List of Major League Soccer coaches


The following is a list of Major League Soccer coaches — including lists of current coaches and coaches with most wins. Major League Soccer is a Division 1 professional soccer league, with 26 teams — 23 in the United States and 3 in Canada.

Current MLS coaches

*-interim

Most coaching wins

Regular season wins

  1. Sigi Schmid
  2. Bruce Arena
  3. Dominic Kinnear
  4. Frank Yallop
  5. Bob Bradley
  6. Steve Nicol
  7. Jason Kreis
  8. Peter Vermes
  9. Thomas Rongen
  10. Dave Dir
Notes
  1. Bruce Arena
  2. Sigi Schmid
  3. Dominic Kinnear
  4. Bob Bradley
  5. Brian Schmetzer

    Achievements

The following table shows the MLS head coaches that have won the Coach of the Year, MLS Cup, or Supporters' Shield at least twice.
CoachCoach of the YearMLS CupSupporters' Shield
Bruce Arena3 5 3
Bob Bradley3 1 1
Sigi Schmid2 2 3
Frank Yallop2 2 1
Dominic Kinnear1 2 1
Thomas Rongen1 1 2
Brian Schmetzer2

List of all-time coaches

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 with in italics and highlighted in yellow are currently coaching a club.
NameNationalityClubFromUntil
Gerardo MartinoArgentinaAtlanta United20172018
Frank de BoerNetherlandsAtlanta United20192020
Bob BradleyUnited StatesChicago Fire19982002
Dave SarachanUnited StatesChicago Fire20032007
Denis Hamlett Costa RicaChicago Fire20072007
Juan Carlos OsorioColombiaChicago Fire20072007
Denis HamlettCosta RicaChicago Fire20082009
Carlos de los CobosMexicoChicago Fire20102011
Frank KlopasUnited StatesChicago Fire20112013
Frank YallopCanadaChicago Fire20142015
Brian Bliss United StatesChicago Fire20152015
Veljko PaunovićSerbiaChicago Fire20162019
Raphaël WickySwitzerlandChicago Fire2020present
Thomas RongenNetherlandsChivas USA20052005
Javier Ledesma MexicoChivas USA20052005
Hans WesterhofNetherlandsChivas USA20052005
Bob BradleyUnited StatesChivas USA20062006
PrekiUnited StatesChivas USA20072009
Martín VásquezUnited StatesChivas USA20102010
Robin FraserUnited StatesChivas USA20112012
José Luis Sánchez SoláMexicoChivas USA20132013
Sacha van der Most NetherlandsChivas USA20132013
José Luis RealMexicoChivas USA20132013
Wilmer CabreraColombiaChivas USA20142014
Alan KochSouth AfricaFC Cincinnati20192019
Yoann Damet FranceFC Cincinnati20192019
Ron JansNetherlandsFC Cincinnati20192020
Yoann Damet FranceFC Cincinnati20202020
Jaap StamNetherlandsFC Cincinnati2020present
Bobby HoughtonEnglandColorado Rapids19961996
Roy Wegerle United StatesColorado Rapids19961996
Glenn MyernickUnited StatesColorado Rapids19972000
Tim HankinsonUnited StatesColorado Rapids20012004
Fernando ClavijoUnited StatesColorado Rapids20052008
Gary SmithEnglandColorado Rapids20082011
Óscar ParejaColombiaColorado Rapids20122013
Pablo MastroeniUnited StatesColorado Rapids20142017
Steve Cooke EnglandColorado Rapids20172017
Anthony HudsonEnglandColorado Rapids20172019
Conor Casey United StatesColorado Rapids20192019
Robin FraserUnited StatesColorado Rapids2019present
Timo LiekoskiFinlandColumbus Crew19961996
Tom FitzgeraldUnited StatesColumbus Crew19962001
Greg AndrulisUnited StatesColumbus Crew20012005
Robert Warzycha PolandColumbus Crew20052005
Sigi SchmidUnited StatesColumbus Crew20062008
Robert WarzychaPolandColumbus Crew20092013
