Managers
There have been 30 full-time managers of Blackpool (including repeat appointments), all of whom have been of United Kingdom nationality. The longest-serving manager was Joe Smith, who occupied the role for 23 years. The club has, on average, appointed a new manager every 3.1 years.
- The statistics in the table below account for Football League and Premier League games only. Play-off games are excluded.
- As of 24 November 2012
| Name | From | To | Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win% | Honours won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No manager | 1896 | 1903 | 196 | 63 | 38 | 95 | 32.14 | |
| Tom Barcroft1 (secretary-manager) | 1903 | 1909 | 220 | 61 | 55 | 104 | 27.73 | |
| Jack Cox1 (player-manager) | 1909 | 1911 | 76 | 30 | 18 | 28 | 39.47 | |
| No manager | 1911 | 1915 | 152 | 48 | 35 | 69 | 31.58 | |
| Bill Norman2 | c. 1 August 1918 | c. 31 May 1923 | 168 | 74 | 36 | 58 | 44.05 | |
| No manager | c. 31 May 1923 | 5 October 1923 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12.50 | |
| Major Frank Buckley | 6 October 1923 | c. 31 May 1927 | 160 | 66 | 36 | 58 | 41.25 | |
| Sydney Beaumont | c. 1 August 1927 | c. 31 May 1928 | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 30.95 | |
| Harry Evans (honorary manager) | c. 1 August 1928 | c. 31 May 1933 | 210 | 83 | 35 | 92 | 39.52 | Division Two championship (1929–30) |
| Sandy MacFarlane | 1 July 1933 | 31 July 1935 | 84 | 36 | 24 | 24 | 42.86 | |
| Joe Smith | c. 1 August 1935 | 30 April 1958 | 714 | 306 | 164 | 244 | 42.86 | Promotion to Division One (1936–37), FA Cup (1953) |
| Ron Suart1 | 1 May 1958 | 1 February 1967 | 363 | 116 | 91 | 156 | 31.96 | |
| Stan Mortensen1 | 1 February 1967 | April 1969 | 99 | 40 | 27 | 32 | 40.40 | |
| Harry Johnston (caretaker manager) | April 1969 | April 1969 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ??.?? | |
| Les Shannon | 1 May 1969 | 26 October 1970 | 56 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 39.29 | Promotion to Division One (1969–70) |
| Jimmy Meadows (caretaker manager) | 26 October 1970 | 20 December 1970 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12.50 | |
| Bob Stokoe | 20 December 1970 | 23 November 1972 | 80 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 35.00 | 1971 Anglo-Italian Cup |
| No manager | 23 November 1972 | 1 January 1973 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 57.14 | |
| Harry Potts | 1 January 1973 | 5 May 1976 | 143 | 52 | 47 | 44 | 36.36 | |
| Allan Brown1 | 5 May 1976 | 6 February 1978 | 69 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 40.58 | |
| Bobby Smith (caretaker manager) | 6 February 1978 | 7 March 1978 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 00.00 | |
| Jimmy Meadows (caretaker manager) (second time) | 7 March 1978 | 20 May 1978 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 07.69 | |
| Bob Stokoe (second time) | 20 May 1978 | 17 August 1979 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 39.13 | |
| Stan Ternent | 19 September 1979 | 1 February 1980 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 31.03 | |
| Freddie Scott (caretaker manager) | February 1980 | February 1980 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ??.?? | |
| Alan Ball1 | February 1980 | 28 February 1981 | 51 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 25.49 | |
| Allan Brown1 (second time) | 1 March 1981 | 31 May 1982 | 58 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 29.31 | |
| Sam Ellis | 1 June 1982 | 28 March 1989 | 311 | 117 | 89 | 105 | 37.62 | Promotion to Division Three (1984–85) |
| Jimmy Mullen (caretaker manager) | 28 March 1989 | 20 May 1989 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 45.45 | |
| Jimmy Mullen | 20 May 1989 | 30 April 1990 | 45 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 22.22 | |
| Tom White1 (caretaker manager) | 30 April 1990 | 11 June 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00.00 | |
| Graham Carr | 11 June 1990 | 30 November 1990 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 31.25 | |
| Billy Ayre | 30 November 1990 | 10 June 1994 | 164 | 68 | 37 | 59 | 41.46 | Promotion to (new) Division Two (1991–92) |
| Sam Allardyce | 19 July 1994 | 29 May 1996 | 92 | 41 | 23 | 28 | 44.57 | |
| Gary Megson | 5 July 1996 | 1 July 1997 | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 39.13 | |
| Nigel Worthington1 | 8 July 1997 | 23 December 1999 | 113 | 34 | 32 | 47 | 30.09 | |
| Mick Hennigan & Mike Davies1 (temporary managers) |
23 December 1999 | 7 January 2000 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 00.00 | |
| Steve McMahon | 7 January 2000 | 6 June 2004 | 206 | 72 | 53 | 81 | 34.95 | Promotion to Division Two (2000–01), League Trophy (2002 and 2004) |
| Colin Hendry1 | 7 June 2004 | 10 November 2005 | 62 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 29.03 | |
| Simon Grayson1 (caretaker manager) | 10 November 2005 | 5 June 2006 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30.00 | |
| Simon Grayson1 | 5 August 2006 | 23 December 2008 | 116 | 43 | 37 | 36 | 37.06 | Promotion to The Championship (2006–07) |
| Tony Parkes (caretaker manager) | 24 December 2008 | 18 May 2009 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 27.27 | |
| Ian Holloway | 21 May 2009 | 3 November 2012 | 143 | 54 | 40 | 49 | 37.76 | Promotion to the Premier League (2009–10) |
| Steve Thompson (caretaker manager) | 3 November 2012 | 7 November 2012 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | |
| Michael Appleton | 7 November 2012 | present | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 4,440 | 1,631 | 1,126 | 1,683 | 36.73 |
^1 – Also played for Blackpool
^2 – Norman was the club's first full-time manager
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