EFL League Two Manager of the Month

The EFL League Two Manager of the Month is a monthly association football award to recognise the outstanding team manager in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The recipient is chosen by a panel assembled by the League's sponsor, Sky Bet, and the award is announced alongside those for the EFL Championship and EFL League One Manager of the Month at the beginning of the following month. The League Two award was introduced in February 2005 when Coca-Cola was the sponsor. Their sponsorship ended in 2010.^[1]

The highest number of awards won is five by Keith Hill, all with Rochdale. Phil Brown, John Coleman, Paul Ince and Chris Wilder have won four awards each and another ten managers have won three apiece. At club level, Bury managers have won the award eight times, followed by Northampton Town. Port Vale and Southend United (all seven).

List of winners

Contents
2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2012–13 · 2013–14 · 2014–15 · 2015–16 · 2016–17 · 2017–18 · 2018–19 · 2019–20 · 2020–21 · 2021–22 · 2022–23 · 2023–24 · 2024–25

Month	Year[nb 1]	Nationality	Manager	Team	Ref
January	2005	Argentina	Ramón Díaz	Oxford United	[2]
February	2005	England	Brian Horton	Macclesfield Town	[3]
March	2005	England	Steve Tilson	Southend United	[4]
April	2005	England	Brian Laws	Scunthorpe United	[5]
August	2005	Iceland	Guðjón Þórðarson	Crewe Alexandra	[6]
September	2005	Scotland	John Gorman	Wycombe Wanderers	[7]
October	2005	England	Martin Ling	Leyton Orient	[8]
November	2005	England	John Ward	Cheltenham Town	[9]
December	2005	England	Paul Simpson	Carlisle United	[9]
January	2006	Scotland	Colin Calderwood	Northampton Town	[9]
February	2006	Saint Lucia	Keith Alexander	Lincoln City	[9]
March	2006	England	Paul Simpson	Carlisle United	[9]
April	2006	England	Ian Atkins	Torquay United	[9]
August	2006	England	Dennis Wise	Swindon Town	[10]
September	2006	Northern Ireland	Danny Wilson	Hartlepool United	[11]
October	2006	England	John Schofield	Lincoln City	[12]
November	2006	England	Richard Money	Walsall	[12]
December	2006	England	Paul Ince	Macclesfield Town	[13]
January	2007	England	Keith Hill	Rochdale	[12]
February	2007	Northern Ireland	Danny Wilson	Hartlepool United	[14]
March	2007	Northern Ireland	Danny Wilson	Hartlepool United	[15]
April	2007	Wales	Paul Trollope	Bristol Rovers	[16]
August	2007	Northern Ireland	Sammy McIlroy	Morecambe	[17]
September	2007	England	Paul Fairclough	Barnet	[18]
October	2007	England	Paul Ince	Milton Keynes Dons	[19]
November	2007	England	Mark Robins	Rotherham United	[20]
December	2007	England	Paul Ince	Milton Keynes Dons	[21]
January	2008	England	Keith Hill	Rochdale	[22]
February	2008	England	Peter Jackson	Lincoln City	[23]
March	2008	Scotland	Darren Ferguson	Peterborough United	[24]
April	2008	England	Paul Ince	Milton Keynes Dons	[25]
August	2008	England	Mark Robins	Rotherham United	[26]
September	2008	Wales	Alan Knill	Bury	[27]
October	2008	England	Peter Jackson	Lincoln City	[28]
November	2008	England	Peter Taylor	Wycombe Wanderers	[29]
December	2008	England	John Still	Dagenham & Redbridge	[30]
January	2009	Wales	Alan Knill	Bury	[31]
February	2009	Northern Ireland	Sammy McIlroy	Morecambe	[32]
March	2009	England	Lee Richardson	Chesterfield	[33]
April	2009	England	Andy Scott	Brentford	[34]
August	2009	England	John Still	Dagenham & Redbridge	[35]
September	2009	England	Keith Hill	Rochdale	[36]
October	2009	Ireland	John Sheridan	Chesterfield	[36]
November	2009	England	Ronnie Moore	Rotherham United	[36]
December	2009	England	Keith Hill	Rochdale	[36]
January	2010	England	Ian Sampson	Northampton Town	[36]
