List of Swindon Town F.C. managers

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.

Glenn Hoddle led Swindon Town to the Premier League in 1993. [ 1 ]
Osvaldo Ardiles was the first non-Briton to manage Swindon Town . He managed the club to the 1990 Second Division play-off final where they beat Sunderland 1-0. However, Swindon were later demoted after being found guilty of financial irregularities. [ 4 ]
Danny Wilson led Swindon Town to the 2010 League One play-off final where they lost 1-0 to Millwall . [ 5 ]
Mark Cooper led Swindon Town to the 2015 League One play-off final where they lost 4-0 to Preston North End . [ 6 ]
Phil Brown joined Swindon Town in 2018 after the sudden departure of David Flitcroft to Mansfield Town . [ 7 ]
Richie Wellens managed Swindon Town to the EFL League Two championship in 2020 via the PPG rule. [ 8 ]
Michael Flynn was appointed Swindon Town manager in May 2023. [ 9 ]
Paolo Di Canio was manager of Swindon Town when they won the League Two title in 2012. [ 14 ]