List of United States men's national soccer team head coaches
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The role of the United States men's national soccer team coach was first established in 1916 with the appointment of Thomas Cahill. Forty-one men have occupied this position.
The following tables include various statistics for head coaches of the United States men's national soccer team (featuring matches, wins, losses, ties, goals for, goals against, and goal differential along with goals for average and goals-against average) from the team's inception in 1916 through the October 12, 2024, match against Panama.
The result percentage is based on the formula used by U.S. Soccer in their U.S. Soccer Media Guide, found on page 78.[1]
Head coaches
- Category items in bold represent leader based on a minimum of 18 matches
- As of June 23, 2026.
All-Time Record: 359–168–282 (W–D–L) – 54.76% (counting draws as 0.5 wins and 0.5 losses)
| Coaches | Years | M | Wins | Draws | Losses | Result % | GF | GA | GD | AGF | AGA | World Cup apps |
Gold Cup titles |
Nations League titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mauricio Pochettino[2] |
2024– | 28 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 67.86% | 52 | 38 | +14 | 1.86 | 1.36 | 2026 | ||
 Mikey Varas |
2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25.00% | 2 | 3 | –1 | 1.00 | 1.50 | |||
| Gregg Berhalter[3][4][5][6] |
2018–2022, 2023–2024 |
74 | 44 | 13 | 17 | 68.24% | 144 | 56 | +88 | 1.95 | 0.76 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019–20, 2023–24 |
| B. J. Callaghan[7] |
2023 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 78.57% | 21 | 4 | +17 | 3.00 | 0.57 | 2022–23 | ||
 Anthony Hudson[8] |
2023 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 60.00% | 10 | 4 | +6 | 2.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Dave Sarachan[9][10][11] |
2017–2018 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 41.67% | 11 | 15 | –4 | 0.92 | 1.25 | event not held | ||
| Bruce Arena[12][13][14][15] |
1998–2006, 2017 |
148 | 81 | 35 | 32 | 66.55% | 243 | 111 | +132 | 1.64 | 0.75 | 2002, 2006 | 2002, 2005, 2017 | |
 Jürgen Klinsmann[16][17][18] |
2011–2016 | 98 | 55 | 16 | 27 | 64.29% | 178 | 109 | +69 | 1.82 | 1.11 | 2014 | 2013 | |
| Bob Bradley[19][20] |
2007–2011 | 80 | 43 | 12 | 25 | 61.25% | 134 | 97 | +37 | 1.68 | 1.23 | 2010 | 2007 | |
| Steve Sampson[21][22][23][24] |
1995–1998 | 62 | 26 | 14 | 22 | 53.23% | 83 | 69 | +14 | 1.34 | 1.11 | 1998 | ||
  Bora Milutinović[25][26][27] |
1991–1995 | 96 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 47.40% | 116 | 110 | +6 | 1.21 | 1.15 | 1994 | 1991 | |
 John Kowalski[28] |
1991 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | 4 | 2 | +2 | 2.00 | 1.00 | event not held | ||
| Bob Gansler[29][30] |
1982, 1989–1991 |
37 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 48.65% | 43 | 41 | +2 | 1.16 | 1.11 | 1990 | ||
| Lothar Osiander |
1986–1988 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 36.11% | 12 | 21 | –9 | 0.67 | 1.17 | |||
 Alkis Panagoulias[31][32] |
1983–1985 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 52.78% | 19 | 21 | –2 | 1.06 | 1.17 | |||
 Walt Chyzowych[33][34] |
1976–1980 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 40.63% | 26 | 50 | –24 | 0.81 | 1.56 | |||
| Manfred Schellscheidt |
1975 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 1 | 11 | –10 | 0.33 | 3.67 | |||
| Al Miller[35] |
1975 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 11 | –11 | 0.00 | 5.50 | |||
| Dettmar Cramer[36][37][38] |
1974 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 1 | 4 | –3 | 0.50 | 2.00 | |||
| Gordon Bradley |
1973 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 1 | 9 | –8 | 0.20 | 1.80 | |||
| Gene Chyzowych |
1973 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00% | 4 | 5 | –1 | 0.80 | 1.80 | |||
 Max Wosniak |
1973 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 8 | –8 | 0.00 | 4.00 | |||
| Bob Kehoe[39] |
1971–1972 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12.50% | 6 | 10 | –4 | 1.50 | 2.50 | |||
| Gordon Jago[40] |
1969 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 3 | –3 | 0.00 | 1.50 | |||
 Phil Woosnam |
1968 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 50.00% | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2.44 | 2.44 | |||
| George Meyer |
1957, 1965 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 25.00% | 9 | 26 | –17 | 1.13 | 3.25 | |||
| John Herberger |
1964 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 10 | –10 | 0.00 | 10.00 | |||
| Jim Reed |
1959–1961 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12.50% | 4 | 16 | –12 | 1.00 | 4.00 | |||
 Jimmy Mills |
1956 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 1 | 9 | –8 | 1.00 | 9.00 | |||
 Ernő Schwarz |
1953–1955 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33.33% | 12 | 18 | –6 | 2.00 | 3.00 | |||
| John Wood |
1952 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 14 | –14 | 0.00 | 7.00 | |||
| Bill Jeffrey |
1950 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | 4 | 8 | –4 | 1.33 | 2.67 | 1950 | ||
 Walter Giesler |
1948–1949 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 33.33% | 8 | 44 | –36 | 1.00 | 5.50 | |||
| Andrew Brown |
1947 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 2 | 10 | –8 | 1.00 | 5.00 | |||
| Bill Lloyd |
1937 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 6 | 19 | –13 | 2.00 | 6.33 | |||
| Elmer Schroeder |
1936 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 1 | –1 | 0.00 | 1.00 | |||
| David Gould |
1934 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 5 | 9 | –4 | 2.50 | 4.50 | 1934 | ||
| Robert Millar |
1930 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 1930 | ||
| George Burford |
1924, 1928 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 41.67% | 10 | 22 | –12 | 1.67 | 3.67 | event not held | ||
| Nat Agar |
1925–1926 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | 12 | 3 | +8 | 4.00 | 1.33 | |||
| Thomas Cahill |
1916 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2.00 | 1.50 |
Sources:
USMNT All-Time Scores – SoccerOverThere.com.
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United States men's national soccer team results