Wales national football team manager

Since the Wales national football team's formation in 1876, it has had 12 managers.

The longest serving manager is Dave Bowen, who was manager for 10 years before leaving in 1974. Bowen was in charge of the team for 53 games, winning 10. His win percentage of 20% is the lowest of all Wales managers. The most successful manager in terms of wins was John Toshack.

Jimmy Murphy and Chris Coleman are the only managers to have taken the team to any FIFA World Cup or European Championship finals. Jimmy Murphy leading the team to the 1958 FIFA World Cup, where they reached the quarter-finals before being knocked by Brazil. Chris Coleman led his team to the Euro 2016

List of managers

• Caretaker manager is indicates with a (c).
• BOLD names indicates that the manager has taken the team to a FIFA World Cup or European Championships finals.
• The current manager is indicates with the yellow background.

As of 01 April 2015

Name	Career	First game	Final game	Pld	Wins	Draws	Loss	Goals For	Goals against	Win %
Walley Barnes	7000200000000000000♠1954–1956	9 May 1954 vs Austria	11 Apr 1956 vs Northern Ireland	9	2	1	6	10	17	22
Jimmy Murphy	7000800000000000000♠1956–1964	20 Oct 1956 vs Scotland	20 Nov 1963 vs Scotland	43	11	13	19	59	79	26
Trevor Morris (c)	5000000000000000000♠1964	15 Apr 1964 vs Northern Ireland		1	0	0	1	2	3	0
Dave Bowen	7001100000000000000♠1964–74	3 Oct 1964 vs Scotland	18 May 1974 vs Northern Ireland	53	10	13	30	49	84	20
Mike Smith	7000500000000000000♠1974–1979	4 Sep 1974 vs Austria	21 Nov 1979 vs Turkey	40	15	11	14	49	39	38
Mike England	7000700000000000000♠1980–1987	17 Mar 1980 vs England	11 Nov 1987 vs Czechoslovakia	56	21	18	17	68	52	38
David Williams (c)	5000000000000000000♠1988	23 Mar 1988 vs Yugoslavia		1	0	0	1	1	2	0
Terry Yorath	7000500000000000000♠1988–1993	27 Apr 1988 vs Sweden	17 Nov 1993 vs Romania	41	16	8	17	48	54	39
John Toshack (c)	5000000000000000000♠1994	9 Mar 1994 vs Norway		1	0	0	1	1	3	0
Mike Smith	7000100000000000000♠1994–1995	20 Apr 1994 vs Sweden	6 Sep 1995 vs Moldova	10	3	1	6	9	19	30
Bobby Gould	7000400000000000000♠1995–1999	11 Oct 1995 vs Germany	5 June 1999 vs Italy	24	7	4	13	32	47	29
Mark Hughes	7000500000000000000♠1999–2004	4 Sep 1999 vs Belgium	13 Oct 2004 vs Poland	41	11	15	15	46	49	27
John Toshack	7000500000000000000♠2005–2010	9 Feb 2005 vs Hungary	3 Sep 2010 vs Montenegro	53	22	8	23	61	56	42
Brian Flynn (c)	5000000000000000000♠2010	8 Oct 2010 vs Bulgaria	12 Oct 2010 vs Switzerland	2	0	0	2	1	5	0
Gary Speed	7000100000000000000♠2010–2011	8 Feb 2011 v Republic of Ireland	12 Nov 2011 v Norway	10	5	0	5	13	13	50
Chris Coleman	7000100000000000000♠2011–	29 Feb 2012 v Costa Rica		24	9	5	10	22	32	35

Managers at the World Cup/European Championship finals

Final	Manager	Pld	Win(s)	Draw(s)^	Loss(s)	Goals For	Goals Against	Position
1958 Sweden	Jimmy Murphy	5	1	3	1	4	4	Quarter-Final
2016 France	Chris Coleman	0	0	0	0	0	0

^ Draws also include penalties.