List of Major League Soccer head coaches
The following is a list of Major League Soccer head coaches — including lists of current head coaches and head coaches with most wins. Major League Soccer is a Division 1 professional soccer league, with 29 teams — 26 in the United States and 3 in Canada.
Current MLS head coaches[edit]
Coach | Nationality | Age | Club | Date appointed | Time as coach | Played in MLS |
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Gonzalo Pineda | Mexico | 41 | Atlanta United FC | August 12, 2021 | 2 years, 307 days | 2014–2015 |
Josh Wolff | United States | 47 | Austin FC | July 23, 2019 | 5 years, 52 days | 1998–2006 2008–2012 |
Dean Smith | England | 53 | Charlotte FC | December 12, 2023 | 185 days | N/A |
Frank Klopas | United States | 57 | Chicago Fire FC | May 8, 2023 | 1 year, 37 days | 1996–1999 |
Pat Noonan | United States | 43 | FC Cincinnati | December 14, 2021 | 2 years, 244 days | 2003–2007 2008–2012 |
Chris Armas | United States | 51 | Colorado Rapids | November 17, 2023 | 210 days | 1996–2007 |
Wilfried Nancy | France | 47 | Columbus Crew | December 6, 2022 | 1 year, 191 days | N/A |
Nico Estévez | Spain | 44 | FC Dallas | December 2, 2021 | 2 years, 195 days | N/A |
Troy Lesesne | United States | 40 | D.C. United | January 10, 2024 | 156 days | N/A |
Ben Olsen | United States | 47 | Houston Dynamo FC | November 8, 2022 | 1 year, 219 days | 1998–2009 |
Gerardo Martino | Argentina | 61 | Inter Miami CF | June 28, 2023 | 352 days | N/A |
Greg Vanney | United States | 50 | LA Galaxy | January 5, 2021 | 3 years, 161 days | 1996–2001 2005–2008 |
Steve Cherundolo | United States | 45 | Los Angeles FC | January 3, 2022 | 2 years, 163 days | N/A |
Cameron Knowles (interim) | New Zealand | 41 | Minnesota United FC | January 5, 2024 | 161 days | 2005–2010 |
Laurent Courtois | France | 45 | CF Montréal | January 8, 2024 | 158 days | 2011–2013 |
Gary Smith | England | 55 | Nashville SC | November 3, 2019 | 4 years, 224 days | N/A |
Caleb Porter | United States | 49 | New England Revolution | December 19, 2023 | 178 days | 1998–2000 |
Nick Cushing | England | 39 | New York City FC | June 13, 2022 | 2 years, 1 day | N/A |
Sandro Schwarz | Germany | 45 | New York Red Bulls | December 14, 2023 | 183 days | N/A |
Óscar Pareja | Colombia | 55 | Orlando City SC | December 4, 2019 | 4 years, 193 days | 1998–2005 |
Jim Curtin | United States | 44 | Philadelphia Union | June 10, 2014 | 10 years, 4 days | 2001–2009 |
Phil Neville | England | 47 | Portland Timbers | November 6, 2023 | 221 days | N/A |
Pablo Mastroeni | United States | 47 | Real Salt Lake | August 27, 2021 | 2 years, 292 days | 1998–2013 |
Luchi Gonzalez | United States | 44 | San Jose Earthquakes | August 17, 2022 | 1 year, 302 days | N/A |
Brian Schmetzer | United States | 61 | Seattle Sounders FC | July 26, 2016 | 7 years, 324 days | N/A |
Peter Vermes | United States | 57 | Sporting Kansas City | August 4, 2009 | 14 years, 315 days | 1996–2002 |
Bradley Carnell | South Africa | 47 | St. Louis City SC | January 5, 2022 | 2 years, 161 days | N/A |
John Herdman | England | 48 | Toronto FC | October 1, 2023 | 257 days | N/A |
Vanni Sartini | Italy | 47 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | August 27, 2021 | 2 years, 292 days | N/A |
Most coaching wins[edit]
Regular season wins[edit]
Notes
| Postseason wins[edit]
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Achievements[edit]
The following table shows the MLS head coaches that have won the Coach of the Year, MLS Cup, or Supporters' Shield at least twice.
Coach | Coach of the Year | MLS Cup | Supporters' Shield |
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Bruce Arena | 4 (1997, 2009, 2011, 2021) | 5 (1996, 1997, 2011, 2012, 2014) | 4 (1997, 2010, 2011, 2021) |
Bob Bradley | 3 (1998, 2006, 2019) | 1 (1998) | 1 (2019) |
Sigi Schmid | 2 (1999, 2008) | 2 (2002, 2008) | 3 (2002, 2008, 2014) |
Frank Yallop | 2 (2001, 2012) | 2 (2001, 2003) | 1 (2012) |
Dominic Kinnear | 1 (2005) | 2 (2006, 2007) | 1 (2005) |
Caleb Porter | 1 (2013) | 2 (2015, 2020) | — |
Thomas Rongen | 1 (1996) | 1 (1999) | 2 (1996, 1999) |
Brian Schmetzer | — | 2 (2016, 2019) | — |
List of all-time coaches[edit]
The list of coaches includes everyone who has coached a club while they were in the MLS, whether in a permanent or temporary role. Interim coaches are listed only when they managed the team for at least one match in that period.
Coaches highlighted in yellow and in italics are currently head coach of the listed MLS club.
- As of 10 January 2024
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Bruce Arena sets MLS coaching wins record". Major League Soccer. March 5, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Winningest coaches in MLS Cup Playoffs history". Major League Soccer. May 28, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
- ^ a b Pedersen, Matt (November 13, 2013). "Houston Dynamo player milestones and notes from 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved July 26, 2016.