List of Northampton Town F.C. managers
Introduction Northampton Town Football Club is an English association football club based in Northampton, England. The club was founded on 6 March 1897 by a group of local school teachers who got together with the local solicitor A.J "Pat" Darnell at The Princess Royal Inn, Wellingborough Road to form the town's first professional football club. Their initially chosen name was Northampton Football Club, but after objections from the town's rugby club, the club was called Northampton Town Football Club. Northampton Town have had 35 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. In 2017, former Dutch player Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink became the first person from outside the British Isles to manage the club. A majority of the managerial changes have taken place in recent years including fifteen between 2001 and 2021.Dave Bowen is the club's most successful manager so far, taking the club to the First Division for the only time. Herbert Chapman was in charge during the Cobblers's crown of the Southern Football League in 1908–09 and also the runners-up spot in the Charity Shield that proceeded the title.
List of managers : Name  Nationality  From  To  P  W  D  L  Win %  Honours Notes Ref   1907-04April 1907 1912-05May 1912 212 106 44 62 50% Southern League winners: 1908–09Charity Shield runners-up: 1909–10Southern League runners-up: 1910–11 †    1912-05May 1912 1912-12December 1912 39 12 12 15 30.7%      1913-08August 1913 1915-05May 1915 76 30 30 16 39.4%      1920-05 May 1920 1925-04 April 1925 226 89 51 86 39.3%      1925-05 May 1925 1930-10 October 1930 235 108 78 49 45.9%      1931-02 February 1931 1935-03 March 1935 193 76 43 74 39.3%      1935-03 March 1935 1937-03 March 1937 98 43 16 39 43.8%      1937-03 March 1937 1939-09 September 1939 94 34 19 41 36.2%      1939-09 September 1939 1949-03 March 1949 131 45 32 53 34.3%      1949-03 March 1949 1954-07 July 1954 254 108 59 87 42.5%      1954-07 July 1954 1959-07 July 1959 241 103 39 99 42.7%      1959-07 July 1959 1967-09 September 1967 387 165 89 133 42.6% Division Four promotion: 1960–61Division Three champions: 1962–63Division Two runners-up: 1964–65   '''' (interim)  1963-07 July 1963 1963-09 September 1963 ''3'' ''3'' ''0'' ''0'' ''100%''  †    1967-09 September 1967 1968-05 May 1968 48 15 14 19 31.2%      1968-05 May 1968 1969-05 May 1969 52 16 13 23 30.7%      1969-05 May 1969 1972-05 May 1972 161 54 48 59 33.5%      1972-10 October 1972 1973-05 May 1973 48 10 11 27 20.8%      1973-06 June 1973 1976-06 June 1976 150 67 37 46 44.6% Division Four runners-up: 1975–76     1976-09 September 1976 1977-01 January 1977 25 5 4 16 20%   ''Committee'' 1977-01 January 1977 1977-07 July 1977 ''25'' ''9'' ''4'' ''12'' ''36%''  †    1977-09 September 1977 1978-01 January 1978 57 19 10 28 33.3%    '' (caretaker)''  1978-01 January 1978 1978-02 February 1978 ''6'' ''3'' ''1'' ''2'' ''50%''      1978-02 February 1978 1979-03 March 1979 53 17 15 21 32%      1979-05 May 1979 1980-10 October 1980 61 21 14 26 34.4%      1980-10 October 1980 1982-02 February 1982 70 22 18 30 31.4%      1982-05 May 1982 1984-05 May 1984 108 30 33 45 27.7%      1984-07 July 1984 1985-04 April 1985 49 11 8 30 22.4%      1985-04 April 1985 1990-05 May 1990 278 114 68 99 41% Division Four champions: 1986–87     1990-05 May 1990 1992-04 April 1992 97 32 29 36 32.9%      1992-04 April 1992 1993-09 September 1993 59 17 9 33 28.8%      1993-09 September 1993 1994-07 December 1994 22 7 6 9 31.8%      1995-01 January 1995 1999-10 October 1999 254 93 72 89 36.6% Division Three play-off winners: 1996–97   ''Kevin WilsonKevan Broadhurst (caretakers)''  1999-10 October 1999 2001-09 October 1999 ''5'' ''2'' ''1'' ''2'' ''40%''      1999-10 October 1999 2001-09 September 2001 102 42 19 41 41.1% Division Three promotion: 1999–2000     2001-09 September 2001 2003-01 January 2003 72 24 13 35 33.3%     2003-01 January 20032003-02 February 2003 7 0 2 5 0%     2003-02 February 20032003-09 September 2003 25 7 3 15 28%  †  '' (caretaker)'' 2003-02 September 20032003-09 October 2003 ''2'' ''0'' ''1'' ''1'' ''0%''     2003-10 October 20032006-05 May 2006 153 73 40 40 47.7% League Two runners-up: 2005–06    2006-06 June 20062006-12 December 2006 27 6 11 10 22.2%    ''Ian SampsonJim Barron (caretakers)'' 2006-12 December 20062007-01 January 2007 ''4'' ''1'' ''1'' ''2'' ''25%''     2007-01 January 20072009-09 September 2009 134 44 38 52 32.8%     2009-09 September 20092011-03 March 2011 84 29 27 28 34.5%  †    2011-03 March 2011 2011-11 November 2011 34 7 10 17 20.5%    '' (caretaker)''  2011-11 November 2011 2011-11 November 2011 ''1'' ''0'' ''0'' ''1'' ''0%''    '' (caretaker)''  2011-11 November 2011 2011-11 November 2011 ''1'' ''0'' ''0'' ''1'' ''0%''      2011-11 November 2011 2013-12 December 2013 108 39 26 43 36.1%    '' (caretaker)''  2013-21 December 2013 2014-27 January 2014 ''5'' ''1'' ''1'' ''3'' ''20%''      2014-01 January 2014 2016-05 May 2016 126 61 28 37 48.4% League Two champions: 2015–16     2016-05 May 2016 2017-01 January 2017 34 10 8 16 29.4%    '' (caretaker)''  2016-19 January 2017 January 2017 ''1'' ''0'' ''0'' ''1'' ''0%''     2017-01 January 2017 2017-08 August 2017 25 6 6 13 24%      2016-19 September 2017 2018-04 April 2018 42 10 13 19 23.8%      2018-05 April 2018 2018-09 September 2018 17 3 6 8 17.6%  †    2018-10 October 2018 2021-02 February 2021 125 47 32 46 37.6% League Two play-off winners: 2019–20   '''Jon Brady'''  2021-05 February 2021 ''Present'' 163 65 40 58 39.8% League Two promotion: 2022–23 † P = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; D = Matches drawn; Won % = Percentage of matches played that resulted in a win
Footnotes and references
External links * Managerial History for Northampton Town Soccerbase