Brian Bliss United StatesColumbus Crew20132013
Gregg BerhalterUnited StatesColumbus Crew20142018
Caleb PorterUnited StatesColumbus Crew2019present
Bruce ArenaUnited StatesD.C. United19961998
Thomas RongenNetherlandsD.C. United19992001
Ray HudsonEnglandD.C. United20022003
Piotr NowakPolandD.C. United20042006
Tom SoehnUnited StatesD.C. United20062009
Curt OnalfoUnited StatesD.C. United20102010
Ben OlsenUnited StatesD.C. United2010present
Dave DirUnited StatesDallas Burn19962000
Mike JeffriesUnited StatesDallas Burn20012003
Colin ClarkeNorthern IrelandDallas Burn/FC Dallas20032006
Steve MorrowNorthern IrelandFC Dallas20072008
Marco Ferruzzi United StatesFC Dallas20082008
Schellas HyndmanUnited StatesFC Dallas20082013
Óscar ParejaColombiaFC Dallas20142018
Luchi GonzalezUnited StatesFC Dallas2019present
Dominic KinnearUnited StatesHouston Dynamo20062014
Owen CoyleRepublic of IrelandHouston Dynamo20152016
Wade Barrett United StatesHouston Dynamo20162016
Wilmer CabreraColombiaHouston Dynamo20172019
Davy Arnaud United StatesHouston Dynamo20192019
Tab RamosUnited StatesHouston Dynamo2020present
Diego AlonsoUruguayInter Miami2020present
Ron NewmanEnglandKansas City Wiz/Wizards19961999
Ken Fogarty EnglandKansas City Wizards19991999
Bob GanslerUnited StatesKansas City Wizards19992006
Brian Bliss United StatesKansas City Wizards20062006
Curt OnalfoUnited StatesKansas City Wizards20072009
Peter VermesUnited StatesKansas City Wizards/Sporting Kansas City2009present
Lothar OsianderGermanyLA Galaxy19961997
Octavio ZambranoEcuadorLA Galaxy19971999
Sigi SchmidUnited StatesLA Galaxy19992004
Steve SampsonUnited StatesLA Galaxy20042006
Frank YallopCanadaLA Galaxy20062007
Ruud GullitNetherlandsLA Galaxy20082008
Cobi Jones United StatesLA Galaxy20082008
Bruce ArenaUnited StatesLA Galaxy20082016
Curt OnalfoUnited StatesLA Galaxy20172017
Sigi SchmidUnited StatesLA Galaxy20172018
Dominic Kinnear United StatesLA Galaxy20182018
Guillermo Barros SchelottoArgentinaLA Galaxy2019present
Bob BradleyUnited StatesLos Angeles FC2017present
Carlos CórdobaArgentinaMiami Fusion19981998
Ivo WortmannBrazilMiami Fusion19982000
Ray HudsonEnglandMiami Fusion20002001
Adrian HeathEnglandMinnesota United FC2017present
Jesse MarschUnited StatesMontreal Impact20122012
Marco SchällibaumSwitzerlandMontreal Impact20132013
Frank KlopasUnited StatesMontreal Impact20142015
Mauro BielloCanadaMontreal Impact20152017
Rémi GardeFranceMontreal Impact20172019
Wílmer CabreraColombiaMontreal Impact20192019
Thierry HenryFranceMontreal Impact2020present
Gary SmithEnglandNashville SC2020present
Frank StapletonIrelandNew England Revolution19961996
Thomas RongenNetherlandsNew England Revolution19971998
Walter ZengaItalyNew England Revolution19991999
Steve Nicol ScotlandNew England Revolution19991999
Fernando ClavijoUnited StatesNew England Revolution20002002
Steve NicolScotlandNew England Revolution20022011
Jay HeapsUnited StatesNew England Revolution20122017
Brad FriedelUnited StatesNew England Revolution20172019
Mike Lapper United StatesNew England Revolution20192019
Bruce ArenaUnited StatesNew England Revolution2019present
Jason KreisUnited StatesNew York City FC20152015
Patrick VieiraFranceNew York City FC20162018
