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Sean Dyche guided Burnley to two promotions to the Premier League.

Burnley Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Burnley, Lancashire. Founded on 18 May 1882, the club was one of the first to become professional (in 1883), putting pressure on the Football Association (FA) to permit payments to players.[1] In 1885, the FA legalised professionalism, so the team entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86, and were one of the twelve founding members of the Football League in 1888–89.[1] Burnley have played in all four professional divisions of English football from 1888 to the present day.[2] The team have been champions of England twice, in 1920–21 and 1959–60, have won the FA Cup once, in 1913–14, and have won the FA Charity Shield twice, in 1960 and 1973.[2][3] Burnley were the second, and are one of only five teams to have won all four professional divisions of English football, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Preston North End, Sheffield United and Portsmouth.[4][5]

From 1882 to 1894, the Burnley team was selected by the board of directors or a committee whose secretary had the same powers and role as a manager has today.[6] In August 1894, the club appointed a team manager for the first time. Burnley-born Harry Bradshaw was appointed; he had been involved with the club since its foundation in 1882 and he had been a committee member since 1887.[6] Scotsman Frank Hill, who was in charge of Burnley from October 1948 to August 1954, was the first non-English manager in the club's history.[7] From 1954 to 1983, under chairman Bob Lord, only managers with a previous playing career at the club were appointed—this trend ended when John Bond took the post in June 1983.[8][9] Two Burnley managers have died in the job—Spen Whittaker and John Haworth.[10]

The longest-serving person to manage Burnley is Harry Potts, who was in charge of the club for a total of 745 competitive matches: from February 1958 to February 1970 and from February 1977 to October 1979.[11][12] Haworth and Potts are Burnley's most successful managers in terms of competitive honours won, as Haworth claimed one FA Cup (1913–14) and one First Division title (1920–21), while Potts won one First Division championship (1959–60) and the 1960 Charity Shield.[11]

From the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1894 to the present, Burnley have had 31 permanent managers and 6 caretakers.[11][13] The club's current manager is Nicky Hayen, who was appointed in July 2026.[14]

