| Name |
From |
To |
Honours |
| George Ramsay |
1884/08 |
1926/05 |
*First Division Champions: 1893‑94, 1895‑96, 1896‑97, 1898‑99, 1899‑1900, 1909‑10
*FA Cup Winners: 1886‑87, 1894‑95, 1896‑97, 1904‑05, 1912‑13, 1919‑20 |
| W. J. Smith |
1926/08 |
1934/05 |
|
| Jimmy McMullan |
1934/06 |
1936/10 |
|
| Jimmy Hogan |
1936/11 |
1939/09 |
*Second Division Champions: 1937‑38 |
| Alex Massie |
1945/08 |
1950/08 |
|
| George Martin |
1950/12 |
1953/08 |
|
| Eric Houghton |
1953/09 |
1958/11 |
*FA Cup Winners: 1956‑57 |
| Joe Mercer |
1958/12 |
1964/07 |
*Second Division Champions: 1959‑60
*League Cup Winners: 1960‑61 |
| Dick Taylor |
1964/07 |
1967/05 |
|
| Tommy Cummings |
1967/07 |
1968/11 |
|
| Tommy Docherty |
1968/12 |
1970/01 |
|
| Vic Crowe |
1970/01 |
1974/05 |
*Third Division Champions: 1971‑72 |
| Ron Saunders |
1974/06 |
1982/02 |
*First Division Champions: 1980‑81
*League Cup Winners: 1974‑75, 1976‑77 |
| Tony Barton |
1982/02 |
1984/06 |
*European Cup Winners: 1981‑82
*European Super Cup Winners: 1982 |
| Graham Turner |
1984/07 |
1986/09 |
|
| Billy McNeill |
1986/09 |
1987/05 |
|
| Graham Taylor |
1987/05 |
1990/07 |
|
| Jozef Vengloš |
1990/07 |
1991/05 |
|
| Ron Atkinson |
1991/07 |
1994/11 |
*League Cup Winners: 1993‑94 |
| Brian Little |
1994/11 |
1998/02 |
*League Cup Winners: 1995‑96 |
| John Gregory |
1998/02 |
2002/01 |
*Intertoto Cup Winners: 2001 |
| Graham Taylor |
2002/02 |
2003/05 |
|
| David O'Leary |
2003/05 |
2006/07 |
|
| Martin O'Neill |
2006/08 |
2010/08 |
|
| Gérard Houllier |
2010/09 |
2011/06 |
|
| Alex McLeish |
2011/06 |
2012/05 |
|
| Paul Lambert |
2012/06 |
2015/02 |
|
| Tim Sherwood |
2015/02 |
2015/10 |
|
| Rémi Garde |
2015/11 |
2016/03 |
|
| Roberto Di Matteo |
2016/06 |
2016/10 |
|
| Steve Bruce |
2016/10 |
2018/10 |
|
| Dean Smith |
2018/10 |
Present |
*Play-Off Winners: 2018‑19 |
