Philippe Jacques William Montanier (born 15 November 1964) is a French professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Ligue 1 club Toulouse.

[3] In the early 2000s, Montanier was assistant to his former Caen boss Robert Nouzaret at Toulouse, Bastia and the Ivory Coast national team.

[7][8] On his debut on 27 August, his team began the season with a 2–1 win at Sporting de Gijón with two goals from Imanol Agirretxe.

[10] They also won home and away in the Basque derby against Athletic Bilbao – the latter being the last such fixture at the old San Mamés Stadium[11] – to finish fourth and qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

[3] In his first season, the team returned to Ligue 1 after a two-year absence, four points above Ajaccio and with a division record 82 goals scored.

[27] His team defeated Annecy 2–1 on 6 April 2023 to reach their first Coupe de France final, and the first for the city of Toulouse since the unrelated club of the same name lost in 1957.

[29] Despite the cup win, Montanier was fired on 16 June 2023 and replaced by his former assistant Carles Martínez Novell, who had never been a senior manager before.

Montanier's previous assistant Mickaël Debève had been sacked in the winter; both were known to oppose the data-driven approach of the new American ownership.