List of Gillingham F.C. managers

Upon being admitted to the Football League in May 1920, the club appointed Robert Brown as manager, but he resigned without ever taking charge of a match.

Freddie Cox was the first manager to win a major trophy with Gillingham, taking the Football League Fourth Division championship in the 1963–64 season.

After Hessenthaler was dismissed following a poor start to the 2004–05 season, the club saw a number of managers come and go in a relatively short time before Mark Stimson's arrival in 2007.

Hessenthaler then returned to the club for a period of two years before he was promoted to Director of Football to make way for Martin Allen.

d. ^ Clark's statistics include three matches (two wins and one defeat) played at the start of the 1939–40 season before competitive football was abandoned due to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Martin Allen led Gillingham to the Football League Two title in 2013, only the second time the club had won a divisional title in the English Football League .
Football manager William Groombridge
William Ironside Groombridge was the club's secretary, but is considered to have held a role equivalent to that of a modern manager.
Footballer Steve Smith
Former England international Steve Smith managed the club for two seasons.
Football manager Harry Curtis
Harry Curtis was appointed in 1923.
Football manager Tony Pulis
Tony Pulis took over in 1995 and led the Gills to promotion from the Third Division at the first attempt.
Football manager Peter Taylor
Under Peter Taylor the Gills reached the second tier of English football for the first time.
Football manager Andy Hessenthaler
Andy Hessenthaler replaced Taylor as manager in 2000 and returned for a second spell in charge ten years later.
Football manager Mark Stimson
Mark Stimson managed the Gills to promotion in 2009.