February	2010	Ireland	John Sheridan	Chesterfield	[36]
March	2010	England	Steve Cotterill	Notts County	[36]
April	2010	England	Steve Cotterill	Notts County	[36]
August	2010	England	Paul Buckle	Torquay United	[37]
September	2010	England	Micky Adams	Port Vale	[37]
October	2010	England	Alan Knill	Bury	[37]
November	2010	England	Micky Adams	Port Vale	[38]
December	2010	England	Andy Hessenthaler	Gillingham	[37]
January	2011	England	Dario Gradi	Crewe Alexandra	[37]
February	2011	England	Graham Turner	Shrewsbury Town	[39]
March	2011	England	Dean Holdsworth	Aldershot Town	[40]
April	2011	England	Richie Barker	Bury	[41]
August	2011	England	Andy Scott	Rotherham United	[42]
September	2011	Scotland	Paul Sturrock	Southend United	[42]
October	2011	Scotland	Steve Evans	Crawley Town	[42]
November	2011	England	Mark Yates	Cheltenham Town	[42]
December	2011	England	Phil Parkinson	Bradford City	[42]
January	2012	England	Martin Ling	Torquay United	[42]
February	2012	Italy	Paolo Di Canio	Swindon Town	[42]
March	2012	England	Martin Ling	Torquay United	[42]
April	2012	England	Graham Turner	Shrewsbury Town	[42]
August	2012	England	Martin Allen	Gillingham	[43]
September	2012	England	Micky Adams	Port Vale	[44]
October	2012	England	Mark Yates	Cheltenham Town	[45]
November	2012	Scotland	Paul Sturrock	Southend United	[46]
December	2012	England	Gary Rowett	Burton Albion	[47]
January	2013	England	Martin Allen	Gillingham	[48]
February	2013	England	Gary Rowett	Burton Albion	[49]
March	2013	Ireland	John Sheridan	Plymouth Argyle	[50]
April	2013	Northern Ireland	Nigel Worthington	York City	[51]
August	2013	England	Paul Cook	Chesterfield	[52]
September	2013	England	Keith Hill	Rochdale	[53]
October	2013	England	Colin Cooper	Hartlepool United	[54]
November	2013	England	Phil Brown	Southend United	[55]
December	2013	England	Mark Yates	Cheltenham Town	[56]
January	2014	Scotland	Graham Alexander	Fleetwood Town	[57]
February	2014	England	David Flitcroft	Bury	[58]
March	2014	Northern Ireland	Nigel Worthington	York City	[59]
April	2014	England	Andy Awford	Portsmouth	[60]
August	2014	England	Jim Bentley	Morecambe	[61]
September	2014	England	Phil Brown	Southend United	[62]
October	2014	England	John Still	Luton Town	[63]
November	2014	England	Phil Brown	Southend United	[64]
December	2014	England	Neal Ardley	A.F.C. Wimbledon	[65]
January	2015	England	Chris Wilder	Northampton Town	[66]
February	2015	England	Andy Awford	Portsmouth	[67]
March	2015	England	Gareth Ainsworth	Wycombe Wanderers	[68]
April	2015	England	Phil Brown	Southend United	[69]
August	2015	England	Ian Hendon	Leyton Orient	[70]
September	2015	England	John Coleman	Accrington Stanley	[71]
October	2015	Scotland	Derek Adams	Plymouth Argyle	[72]
November	2015	England	Chris Wilder	Northampton Town	[73]
December	2015	England	Shaun Derry	Cambridge United	[74]
January	2016	England	Chris Wilder	Northampton Town	[75]
February	2016	England	Chris Wilder	Northampton Town	[76]
March	2016	England	Darrell Clarke	Bristol Rovers	[77]
April	2016	England	Neal Ardley	A.F.C. Wimbledon	[78]
August	2016	England	Jim Bentley	Morecambe	[79]
September	2016	Scotland	Derek Adams	Plymouth Argyle	[80]
October	2016	England	Keith Curle	Carlisle United	[81]
November	2016	England	Gareth Ainsworth	Wycombe Wanderers	[82]
December	2016	England	John McGreal	Colchester United	[83]
January	2017	Scotland	Darren Ferguson	Doncaster Rovers	[84]
February	2017	England	Darren Sarll	Stevenage	[85]
March	2017	England	John Coleman	Accrington Stanley	[86]
April	2017	England	Paul Cook	Portsmouth	[87]
August	2017	England	Paul Tisdale	Exeter City	[88]
September	2017	England	Kevin Nolan	Notts County	[89]
