Name | Nationality | Bristol Rovers career | Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | % won[lower-greek 1] | Honours | Notes |
Alfred Homer | England | 1899Summer 1899 – July 1920 | 652 | 243 | 148 | 261 | 37.3 | Southern League champions, 3 Gloucestershire Cups | |
Ben Hall | England | 1920July 1920 – May 1921 | 45 | 19 | 7 | 19 | 42.2 | - | |
Andrew Wilson | Scotland | 1921June 1921 – April 1926 | 230 | 74 | 64 | 92 | 32.2 | Gloucestershire Cup winner | |
Joe Palmer | England | 1926May 1926 – April 1929 | 138 | 48 | 22 | 68 | 34.8 | Gloucestershire Cup winner | |
David McLean | Scotland | 1929May 1929 – September 1930 | 58 | 16 | 12 | 30 | 27.6 | - | |
Albert Prince-Cox | England | 1930October 1930 – October 1936 | 295 | 115 | 67 | 113 | 39.0 | Division 3 South Cup winner, 2 Gloucestershire Cups | |
Percy Smith | England | 1936November 1936 – November 1937 | 52 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 32.7 | - | |
Brough Fletcher | England | 1938January 1938 – January 1950 | 227 | 80 | 49 | 98 | 35.2 | 3 Gloucestershire Cups | |
Bert Tann | England | 1950January 1950 – April 1968 | 897 | 369 | 216 | 314 | 41.1 | Division 3 South champions, Gloucestershire Cups: won 5, shared 5 | |
Fred Ford | England | 1968April 1968 – July 1969 | 70 | 26 | 16 | 28 | 37.1 | - | |
Bill Dodgin Sr. | England | 1969August 1969 – July 1972 | 163 | 72 | 47 | 44 | 44.2 | - | |
Don Megson | England | 1972July 1972 – November 1977 | 269 | 91 | 85 | 93 | 33.8 | Watney Cup winner, 2 Gloucestershire Cups, promotion to Division 2 | |
Bobby Campbell | Scotland | 1977November 1977 – December 1979 | 91 | 32 | 19 | 40 | 35.2 | - | |
Harold Jarman | England | 1979December 1979 – April 1980 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 29.2 | - | |
Terry Cooper | England | 1980April 1980 – October 1981 | 68 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 19.1 | - | |
Ron Gingell (caretaker) | England | 1981 (1)October 1981 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | - | |
Bobby Gould | England | 1981 (2)October 1981 – May 1983 May 1985 – June 1987 | 196 | 71 | 42 | 83 | 36.2 | Gloucestershire Cup winner | |
David Williams | Wales | 1983May 1983 – May 1985 | 108 | 51 | 28 | 29 | 47.2 | 2 Gloucestershire Cups | |
Gerry Francis | England | 1987July 1987 – May 1991 July 2001 – December 2001 | 240 | 95 | 72 | 73 | 39.6 | Division 3 champions, 2 Gloucestershire Cups | [1] |
Martin Dobson | England | 1991 (1)July 1991 – October 1991 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8.3 | - | |
Dennis Rofe | England | 1991 (2)October 1991 – November 1992 | 63 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 33.3 | Gloucestershire Cup winner | |
Malcolm Allison | England | 1992November 1992 – February 1993 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 33.3 | - | |
Steve Cross (caretaker) | England | 1993 (1)March 1993 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | - | |
John Ward | England | 1993 (2)March 1993 – May 1996 December 2012 – March 2014 | 250 | 101 | 70 | 79 | 40.4 | 2 Gloucestershire Cups | [2] |
Ian Holloway | England | 1996June 1996 – January 2001 | 249 | 92 | 67 | 90 | 36.9 | - | |
Garry Thompson | England | 2001 (1)January 2001 – May 2001[lower-greek 2] December 2001 – April 2002 | 47 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 29.8 | - | [3] |
Phil Bater (caretaker) | Wales | 2002 (1)April 2002 January 2004 – March 2004 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7.1 | - | [4] |
Ray Graydon | England | 2002 (2)April 2002 – January 2004 | 81 | 22 | 22 | 37 | 27.2 | - | [5] |
Russell Osman Kevan Broadhurst (joint caretakers)[lower-greek 3] | England | 2004 (2)March 2004 – April 2004 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | - | [6][7] |
Ian Atkins | England | 2004 (3)April 2004 – September 2005 | 68 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 30.9 | - | [8] |
Paul Trollope | Wales | 2005September 2005 – December 2010 | 284 | 106 | 71 | 107 | 37.3 | League 2 play-off winner | [9] |
Darren Patterson (caretaker) | Northern Ireland | 2010December 2010 – January 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | | [10] |
Dave Penney | England | 2011aJanuary 2011 – March 2011 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15.4 | | [11] |
Stuart Campbell (caretaker) | Scotland | 2011bMarch 2011 – May 2011 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 33.3 | | [12] |
Paul Buckle | England | 2011cMay 2011 – January 2012 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 27.5 | | [13] |
Mark McGhee | Scotland | 2012January 2012 – December 2012 | 45 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 26.6 | | [14] |
Darrell Clarke | England | 2014March 2014 – December 2018 | 246 | 104 | 56 | 86 | 42.3 | Conference Premier play-off winner, promotion to League One | [15] |
Graham Coughlan | Republic of Ireland | 2018December 2018 – December 2019 | 56 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 44.6 | | [16] |
Joe Dunne (caretaker) | Republic of Ireland | 2019aDecember 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | | [17] |
Kevin Maher (caretaker) | Republic of Ireland | 2019bDecember 2019 January 2020[lower-greek 4] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | | [18] |
Ben Garner | England | 2019cDecember 2019 – November 2020[lower-greek 5] | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 18.2 | | [20] |
Tommy Widdrington (caretaker) | England | 2020aNovember 2020 February 2021 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.6 | | |
Paul Tisdale | England | 2020bNovember 2020 – February 2021 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 26.3 | | [21] |
Joey Barton | England | 2020bFebruary 2021 – October 2023 | 143 | 53 | 30 | 60 | 37.1 | Promotion to League One | [22] |
Andy Mangan (caretaker) | England | 2023aOctober 2023 – November 2023 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.1 | | |
Matt Taylor | England | 2023bNovember 2023 – Present | 30 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 36.6 | | |