List of managers

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Key
List of Burnley F.C. managers
Manager Nationality From To Matches Won Drawn[a] Lost Win%[b] Honours Notes Ref.
Harry Bradshaw BERJAYA England August 1894 June 1899 172683965039.53 Second Division title: 1897–98 [c][d] [15]
Ernest Mangnall BERJAYA England March 1900 October 1903 133472759035.34 [e] [17]
Spen Whittaker BERJAYA England October 1903 April 1910 26210746109040.84 [e][f] [18]
John Haworth BERJAYA England July 1910 December 1924 456205110141044.96 Second Division promotion: 1912–13
FA Cup winners: 1913–14
First Division runners–up: 1919–20
First Division title: 1920–21
FA Charity Shield runners–up: 1921		 [e] [19]
Albert Pickles BERJAYA England January 1925 August 1932 33511772146034.93 [g] [20]
Tom Bromilow BERJAYA England October 1932 July 1935 127502750039.37 [h] [22]
Selection Committee July 1935 September 1939 177634470035.59 [i] [24]
Cliff Britton BERJAYA England May 1945 September 1948 107523124048.60 FA Cup runners–up: 1946–47
Second Division promotion: 1946–47		 [25]
Frank Hill BERJAYA Scotland October 1948 August 1954 2571026788039.69 [26]
Alan Brown BERJAYA England August 1954 July 1957 135563148041.48 [j] [30]
Billy Dougall BERJAYA Scotland July 1957 January 1958 3014412046.67 [j][k] [31]
Harry Potts BERJAYA England February 1958 February 1970 605272142191044.96 First Division title: 1959–60
FA Charity Shield winners (shared): 1960
First Division runners–up: 1961–62
FA Cup runners–up: 1961–62		 [j][l] [12]
Jimmy Adamson BERJAYA England February 1970 January 1976 2841127399039.44 Second Division title: 1972–73
FA Charity Shield winners: 1973
Texaco Cup runners–up: 1973–74		 [j] [32]
Joe Brown BERJAYA England January 1976 February 1977 52111625021.15 [j] [33]
Harry Potts BERJAYA England February 1977 October 1979 140493556035.00 Anglo–Scottish Cup winners: 1978–79 [j][l] [12]
Brian Miller BERJAYA England October 1979 January 1983 180675360037.22 Third Division title: 1981–82 [j][m] [34]
Frank Casper* BERJAYA England January 1983 June 1983 261169042.31 [j][n] [35]
John Bond BERJAYA England June 1983 August 1984 57211620036.84 [36]
John Benson BERJAYA Scotland August 1984 May 1985 57161526028.07 [37]
Martin Buchan BERJAYA Scotland June 1985 October 1985 13526038.46 [38]
Tommy Cavanagh BERJAYA England October 1985 June 1986 39141015035.90 [39]
Brian Miller BERJAYA England July 1986 January 1989 140503258035.71 Associate Members' Cup runners–up: 1987–88 [j][m] [34]
Frank Casper BERJAYA England January 1989 October 1991 150543858036.00 [j][n] [35]
Jimmy Mullen BERJAYA England October 1991 February 1996 2521026783040.48 Fourth Division title: 1991–92
Second Division play–off winners: 1993–94		 [40]
Clive Middlemass* BERJAYA England February 1996 March 1996 3012000.00 [41]
Adrian Heath ‡ BERJAYA England March 1996 June 1997 72271728037.50 [j] [42]
Chris Waddle ‡ BERJAYA England July 1997 May 1998 57171624029.82 [43]
Stan Ternent BERJAYA England June 1998 June 2004 31212282108039.10 Second Division (third tier) promotion: 1999–2000 [j] [44]
Steve Cotterill BERJAYA England June 2004 November 2007 169554866032.54 [45][46]
Steve Davis* BERJAYA England November 2007 November 2007 1100100.00 [j] [27][47]
Owen Coyle BERJAYA Ireland November 2007 January 2010 116492938042.24 Championship play–off winners: 2008–09 [48][49]
Brian Laws BERJAYA England January 2010 December 2010 4413922029.55 [j] [50]
Stuart Gray* BERJAYA England December 2010 January 2011 4211050.00 [51][52]
Eddie Howe BERJAYA England January 2011 October 2012 87341934039.08 [53]
Terry Pashley* BERJAYA England October 2012 October 2012 3201066.67 [j] [54][55]
Sean Dyche BERJAYA England October 2012 April 2022 425149118158035.06 Championship promotion: 2013–14
Championship title: 2015–16		 [56][57]
Mike Jackson* BERJAYA England April 2022 May 2022 8323037.50 [58][59]
Vincent Kompany BERJAYA Belgium June 2022 May 2024 96412431042.71 Championship title: 2022–23 [60][61]
Scott Parker BERJAYA England July 2024 April 2026 88362428040.91 Championship promotion: 2024–25 [o] [63][64]
Mike Jackson* BERJAYA England April 2026 May 2026 4022000.00 [59][65]
Nicky Hayen BERJAYA Belgium July 2026 [o] [66]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Drawn matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
  2. ↑ Win% is rounded to two decimal places
  3. ↑ Harry Bradshaw combined managerial and secretarial duties from March 1897.[6]
  4. ↑ Following Harry Bradshaw's departure to Woolwich Arsenal in June 1899, team affairs remained in the hands of the board of directors until Ernest Mangnall was appointed in March 1900.[6]
  5. 1 2 3 Ernest Mangnall, Spen Whittaker and John Haworth combined managerial and secretarial duties during their tenures.[16]
  6. ↑ Following the death of Spen Whittaker in April 1910, team affairs were placed in the hands of the directors until the end of the season.[10]
  7. ↑ Albert Pickles also assumed secretarial duties until May 1931.[10]
  8. ↑ Tom Bromilow also assumed secretarial duties until November 1932.[21]
  9. ↑ After Tom Bromilow left the club in 1935 to manage Crystal Palace, the directors decided to not appoint a team manager due to economical reasons. Team affairs became a joint effort between chairman Tom Clegg, secretary Alf Boland and senior trainer Billy Dougall.[23]
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Formerly played for the club[11][27][28][29]
  11. ↑ After Billy Dougall was hospitalised in November 1957, Ray Bennion assumed first-team duties. Dougall was forced to step down in January 1958 due to ill health, but remained at Burnley as physiotherapist until 1965.[31]
  12. 1 2 Harry Potts served two terms as manager. His cumulative managerial statistics read as – 745 matches, 321 wins, 177 draws, 247 losses, and a winning percentage of 43.09%.[12]
  13. 1 2 Brian Miller served two terms as manager. His cumulative managerial statistics read as – 320 matches, 117 wins, 85 draws, 118 losses, and a winning percentage of 36.56%.[34]
  14. 1 2 Frank Casper served two terms as manager, including one spell as caretaker manager. His cumulative managerial statistics read as – 176 matches, 65 wins, 44 draws, 67 losses, and a winning percentage of 36.93%.[35]
  15. 1 2 Named head coach instead of manager[14][62]

