List of York City F.C. managers

[3] With results at a low ebb, he helped York establish themselves in the Football League, and led them to the fourth round of the 1936–37 FA Cup.

[5] League football was suspended in September 1939 with the outbreak of the Second World War, and team affairs in wartime competitions were handled by director and acting manager Arthur Wright, before his resignation from illness midway through the 1942–43 season.

[7] Mitchell resigned in February 1950 to concentrate on his business interests,[5] and was succeeded in April by Birmingham City northern scout and former York player Dick Duckworth.

[9] Sheffield United assistant manager Jimmy McCormick was appointed in June 1953, before he resigned in September 1954 over a dispute with the board regarding team selection.

[10] This was a successful period for the club;[10] York reached the semi-final of the 1954–55 FA Cup, and were beaten by Newcastle United in a replay.

[10] Under him York narrowly missed out on becoming founder members of the Fourth Division on goal average in 1957–58, although the club's first promotion came the following season with a third-place finish.

[13] This was followed by two disappointing seasons, including an application for re-election after 1963–64, before York won promotion to the Third Division in 1964–65 by playing exciting and attacking football.

[16] Johnston resigned to return to Huddersfield Town in January 1975;[16] club historian David Batters described him as "arguably the most successful manager in York City's history".

[19] Former Blackburn Rovers manager Bobby Saxton was appointed in June 1987; he was tasked with rebuilding the team in a matter of weeks, and York were relegated to the Fourth Division in 1987–88.

[20] With York bottom of the table, Saxton resigned in September 1988, and was succeeded by former Hartlepool United manager John Bird in October.

[25] Having been 10th in the table in January 2004, York went 20 matches without a win and were relegated to the Conference National after 2003–04, which brought to an end 75 years of Football League membership.

[25] Brass was dismissed in November 2004 with York fourth from bottom of the table, and his assistant Viv Busby took caretaker charge before the appointment of former Derby County coach Billy McEwan in February 2005.

[27] With home form poor McEwan was dismissed in November 2007, and his assistant Colin Walker took over as caretaker manager[28] before being appointed permanently in December.

[31] York avoided relegation in the penultimate match of the season[32] and reached the 2009 FA Trophy final, in which they were beaten by Stevenage Borough.

[33] Foyle's York lost to Oxford United in the 2010 Conference Premier play-off final,[34] and he resigned in September 2010 with the team 15th in the table 10 matches into 2010–11.

[44] Former Scunthorpe United manager Russ Wilcox was appointed,[45] and York avoided relegation after a run of four wins from five matches late into 2014–15.

[46][47] Wilcox was dismissed in October 2015 after a nine-match run without a win left York 21st in the table,[48] and was succeeded by the former Dundee United manager Jackie McNamara in November.

[54] Mills was unable to stop York being relegated to the National League North for the first time in 2016–17,[56] although they did beat Macclesfield Town in the 2017 FA Trophy final.

[68] The next two seasons were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with York being beaten by Altrincham in the play-off semi-final after the 2019–20 final league table was decided on an unweighted points per game basis, before 2020–21 was declared null and void.

[76] Webb's assistant, Michael Morton, took over as interim manager,[77] and was appointed permanently in May[78] after leading York to a 19th-place finish in the 2022–23 season.