Wolverhampton Wanderers manager: Stan Cullis is the best head coach ever

Under the lead of Stan Cullis, Wolverhampton Wanderers were one of the strongest clubs in English football. Let’s figure out what honors they have obtained in the era of Stan Cullis and who else has ever coached The Wanderers?

By: Harry Siuu

07/05/2021 02:33

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List of Wolverhampton Wanderers managers over time

Name	Nationality	From	To
George Worrall	England	August 1877	May 1885
Jack Addenbrooke	England	August 1885	June 1922
George Jobey	England	June 1922	May 1924
Albert Hoskins	England	June 1924	March 1926
Fred Scotchbrook	England	March 1926	June 1927
Major Frank Buckley	England	July 1927	March 1944
Ted Vizard	Wales	April 1944	May 1948
Stan Cullis	England	June 1948	September 1964
Andy Beattie	Scotland	November 1964	September 1965
Ronnie Allen	England	September 1965	November 1968
Bill McGarry	England	November 1968	May 1976
Sammy Chung	England	June 1976	November 1978
John Barnwell	England	November 1978	January 1982
Ian Greaves	England	February 1982	August 1982
Graham Hawkins	England	August 1982	April 1984
Tommy Docherty	Scotland	June 1984	July 1985
Bill McGarry	England	September 1985	November 1985
Sammy Chapman	Northern Ireland	November 1985	August 1986
Graham Turner	England	October 1986	March 1994
Graham Taylor	England	March 1994	November 1995
Mark McGhee	Scotland	December 1995	November 1998
Colin Lee	England	November 1998	December 2000
Dave Jones	England	January 2001	November 2004
Glenn Hoddle	England	December 2004	July 2006
Mick McCarthy	Ireland	July 2006	February 2012
Terry Connor	England	February 2012	June 2012
Ståle Solbakken	Norway	July 2012	January 2013
Dean Saunders	Wales	January 2013	May 2013
Kenny Jackett	Wales	May 2013	July 2016
Walter Zenga	Italy	July 2016	October 2016
Paul Lambert	Scotland	November 2016	May 2017
Nuno Espírito Santo	Portugal	May 2017	May 2021
Bruno Lage	Portugal	June 2021

Since the inception of Wolverhampton Wanderers, the club has served 32 managers. Most of them are English football managers, but there are some head coaches from other European countries, including Ted Vizard, Dean Saunders, and Kenny Jackett from Wales; Andy Beattie, Tommy Docherty, Mark McGhee, and Paul Lambert from Scotland; Sammy Chapman from Northern Scotland; Ståle Solbakken from Norway; Walter Zenga from Italy; Nuno Espírito Santo and Bruno Lage from Portugal.

Ted Vizard was the manager who led the club to the highest percentage of winning matches (48.9%) with 87 winning games out of 178 appearances. However, in his time, Wolves didn’t win any competition at all.

The all-time greatest manager of Wolverhampton

Stan Cullis is considered the most successful manager in the history of Wolverhampton. Despite not being the longest-serving coach, Cullis led The Wanderers to the most titles in his time, from 1948 to 1964. He and his students won three First Division titles in the 1953-54, 1957-58, and 1958-59 seasons, along with three seasons becoming the runners-up. They also won two FA Cups and one FA Charity Shield. Stan Cullis was also a former footballer of Wolverhampton Wanderers.

His greatest impact for the club was honored by a statue of him outside the Wolves’ Molineux Stadium, and inducting him into the English Football Hall of Fame.

Stan Cullis statue

Stan Cullis statue

Learn about Wolverhampton Wanderers

In this part, you will find some basic information about Wolverhampton Wanderers to know more about this Premier League club.

History

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, hence the name of the club. They are also known as Wolves or The Wanderers.

They were founded 144 years ago, in 1877 as St.Luke’s F.C. Wolves were one of the founding members of the Football League, which was established in 1888. The club is playing at Molineux Stadium with a 32,050 capacity. Recently, in June 2021, the Portuguese professional football manager Bruno Lage has started his tenure as a head coach of The Wanderers. Wolverhampton Wanderers are owned by a Chinese company called Fosun International.

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

League honors

Wolves joined 26 consecutive seasons of the top-flight competition, between 1932 and 1965. They won three First Division championships, all during the time of Stan Cullis. They also won four titles of FA Cups, two League Cups, and many other league and cup titles. After a 39-year absence from the European campaign, Wolves finally reached the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals in 2020.

1. League

Football League First Division, superseded by the Premier League

Champions (3): 1953–54, 1957–58, 1958–59
Runners-up (5): 1937–38, 1938–39, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1959–60

EFL Championship/Football League Second Division (1892–1992)

Champions (4): 1931–32, 1976–77, 2008–09, 2017–18
Runners-up (2): 1966–67, 1982–83
Play-off winners (1): 2002–03

EFL League One/Football League Third Division

Champions (3): 1923–24 (North), 1988–89, 2013–14

Football League Fourth Division

Champions (1): 1987–88

2. Cup

UEFA Cup

Runners-up (1): 1971–72

FA Cup

Winners (4): 1892–93, 1907–08, 1948–49, 1959–60
Runners-up (4): 1888–89, 1895–96, 1920–21, 1938–39

Football League Cup

Winners (2): 1973–74, 1979–80

FA Charity Shield

Winners (4): 1949*, 1954*, 1959, 1960* (* shared)
Runners-up (1): 1958

Football League Trophy

Winners (1): 1987–88

Football League War Cup

Winners (1): 1942

Texaco Cup

Winners (1): 1970–71

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C._managers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Cullis

Written by: Harry Siuu

a specialized football specialist with over ten years' experience as a football journalist who works for Betimate.com.

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