List of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. managers

This is a List of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. managers. Their first and longest serving manager was Arthur Dickinson who was appointed in 1891. There have been a total of 27 managers appointed to the role on a permanent basis and a further four have taken the position in a caretaker role. The vast majority have been English and the club are yet to hire a manager from outside of the United Kingdom. Many of the managerial changes have taken place in recent years including eight different managers between 1995 and 2004. [cite web|title=The Managerial Merry-Go-Round|url=http://www.swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/CompleteHistory/0,,10304~65737,00.html|date=2007-06-17|publisher=Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|accessdate=2008-04-13]

Arthur Dickinson is also the club's most successful manager so far, winning two First Division titles (1902–03 and 1903–04) and the same number of FA Cups (1896 and 1907). [cite book|last=Farnsworth|first=Keith|title=Wednesday|pages=49,64, 76|publisher=Sheffield City Libraries|year=1982|isbn=0 900660 87 2] Robert Brown was in charge during Wednesday's two other league championship successes in 1928–29 and 1929–30. [cite book|last=Farnsworth|first=Keith|title=Wednesday|pages=111|publisher=Sheffield City Libraries|year=1982|isbn=0 900660 87 2] The last FA Cup was won during Billy Walker's reign at the end of the 1935 season. [cite book|last=Farnsworth|first=Keith|title=Wednesday|pages=135|publisher=Sheffield City Libraries|year=1982|isbn=0 900660 87 2] Ron Atkinson masterminded the club's only League Cup triumph in 1991. [cite news|title=Profile: Ron Atkinson|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3648471.stm|publisher=BBC|date=2004-04-22|accessdate=2008-04-19]

The current manager is Brian Laws who was appointed on 11 November 2006. [cite web|title=First Team Coaching Staff|url=http://www.swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/WhosWho/0,,10304,00.html|date=2008-01-14|publisher=Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|accessdate=2008-04-13] His assistant is Russ Wilcox and Billy Mercer is the goalkeeping coach. Sean McAuley, the caretaker manager before the appointment of Brian Laws, is the Academy Manager. He is assisted by Neville Burbeary. [cite web|title=Academy Management Staff|url=http://www.swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/CoachingStaff/0,,10304~1032687,00.html|publisher=Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|date=2008-01-24|accessdate=2008-04-13]

List of Managers

:"As of 28 September 2008." [cite web|title=Manager History|work=Soccerbase|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/manager_history.sd?teamid=2330] [cite web|title=The Managers|work=The Sheffield Wednesday Archive|url=http://www.adrianbullock.com/swfc/stats/managers.htm] P = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; D = Matches drawn; Won % = Percentage of matches played that resulted in a win

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