October	2017	Wales	Nathan Jones	Luton Town	[90]
November	2017	Wales	Nathan Jones	Luton Town	[91]
December	2017	England	Danny Cowley	Lincoln City	[92]
January	2018	England	Gareth Ainsworth	Wycombe Wanderers	[93]
February	2018	England	John Coleman	Accrington Stanley	[94]
March	2018	England	John Coleman	Accrington Stanley	[95]
April	2018	Wales	Nathan Jones	Luton Town	[96]
August	2018	England	Danny Cowley	Lincoln City	[97]
September	2018	Wales	Michael Flynn	Newport County	[98]
October	2018	England	Paul Tisdale	Milton Keynes Dons	[99]
November	2018	England	Ryan Lowe	Bury	[100]
December	2018	England	Michael Jolley	Grimsby Town	[101]
January	2019	England	Ryan Lowe	Bury	[102]
February	2019	England	Ryan Lowe	Bury	[103]
March	2019	Scotland	Micky Mellon	Tranmere Rovers	[104]
April	2019	Wales	Michael Flynn	Newport County	[105]
August	2019	England	Matt Taylor	Exeter City	[106]
September	2019	Northern Ireland	Michael Duff	Cheltenham Town	[107]
October	2019	Scotland	Graham Alexander	Salford City	[108]
November	2019	England	Richie Wellens	Swindon Town	[109]
December	2019	England	Matt Taylor	Exeter City	[110]
January	2020	England	Ryan Lowe	Plymouth Argyle	[111]
February	2020	Northern Ireland	Michael Duff	Cheltenham Town	[112]
September	2020	England	Mark Bonner	Cambridge United	[113]
October	2020	Wales	Michael Flynn	Newport County	[114]
November	2020	England	Ian Evatt	Bolton Wanderers	[115]
December	2020	Scotland	Derek Adams	Morecambe	[116]
January	2021	England	Mark Bonner	Cambridge United	[117]
February	2021	England	Ian Evatt	Bolton Wanderers	[118]
March	2021	England	Ian Evatt	Bolton Wanderers	[119]
April	2021	England	Gary Bowyer	Salford City	[120]
August	2021	Wales	Rob Edwards	Forest Green Rovers	[121]
September	2021	England	Darrell Clarke	Port Vale	[122]
October	2021	England	Darrell Clarke	Port Vale	[123]
November	2021	Wales	Rob Edwards	Forest Green Rovers	[124]
December	2021	Scotland	Micky Mellon	Tranmere Rovers	[125]
January	2022	Wales	Rob Edwards	Forest Green Rovers	[126]
February	2022	England	Matt Taylor	Exeter City	[127]
March	2022	England	Joey Barton	Bristol Rovers	[128]
April	2022	England	Matt Taylor	Exeter City	[129]
August	2022	England	Richie Wellens	Leyton Orient	[130]
September	2022	England	Richie Wellens	Leyton Orient	[131]
October	2022	Wales	Michael Flynn	Walsall	[132]
November	2022	England	Johnnie Jackson	AFC Wimbledon	[133]
December	2022	England	Dave Challinor	Stockport County	[134]
January	2023	England	Matt Bloomfield	Colchester United	[135]
February	2023	England	Dave Challinor	Stockport County	[136]
March	2023	Australia	Jon Brady	Northampton Town	[137]
April	2023	Scotland	Steve Evans	Stevenage	[138]
August	2023	Scotland	Graham Alexander	Milton Keynes Dons	[139]
September	2023	England	Dave Challinor	Stockport County	[140]
October	2023	England	Dave Challinor	Stockport County	[141]
November	2023	England	Pete Wild	Barrow	[142]
December	2023	England	Mike Williamson	Milton Keynes Dons	[143]
January	2024	England	Simon Weaver	Harrogate Town	[144]
February	2024	England	Nigel Clough	Mansfield Town	[145]
March	2024	England	Pete Wild	Barrow	[146]
April	2024	Northern Ireland	Grant McCann	Doncaster Rovers	[147]
August	2024	England	Mark Bonner	Gillingham	[148]
September	2024	Jamaica	Darren Moore	Port Vale	[149]
October	2024	Jamaica	Darren Moore	Port Vale	[150]
November	2024	Scotland	Derek Adams	Morecambe	[151]
December	2024	England	Mat Sadler	Walsall	[152]
January	2025	England	Ian Holloway	Swindon Town	[153]
February	2025	Scotland	Graham Alexander	Bradford City	[154]
March	2025	England	Danny Cowley	Colchester United	[155]
April	2025	Northern Ireland	Grant McCann	Doncaster Rovers	[156]

