Alex Ferguson, who took charge of a total of 2,155 competitive games between 1974 and 2013, holds the world record for the most games as a manager, starting with East Stirlingshire FC (Scotland) and finishing with an enormously successful 27-year spell as manager of Manchester United, also including an interim spell as manager of the Scotland, during the mid 1980s.
His long-time rival at Arsene Wegner is second on the list with 1,701 games, most of which were during his 22-year spell with the Gunners. Dario Gradi, of dual English and Italian heritage, took charge of 1,557 Football League matches in a 33-year career which took in spells with Wimbledon and Crystal Palace and three spells - totalling 1,359 games - in 28 years at Crewe Alexandra.
Ignacio Trelles lived to 103 in Mexico, managed 1083 matches. He played from 1932-48 retiring with a broken leg while playing for Atlante, one of the original clubs to begin the Mexican professional league. He had seven tenures as coach of the Mexican national team in 106 international matches and was in charge of the Mexico squads at two FIFA World Cup tournaments:1962 and 1966. He guided Mexico to their first win in a FIFA World Cup when they defeated Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, when Mexico finished eleventh, which was their best ranking in a World Cup outside home soil until 2002 where they also ranked eleventh.
His management career was as follows:
| 1950–1951 | Zacatepec | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953–1954 | Club Deportivo Marte | ||
| 1954–1958 | Zacatepec | ||
| 1957 | Mexico (assistant) | ||
| 1958–1960 | América | ||
| 1960–1969 | Mexico | ||
| 1966–1972 | Toluca | ||
| 1972–1975 | Puebla | ||
| 1975–1975 | Mexico | ||
| 1976–1982 | Cruz Azul | ||
| 1983–1985 | Atlante | ||
| 1986–1989 | UDG | ||
| 1990–1991 | Puebla | ||
He died in 2020 from a heart attack.
Ignacio and Roy Hodgson are the only managers to have overseen 1,000 or more club games and 100 or more national team games.
In the English Football League: Simon Weaver, a player ONLY at one club (1996-2012), Harrogate Town lately in League 2, has managed there for 13y 144 days and is the longest serving manager in the top four divisions. Weaver was appointed as the player manager of the Conference North club on 20 May 2009. After becoming manager his father, Irving, became chairman and "the Weavers have transformed Harrogate from sixth-tier strugglers to National League high-flyers challenging for an English Football League place". In May 2018, the team won 3–0 in the playoff final against Brackley Town to reach the National League, for the first time in their history.
Gareth Ainsworth had managed at Wycombe Wanderers in League 1 for 10 years and 18 days.
John Coleman has been at Accrington Stanley in L1 for 8 years and 24 days. Those English managers with "lengthy" reigns are: Mark Robins at Coventry for 5 years and 220 days, Karl Robinson at Oxford Utd (4y 204d) and Thomas Frank at Brentford 3y 361d. Brendan Rogers at Leicester City 3y 228d, Matt Gray at Sutton Utd also topped 3 years.
AND p.s. congratulations to Lucy Bronze for winning her "Century of England Womens' Caps". She achieved her 100th England cap on 11 October 2022 in a 0–0 draw against the Czech Republic
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