	Bob Masters
1922-23	1	Bob Masters
1921-22	2	Bob Masters	Champions
1920-21	2	Bob Masters
1919-20	2	Bob Masters
1914-15	2	Bob Masters	Re-elected
1913-14	2	Bob Masters	Re-elected
1912-13	2	Bob Masters
1911-12	2	Fred Earp
1910-11	1	Fred Earp	Relegated
1909-10	1	Fred Earp
1908-09	1	Harry Haslam
1907-08	1	Harry Haslam
1906-07	2	Harry Haslam	Champions
1905-06	1	Harry Haslam	Relegated
1904-05	1	Harry Haslam
1903-04	1	Harry Haslam
1902-03	1	Harry Haslam
1901-02	1	Harry Haslam
1900-01	1	Harry Haslam
1899-00	1	Harry Haslam
1898-99	1	Harry Haslam
1897-98	1	Harry Haslam
1896-97	1	Harry Radford
1895-96	1	Harry Radford
1894-95	1	Harry Radford
1893-94	1	Harry Radford
1892-93	1	Harry Radford
1891-92		Harry Radford
1890-91		Harry Radford
1889-90		Harry Radford