List of Swindon Town F.C. managers



The current manager of Swindon Town Football Club is Michael Flynn. The club has had 36 permanent managers (of whom six also served as player-manager) while Iffy Onuora, Mark Cooper and Luke Williams have served as both interim manager and permanent manager.

Swindon Town's first ever manager was former Swindon Town committee member Sam Allen. Allen remains Swindon Town's longest-serving manager, holding the position for 31 years between 1902 and 1933, spanning 1,192 matches. Swindon Town's shortest reigning permanent manager is Martin Ling, who was in charge for nine games. Statistically, Swindon Town's least successful manager is Paul Hart, who won just one of his 11 matches in charge.

The first manager under whom Swindon Town won a major trophy was Danny Williams, who guided the club to the Football League Cup in the 1968–69 season. Fred Ford, Lou Macari, Osvaldo Ardiles, Glenn Hoddle, Steve McMahon and Paolo Di Canio have also won trophies with the club.

List of managers
Updated 29 May 2024.


 * Key
 * * Served as caretaker manager.
 * † Served as caretaker manager before being appointed permanently.
 * ‡ Appointed as Director of Football, but with responsibility for team selection.
 * ^ Appointed as Head Coach