References

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  2. 1 2 Rundle, Richard. "Burnley". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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  4. ↑ Tyler, Martin (9 May 2017). "Martin Tyler's stats: Most own goals, fewest different scorers in a season". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Club honours & records". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Simpson (2007), p. 540
  7. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 540–545
  8. ↑ Quelch (2017), pp. 24–39
  9. ↑ McParlan, Paul (27 February 2018). "Burnley, Total Football and the pioneering title win of 1959/60". These Football Times. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  10. 1 2 3 Simpson (2007), p. 542
  11. 1 2 3 4 Simpson (2007), pp. 540–559
  12. 1 2 3 4 Simpson (2007), pp. 284–334, 361–374, 504–507, 546–548
  13. ↑ "Burnley manager history". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  14. 1 2 Woodcock, Ian (10 July 2026). "Burnley appoint Hayen as new head coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  15. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 54–74, 540
  16. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 540–542
  17. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 74–92, 540–541
  18. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 90–116, 541–542
  19. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 118–168, 542
  20. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 167–198, 542–543
  21. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 543–544
  22. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 198–210, 543–544
  23. ↑ Simpson (2007), p. 544
  24. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 210–227, 544
  25. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 236–250, 544
  26. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 248–272, 545
  27. 1 2 Bevan, Chris (11 November 2007). "Davis hopeful over Burnley post". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  28. ↑ "Burnley appoint Brian Laws as new manager". BBC Sport. 13 January 2010. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  29. ↑ "Terry Pashley has not considered Burnley manager's job". BBC Sport. 18 October 2012. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  30. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 272–284, 545–546
  31. 1 2 Simpson (2007), pp. 284–286, 545–546
  32. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 332–358, 505–506, 548–549
  33. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 357–362, 506, 550
  34. 1 2 3 Simpson (2007), pp. 372–386, 400–410, 507–508, 550–551
  35. 1 2 3 Simpson (2007), pp. 384–388, 408–422, 507–509, 551–552
  36. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 388–392, 507, 552–553
  37. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 392–396, 507, 553–554
  38. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 396–398, 508, 554
  39. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 396–400, 508, 554–555
  40. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 420–438, 509, 555–556
  41. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 436–438
  42. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 436–442, 510, 556–557
  43. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 444–448, 510, 557–558
  44. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 448–470, 510, 558–559
  45. ↑ Simpson (2007), pp. 472–482, 511, 559
  46. ↑ "Steve Cotterill". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  47. ↑ "Steve Davis". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  48. ↑ Fletcher, Paul (25 May 2009). "Burnley 1–0 Sheff Utd". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  49. ↑ "Owen Coyle". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  50. ↑ "Brian Laws". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  51. ↑ Boden, Chris (17 January 2014). "Former Burnley coach Stuart Gray is back with hope of Owls job". Burnley Express. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  52. ↑ "Stuart Gray". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  53. ↑ "Eddie Howe". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  54. ↑ "Burnley: Sean Dyche named as new manager at Turf Moor". BBC Sport. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  55. ↑ "Terry Pashley". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  56. ↑ "Sean Dyche's five years at Burnley". Sky Sports. 30 October 2017. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  57. ↑ "Sean Dyche". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  58. ↑ "Burnley sack manager Sean Dyche with eight games left of Premier League season". BBC Sport. 15 April 2022. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  59. 1 2 "Michael Jackson". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  60. ↑ "Vincent Kompany". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  61. ↑ "Burnley 3–0 Cardiff City". BBC Sport. 8 May 2023. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  62. ↑ Jones, Andy; Rutzler, Peter; Tanswell, Jacob (22 July 2024). "What to expect from Scott Parker's Burnley as they plot immediate return to Premier League". The Athletic. Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024. One important detail is that Burnley have appointed a head coach rather than a manager. Kompany was unique, holding a lot of power and involving himself in all football and non-football matters. There is little difference between the titles in modern football but the slightly altered strategy will see Parker focusing his attention just on football matters, while maintaining a key influence in recruitment.
  63. ↑ "Scott Parker". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  64. ↑ "'We've done remarkably this year' – Parker on Burnley promotion". BBC Sport. 3 May 2025. Archived from the original on 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  65. ↑ Mokbel, Sami; Pritchard, Dafydd; Lobley, Josh (30 April 2026). "Burnley want Bellamy after announcing Parker exit". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  66. ↑ "Nicky Hayen". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
General
  • Quelch, Tim (2017). From Orient to the Emirates: The Plucky Rise of Burnley FC. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1785313127.
  • Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882-2007. Burnley F.C. ISBN 978-0955746802.

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