List of Reading F.C. managers

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

Managerial history

As of match played 2 May 2026. Managers in italics were hired as interim or caretaker managers.
More information Name, From ...
NameFromToDurationPWDLWin %
Harry Marshall[1] 23 February 1920 23 December 1920 304 days 19 6 2 11 31.58
England 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
England 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
Scotland Angus Wylie[6][7] 1 July 1926 1 June 1931 4 years, 335 days 229 75 52 102 32.75
England Joe Smith[8] 1 June 1931 1 August 1935 4 years, 61 days 184 92 49 43 50
England Billy Butler[9] 1 August 1935 1 March 1939 3 years, 212 days 167 81 38 48 48.5
Scotland Johnny Cochrane[10] 1 March 1939 13 April 1939 43 days 10 4 2 4 40
England Joe Edelston[11] 13 April 1939 1 June 1947 8 years, 49 days 55 21 14 20 38.18
England Ted Drake[12] 1 June 1947 1 June 1952 5 years, 0 days 234 114 46 74 48.72
Wales 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
England Harry Johnston[14] 1 November 1955 1 January 1963 7 years, 61 days 356 143 76 137 40.17
England Roy Bentley[15] 1 January 1963 1 February 1969 6 years, 31 days 322 136 79 107 42.24
England Ray Henderson[1] 1 February 1969 1 April 1969 59 days 15 4 6 5 26.67
England Jack Mansell[16] 1 April 1969 1 October 1971 2 years, 183 days 130 49 28 53 37.69
England Jimmy Wallbanks[1] 1 October 1971 13 January 1972 104 days 12 6 1 5 50
Republic of Ireland Charlie Hurley[17] 13 January 1972 26 February 1977 5 years, 44 days 284 108 82 94 38.03
England Maurice Evans[18] 26 February 1977 31 January 1984 6 years, 339 days 334 133 93 108 39.82
England Ian Branfoot[19] 31 January 1984 23 October 1989 5 years, 265 days 295 116 79 100 39.32
England Lew Chatterley[1] 23 October 1989 14 November 1989 19 days 4 1 0 3 25
Scotland Ian Porterfield[20] 14 November 1989 1 April 1991 1 year, 138 days 70 27 22 21 38.57
Wales Eddie Niedzwiecki[1] 1 April 1991 30 April 1991 29 days 7 1 1 5 14.29
England John Haselden[1] 30 April 1991 10 May 1991 10 days 2 0 0 2 0
Scotland Mark McGhee[21] 10 May 1991 14 December 1994 3 years, 218 days 135 53 41 41 39.26
Northern Ireland Jimmy Quinn[22]
England Mick Gooding[23]
England Ady Williams[24]
Wales Jeff Hopkins[25]		 15 December 1994 4 January 1995 20 days 5 2 2 1 40
Northern Ireland Jimmy Quinn[22]
England Mick Gooding[23]		 5 January 1995 9 May 1997 2 years, 124 days 127 46 34 47 36.22
England Terry Bullivant[26] 30 June 1997 18 March 1998 261 days 50 15 14 21 30
England Alan Pardew[27] 18 March 1998 25 March 1998 7 days 1 0 0 1 0
Scotland Tommy Burns[28] 25 March 1998 16 September 1999 1 year, 175 days 68 20 18 30 29.41
England Alan Pardew[27] 16 September 1999 9 September 2003 3 years, 358 days 216 104 52 60 48.15
England Kevin Dillon[29] 10 September 2003 9 October 2003 29 days 7 2 1 4 28.57
England Steve Coppell[30] 9 October 2003 12 May 2009 5 years, 215 days 282 126 66 90 44.68
Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers[31] 4 June 2009 16 December 2009 195 days 23 6 6 11 26.09
England Brian McDermott[32] 16 December 2009 11 March 2013 3 years, 85 days 152 70 41 41 46.05
Republic of Ireland Eamonn Dolan[33] 11 March 2013 26 March 2013 15 days 1 0 0 1 0
England Nigel Adkins[34] 26 March 2013 15 December 2014 1 year, 264 days 80 29 20 31 36.25
Scotland Steve Clarke[35][36] 16 December 2014 4 December 2015 354 days 53 19 14 20 35.85
England Martin Kuhl[37] 4 December 2015 17 December 2015 13 days 2 0 0 2 0
England Brian McDermott[32] 17 December 2015 27 May 2016 175 days 30 9 8 13 30
Netherlands Jaap Stam[38] 13 June 2016 21 March 2018[39] 1 year, 281 days 98 40 23 35 40.82
England Paul Clement 23 March 2018[40] 6 December 2018[41] 258 days 30 7 8 15 23.33
Scotland Scott Marshall 6 December 2018 22 December 2018 16 days 3 0 1 2 0
Portugal José Gomes 22 December 2018 9 October 2019 291 days 38 9 14 15 23.68
Wales Mark Bowen 14 October 2019 29 August 2020 320 days 40 14 12 14 35
Serbia Veljko Paunović 29 August 2020 19 February 2022[42] 1 year, 174 days 80 27 17 36 33.75
Wales Eddie Niedzwiecki[43] 5 September 2020 5 September 2020 1 day 1 1 0 0 100
Serbia Marko Mitrović[44] 2 November 2021 6 November 2021 4 days 2 1 0 1 50
England Paul Ince
Barbados Michael Gilkes		 19 February 2022[42] 16 May 2022[45] 86 days 14 4 3 7 28.57
England Paul Ince 16 May 2022[45] 11 April 2023[46] 330 days 44 14 8 22 31.82
Republic of Ireland Noel Hunt 11 April 2023[46] 8 May 2023 27 days 5 0 3 2 0
Spain Rubén Sellés 26 June 2023[47] 6 December 2024[48] 1 year, 163 days 78 34 18 26 43.59
Republic of Ireland Noel Hunt 7 December 2024[49] 26 October 2025[50] 324 days 51 19 16 16 37.25
England Leam Richardson 28 October 2025[51] 220 days 33 13 9 11 39.39
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