List of Famous Football Managers

Frank Walter Yallop is a British-Canadian former professional soccer player and current Sporting Director of Monterey Bay FC in the USL Championship.

Dimitar Petrov Dimitrov, nicknamed Héro, is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Beroe Stara Zagora.

Ljubinko Drulović is a Serbian former footballer who played as a winger, and is a current manager.

Sven Köhler is a former German footballer and coach.

Alberto Malesani is an Italian association football manager and former footballer. As a manager, he is mostly remembered for his successful spell with Parma during the late 90s, where he won the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Cup, and the Supercoppa Italiana.

Mark Stephen Sampson is an American soccer coach currently serving as the head coach of the men's soccer program at Cal Poly. He is also the former head coach of both the United States men's national team and the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.

Dejan Savićević is a Montenegrin former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Since 2004, he has been the president of the Montenegrin Football Association (FSCG), currently in his fifth term at the post. Savićević was considered one of the best players in the world during the 1980s and ‘90s, and is regarded as one of the greatest Montenegrin and Yugoslavian footballers of all-time. During his time in A.C. Milan he was nicknamed Il Genio.

Michael Gordon Harford, is an English former football player turned manager. He is currently the chief recruitment officer at Luton Town, a club where he has spent a large portion of both his playing and non-playing career. In addition to two separate spells as a player at Luton, including as part of the team that won the League Cup in 1988, Harford has been the club's director of football, first-team coach and manager; the latter role saw him lead Luton to victory in the Football League Trophy in 2009 & gloriously return in the 2018-19 season to guide The Hatters to champions of League One.

Stefano Colantuono is an Italian football professional football manager and former player, who played as a defender. He most recently served as the head coach of Serie B club Salernitana.