List of Perth Glory FC head coaches

Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club played its first competitive match in October 1996, in the first round of the 1996–97 National Soccer League. They have played at their current home ground, Perth Oval, since their foundation in 1995. Perth is one of the three A-League clubs to survive the demise of the National Soccer League, the previous top division in Australian soccer. The club was implemented into the inaugural A-League season in 2005, and has since participated in every A-League season.

Bernd Stange was Perth's first manager to win a major piece of silverware, the 1999–2000 premiership

Since the inception of the club in 1995, Perth have had 12 different managers (including one caretaker manager). The current manager is Richard Garcia, who took over from Tony Popovic on 11 September 2020.[1] Glory's most successful manager is Mich d'Avray, who won two premierships and two championships during his three season tenure.[2][3]

Managers
Key
  • Nationality – If the manager played international football as a player, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the manager's nationality is given as their country of birth.
  • Notes – Relevant information about the manager's tenure.
  • Honours – The trophies won while managing Perth Glory.
  • Italics – Denotes that the manager was only a caretaker during his tenure


As of 7 November 2020
Dates Name Ref(s) Notes Honours
1996 – 1998 Gary Marocchi [4] Inaugural manager
1998 – 2001 Bernd Stange [2][3][4] First overseas Manager 1999-00 National Soccer League Premiership
1999-00 National Soccer League Championship Runner Up
2001 – 2004 Mich d'Avray [2][3][4] Perth Glory's most successful coach 2001–02 National Soccer League Premiership
2001–02 National Soccer League Championship Runner Up
2002–03 National Soccer League Championship
2003–04 National Soccer League Premiership
2003–04 National Soccer League Championship
25 January 2005 – 7 December 2005 Steve McMahon [4] – 2005 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup Runner Up
8 December 2005 – 25 July 2006 Alan Vest [5][4] – –
26 July 2006 – 4 November 2007 Ron Smith [6][7][4] Former Football Federation Australia Technical Manager 2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup Runner Up
4 December 2007 – 12 October 2010 David Mitchell [8][4] Former Perth Glory assistant coach –
12 October 2010 – 13 January 2013 Ian Ferguson [4] – 2011–12 A-League Championship Runner Up
11 February 2013 – 17 December 2013 Alistair Edwards [9][4] – –
20 December 2013 – 20 April 2018 Kenny Lowe [10][4] Caretaker coach to 22 April 2014. 2014 FFA Cup Runner Up
2015 FFA Cup Runner Up
11 May 2018 – 26 August 2020 Tony Popovic [11][12][13][4] Perth Glory's most successful A-League coach 2018–19 A-League Premiership
2018–19 A-League Championship Runner Up
11 September 2020 – present Richard Garcia [1][4] – –

References
  1. "Richard Garcia appointed new Glory Head Coach". Perth Glory FC. 18 September 2020.
  2. "About us". Perth Glory Football Club. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. "The Australian National Soccer League". www.ozfootball.net. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. "Perth Glory » Manager history". worldfootball.
  5. "Vest and Mori to take Glory forward". Perth Glory Football Club. 9 December 2005. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  6. Smith Grabs the Glory "The World Game", July 2006
  7. Glory's Smith 'best coach in Australia', ESPN, 26 July 2006
  8. "Mitchell steps down". Perth Glory. Sportal.com.au. 12 October 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  9. "Perth sack Ferguson". Football Federation Australia. 11 February 2013. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  10. "KENNY LOWE APPOINTED INTERIM PERTH GLORY HEAD COACH". Football Federation Australia. 20 December 2013.
  11. "Tony Popovic returns to A-League as Perth Glory coach". The Guardian. 11 May 2018.
  12. "Popovic heads to Greece as Aussie trio bid to revive battling Xanthi". The World Game.
  13. "Wellington Phoenix's Roy Krishna adds Johnny Warren Medal to A-League Golden Boot". Stuff.co.nz. 13 May 2019.
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