List of Reading F.C. managers

This is a list of all managers of Reading Football Club.

Managerial history

As of match played 3 May 2025. Managers in italics were hired as interim or caretaker managers.

Name	From	To	Duration	P	W	D	L	Win %
Harry Marshall[1]	23 February 1920	23 December 1920	304 days	19	6	2	11	31.58
Jack Smith[1]	23 December 1920	11 May 1922	1 year, 139 days	65	20	15	30	30.77
The Board[2][3]	11 May 1922	1 January 1923	245 days	138	35	36	67	25.36
Arthur Chadwick[4]	1 January 1923	1 October 1925	2 years, 273 days	112	38	28	46	33.93
Harold Bray[5]	1 October 1925	1 June 1926	243 days	38	20	10	8	52.63
Angus Wylie[6][7]	1 July 1926	1 June 1931	4 years, 335 days	229	75	52	102	32.75
Joe Smith[8]	1 June 1931	1 August 1935	4 years, 61 days	184	92	49	43	50
Billy Butler[9]	1 August 1935	1 March 1939	3 years, 212 days	167	81	38	48	48.5
Johnny Cochrane[10]	1 March 1939	13 April 1939	43 days	10	4	2	4	40
Joe Edelston[11]	13 April 1939	1 June 1947	8 years, 49 days	55	21	14	20	38.18
Ted Drake[12]	1 June 1947	1 June 1952	5 years, 0 days	234	114	46	74	48.72
Arthur Smith[13]	1 June 1952	1 October 1955	3 years, 122 days	164	59	38	67	35.98
Fred May James Carter[1]	1 October 1955	1 November 1955	31 days	10	3	1	6	30
Harry Johnston[14]	1 November 1955	1 January 1963	7 years, 61 days	356	143	76	137	40.17
Roy Bentley[15]	1 January 1963	1 February 1969	6 years, 31 days	322	136	79	107	42.24
Ray Henderson[1]	1 February 1969	1 April 1969	59 days	15	4	6	5	26.67
Jack Mansell[16]	1 April 1969	1 October 1971	2 years, 183 days	130	49	28	53	37.69
Jimmy Wallbanks[1]	1 October 1971	13 January 1972	104 days	12	6	1	5	50
Charlie Hurley[17]	13 January 1972	26 February 1977	5 years, 44 days	284	108	82	94	38.03
Maurice Evans[18]	26 February 1977	31 January 1984	6 years, 339 days	334	133	93	108	39.82
Ian Branfoot[19]	31 January 1984	23 October 1989	5 years, 265 days	295	116	79	100	39.32
Lew Chatterley[1]	23 October 1989	14 November 1989	19 days	4	1	0	3	25
Ian Porterfield[20]	14 November 1989	1 April 1991	1 year, 138 days	70	27	22	21	38.57
Eddie Niedzwiecki[1]	1 April 1991	30 April 1991	29 days	7	1	1	5	14.29
John Haselden[1]	30 April 1991	10 May 1991	10 days	2	0	0	2	0
Mark McGhee[21]	10 May 1991	14 December 1994	3 years, 218 days	135	53	41	41	39.26
Jimmy Quinn[22] Mick Gooding[23] Ady Williams[24] Jeff Hopkins[25]	15 December 1994	4 January 1995	20 days	5	2	2	1	40
Jimmy Quinn[22] Mick Gooding[23]	5 January 1995	9 May 1997	2 years, 124 days	127	46	34	47	36.22
Terry Bullivant[26]	30 June 1997	18 March 1998	261 days	50	15	14	21	30
Alan Pardew[27]	18 March 1998	25 March 1998	7 days	1	0	0	1	0
Tommy Burns[28]	25 March 1998	16 September 1999	1 year, 175 days	68	20	18	30	29.41
Alan Pardew[27]	16 September 1999	9 September 2003	3 years, 358 days	216	104	52	60	48.15
Kevin Dillon[29]	10 September 2003	9 October 2003	29 days	7	2	1	4	28.57
Steve Coppell[30]	9 October 2003	12 May 2009	5 years, 215 days	282	126	66	90	44.68
Brendan Rodgers[31]	4 June 2009	16 December 2009	195 days	23	6	6	11	26.09
Brian McDermott[32]	16 December 2009	11 March 2013	3 years, 85 days	152	70	41	41	46.05
Eamonn Dolan[33]	11 March 2013	26 March 2013	15 days	1	0	0	1	0
Nigel Adkins[34]	26 March 2013	15 December 2014	1 year, 264 days	80	29	20	31	36.25
Steve Clarke[35][36]	16 December 2014	4 December 2015	354 days	53	19	14	20	35.85
Martin Kuhl[37]	4 December 2015	17 December 2015	13 days	2	0	0	2	0
Brian McDermott[32]	17 December 2015	27 May 2016	175 days	30	9	8	13	30
Jaap Stam[38]	13 June 2016	21 March 2018[39]	1 year, 281 days	98	40	23	35	40.82
Paul Clement	23 March 2018[40]	6 December 2018[41]	258 days	30	7	8	15	23.33
Scott Marshall	6 December 2018	22 December 2018	16 days	3	0	1	2	0
José Gomes	22 December 2018	9 October 2019	291 days	38	9	14	15	23.68
Mark Bowen	14 October 2019	29 August 2020	320 days	40	14	12	14	35
Veljko Paunović	29 August 2020	19 February 2022[42]	1 year, 174 days	80	27	17	36	33.75
Eddie Niedzwiecki[43]	5 September 2020	5 September 2020	1 day	1	1	0	0	100
Marko Mitrović[44]	2 November 2021	6 November 2021	4 days	2	1	0	1	50
Paul Ince Michael Gilkes	19 February 2022[42]	16 May 2022[45]	86 days	14	4	3	7	28.57
Paul Ince	16 May 2022[45]	11 April 2023[46]	330 days	44	14	8	22	31.82
Noel Hunt	11 April 2023[46]	8 May 2023	27 days	5	0	3	2	0
Rubén Sellés	26 June 2023[47]	6 December 2024[48]	1 year, 163 days	78	34	18	26	43.59
Noel Hunt	7 December 2024[49]	Present	234 days	31	12	10	9	38.71