Multiple winners

Up to and including the March 2025 award.

• The below table lists all the people that have won on more than two occasions.

Rank	Manager	Wins
1st	Keith Hill	5
2nd	Derek Adams	4
	Graham Alexander
	Phil Brown
	Dave Challinor
	John Coleman
	Michael Flynn
	Paul Ince
	Ryan Lowe
	Matt Taylor
	Chris Wilder
11th	Micky Adams	3
	Gareth Ainsworth
	Mark Bonner
	Darrell Clarke
	Danny Cowley
	Rob Edwards
	Ian Evatt
	Nathan Jones
	Alan Knill
	Martin Ling
	John Sheridan
	John Still
	Richie Wellens
	Danny Wilson
	Mark Yates

Awards won by nationality

Up to and including the April 2025 award.

Country	Wins
England	131[citation needed]
Scotland	18[citation needed]
Wales	13
Northern Ireland	10
Ireland	3
Jamaica	2
Argentina	1
Australia	1
Iceland	1
Italy	1
Saint Lucia	1

Awards won by club

Up to and including the April 2025 award.

Club	Wins
Bury	8
Northampton Town	7
Port Vale	7
Southend United	7
Cheltenham Town	6
Lincoln City	6
Milton Keynes Dons	6
Morecambe	6
Exeter City	5
Rochdale	5
Wycombe Wanderers	5
Accrington Stanley	4
Chesterfield	4
Gillingham	4
Hartlepool United	4
Leyton Orient	4
Luton Town	4
Plymouth Argyle	4
Rotherham United	4
Stockport County	4
Swindon Town	4
Torquay United	4
AFC Wimbledon	3
Bolton Wanderers	3
Bristol Rovers	3
Cambridge United	3
Carlisle United	3
Colchester United	3
Doncaster Rovers	3
Forest Green Rovers	3
Newport County	3
Notts County	3
Portsmouth	3
Walsall	3
Barrow	2
Bradford City	2
Burton Albion	2
Crewe Alexandra	2
Dagenham & Redbridge	2
Macclesfield Town	2
Salford City	2
Shrewsbury Town	2
Stevenage	2
Tranmere Rovers	2
York City	2
Aldershot Town	1
Barnet	1
Brentford	1
Crawley Town	1
Fleetwood Town	1
Grimsby Town	1
Harrogate Town	1
Mansfield Town	1
Peterborough United	1
Scunthorpe United	1
Oxford United	1

Notes

1. Each year in the table is linked to the corresponding football season.