List of managers

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Managers/First Team Coaches

Name Tenure Notes
John Tait Robertson April 1905 – October 1906 First Chelsea manager; player-manager
William Lewis October 1906 – August 1907 Caretaker manager
David Calderhead August 1907 – May 1933 Chelsea's longest serving manager
Leslie Knighton May 1933 – April 1939
Billy Birrell May 1939 – May 1952
Ted Drake May 1952 – September 1961
Tommy Docherty January 1962 – October 1967 Initially caretaker manager
Ron Suart October 1967 Caretaker manager
Dave Sexton October 1967 – October 1974
Ron Suart October 1974 – April 1975
Eddie McCreadie April 1975 – July 1977
Ken Shellito July 1977 – December 1978
Danny Blanchflower December 1978 – September 1979
Geoff Hurst October 1979 – April 1981
Bobby Gould April – May 1981 Caretaker manager
John Neal May 1981 – June 1985
John Hollins June 1985 – March 1988
Bobby Campbell March 1988 – May 1991 Initially caretaker manager
Ian Porterfield June 1991 – February 1993
David Webb February 1993 – May 1993 Caretaker manager
Glenn Hoddle June 1993 – May 1996 Player-manager
Ruud Gullit May 1996 – February 1998 Player-manager
Gianluca Vialli February 1998 – September 2000 Player-manager
Ray Wilkins/Graham Rix September 2000 Caretaker managers
Claudio Ranieri September 2000 – May 2004
José Mourinho May 2004 – September 2007
Avram Grant September 2007 – May 2008
Luiz Felipe Scolari July 2008 – February 2009
Ray Wilkins February 2009 Caretaker manager
Guus Hiddink February 2009 – May 2009 Caretaker manager
Carlo Ancelotti July 2009 – May 2011
André Villas-Boas June 2011 – March 2012
Roberto Di Matteo March 2012 – November 2012 Initially interim manager
Rafael Benítez November 2012 – May 2013 Interim manager
José Mourinho June 2013 – December 2015
Guus Hiddink December 2015 – May 2016 Interim manager
Antonio Conte June 2016 -
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