The following is a list of West Bromwich Albion managers from the founding of

West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pla ...

in 1878 until the present. It includes both those who have been in permanent charge as well as

caretaker manager In association footballing terms, a caretaker manager or interim manager is somebody who takes temporary charge of the management of a football team, usually when the regular Manager (association football), manager is dismissed or leaves for a ...

s. All managers prior to 1948 were given the title ''secretary-manager'', and dates for appointment of these should be taken only as approximate, although the years should be correct. The first secretary-manager was

Louis Ford Louis Ford (born 1845 in West Bromwich) was a businessman, football administrator and football referee. Ford joined the committee of West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion in the late 1880s, serving as honorary financial secretary from ...

in 1890. Fred Everiss served as Albion's secretary-manager during 1902–1948, his 46 years in the post constituting a league record. A high turnover of managers at the club since then has meant that no-one has come close to this length of service, with 28 full-time managers having been appointed in the period 1948–2006. Ronnie Allen, Ron Atkinson and Johnny Giles all served as manager during two separate spells at Albion, thus are each counted twice in this total. The full-time post of manager was created in 1948, with Jack Smith the first to take up the position. Albion's longest serving full-time manager was Vic Buckingham, who led the club for six years and in 1953–54 guided the club to victory in the FA Cup and a runners-up spot in the league. From the 2009–10 season the title of manager was changed to head coach.

Managers and head coaches

''Only competitive matches are counted. As of 29 January 2022.''

Footnotes

References

Manager History for West Bromwich Albion
at Soccerbase.com * * *

External links

West Bromwich Albion's official website
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