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Manager history
Managers
Browse the all-era Notts County manager chronology alongside evidence-graded competitive match records from January 1989 onward. Caretaker, temporary-team and head-coach periods remain separately labelled.
Manager history
All-era manager chronology
Source-backed appointment spells from the committee era to the current head coach. Evidence-graded match attribution is published from January 1989; earlier periods remain chronology-only.
Appointment periods79
Named identities73
Match-linked periods0
Match-linked fixtures0
Pre-2004 assignments0
Unresolved transitions0
The appointment chronology is broader than the manager match database. Match records begin on 7 January 1989. Three 1996–97 transition fixtures remain on hold rather than being assigned without evidence.
| Manage Managers | Role label | From | To | Statistical coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Paterson | Manager | 22 June 2025 | Present | Chronology onlyAppointment chronology from a secondary reference, as-of 3 June 2026. Dates not supplied to day precision stay null. W/D/L figures are deliberately not imported because source scopes disagree. |
| Jim O'Brien | Manager | 5 January 2024 | 18 January 2024 | Chronology onlyAppointment chronology from a secondary reference, as-of 3 June 2026. Dates not supplied to day precision stay null. W/D/L figures are deliberately not imported because source scopes disagree. |
| Stuart Maynard | Manager | 18 January 2024 | 22 May 2025 | Chronology onlyAppointment chronology from a secondary reference, as-of 3 June 2026. Dates not supplied to day precision stay null. W/D/L figures are deliberately not imported because source scopes disagree. |
| Luke Williams | Manager | 14 June 2022 | 5 January 2024 | Chronology onlyAppointment chronology from a secondary reference, as-of 3 June 2026. Dates not supplied to day precision stay null. W/D/L figures are deliberately not imported because source scopes disagree. |
| Ian Burchnall | Manager | 25 March 2021 | 27 May 2022 | Chronology onlyAppointment chronology from a secondary reference, as-of 3 June 2026. Dates not supplied to day precision stay null. W/D/L figures are deliberately not imported because source scopes disagree. |
| Harry Kewell | Manager | 31 August 2018 | 13 November 2018 | Chronology onlyAppointment chronology from a secondary reference, as-of 3 June 2026. Dates not supplied to day precision stay null. W/D/L figures are deliberately not imported because source scopes disagree. |
| Neal Ardley | Manager | 28 November 2018 | 24 March 2021 | Chronology onlyAppointment chronology from a secondary reference, as-of 3 June 2026. Dates not supplied to day precision stay null. W/D/L figures are deliberately not imported because source scopes disagree. |
| Steve Chettle / Mark Crossley | Joint Caretaker | 26 August 2018 | 1 September 2018 | Chronology onlyAppointment chronology from a secondary reference, as-of 3 June 2026. Dates not supplied to day precision stay null. W/D/L figures are deliberately not imported because source scopes disagree. |
| Steve Chettle | Caretaker | 13 November 2018 | 27 November 2018 | Chronology onlyAppointment chronology from a secondary reference, as-of 3 June 2026. Dates not supplied to day precision stay null. W/D/L figures are deliberately not imported because source scopes disagree. |
| Alan Smith | Caretaker | 3 January 2017 | 12 January 2017 | Chronology onlyAppointment chronology from a secondary reference, as-of 3 June 2026. Dates not supplied to day precision stay null. W/D/L figures are deliberately not imported because source scopes disagree. |
| Kevin Nolan | Manager | 12 January 2017 | 26 August 2018 | Chronology onlyAppointment chronology from a secondary reference, as-of 3 June 2026. Dates not supplied to day precision stay null. W/D/L figures are deliberately not imported because source scopes disagree. |
| John Sheridan | Manager | 27 May 2016 | 2 January 2017 | Chronology onlyAppointment chronology from a secondary reference, as-of 3 June 2026. Dates not supplied to day precision stay null. W/D/L figures are deliberately not imported because source scopes disagree. |
Match-linked records cover 2,000 official competitive fixtures from 7 January 1989 onward. Three transition fixtures remain unattributed, and penalty shoot-outs follow the stored official result.
Manager comparison
Match-linked manager records (1989–present)
Compare managers and head coaches across 2,000 evidence-graded official competitive fixtures from 7 January 1989 onward. This is not presented as a complete all-era manager-results table.
No manager match assignments are available yet. Add managers and assign them to matches in the ACP to publish manager statistics.