Domènec TorrentSpainNew York City FC20182019
Ronny DeilaNorwayNew York City FC2020present
Eddie FirmaniItalyNew York/New Jersey MetroStars19961996
Carlos QueirozPortugalNew York/New Jersey MetroStars19961996
Carlos Alberto ParreiraBrazilNew York/New Jersey MetroStars19971997
Alfonso MondeloSpainMetroStars19981998
Bora MilutinovićSerbiaMetroStars19981999
Octavio ZambranoEcuadorMetroStars20002002
Bob BradleyUnited StatesMetroStars20032005
Mo JohnstonScotlandMetroStars/New York Red Bulls20052006
Richie Williams United StatesNew York Red Bulls20062006
Bruce ArenaUnited StatesNew York Red Bulls20062007
Juan Carlos OsorioColombiaNew York Red Bulls20082009
Richie Williams United StatesNew York Red Bulls20092009
Hans BackeSwedenNew York Red Bulls20102012
Mike PetkeUnited StatesNew York Red Bulls20132014
Jesse MarschUnited StatesNew York Red Bulls20152018
Chris ArmasUnited StatesNew York Red Bulls2018present
Adrian HeathEnglandOrlando City20152016
Bobby Murphy United StatesOrlando City20162016
Jason KreisUnited StatesOrlando City20162018
Bobby Murphy United StatesOrlando City20182018
James O'ConnorIrelandOrlando City20182019
Óscar ParejaColombiaOrlando City 2020present
Piotr NowakPolandPhiladelphia Union20102012
John HackworthUnited StatesPhiladelphia Union20122014
Jim CurtinUnited StatesPhiladelphia Union2014present
John SpencerScotlandPortland Timbers20112012
Gavin Wilkinson New ZealandPortland Timbers20122012
Caleb PorterUnited StatesPortland Timbers20132017
Giovanni SavareseVenezuelaPortland Timbers2018present
John EllingerUnited StatesReal Salt Lake20052007
Jason KreisUnited StatesReal Salt Lake20072013
Jeff CassarUnited StatesReal Salt Lake20142017
Daryl Shore United StatesReal Salt Lake20172017
Mike PetkeUnited StatesReal Salt Lake20172019
Freddy JuarezUnited StatesReal Salt Lake2019present
Laurie CallowayEnglandSan Jose Clash19961997
Brian QuinnNorthern IrelandSan Jose Clash19971999
Jorge Espinoza ChileSan Jose Clash19991999
Lothar OsianderGermanySan Jose Clash/Earthquakes19992000
Frank YallopCanadaSan Jose Earthquakes20012003
Dominic KinnearUnited StatesSan Jose Earthquakes20042005
Frank YallopCanadaSan Jose Earthquakes20082013
Mark WatsonCanadaSan Jose Earthquakes20132014
Ian Russell United StatesSan Jose Earthquakes20142014
Dominic KinnearUnited StatesSan Jose Earthquakes20152017
Chris LeitchUnited StatesSan Jose Earthquakes20172017
Mikael StahreSwedenSan Jose Earthquakes20172018
Steve RalstonUnited StatesSan Jose Earthquakes20182018
Matías AlmeydaArgentinaSan Jose Earthquakes2019present
Sigi SchmidUnited StatesSeattle Sounders FC20092016
Brian SchmetzerUnited StatesSeattle Sounders FC2016present
Thomas RongenNetherlandsTampa Bay Mutiny19961996
John KowalskiUnited StatesTampa Bay Mutiny19971998
Tim HankinsonUnited StatesTampa Bay Mutiny19982000
Alfonso MondeloSpainTampa Bay Mutiny20012001
Perry Van der BeckUnited StatesTampa Bay Mutiny20012001
Mo JohnstonScotlandToronto FC20072007
John CarverEnglandToronto FC20082009
Chris Cummins EnglandToronto FC20092009
PrekiUnited StatesToronto FC20102010
Nick Dasovic CanadaToronto FC20102010
Aron WinterNetherlandsToronto FC20112012
Paul MarinerEnglandToronto FC20122012
Ryan NelsenNew ZealandToronto FC20132014
Greg VanneyUnited StatesToronto FC2014present
Teitur ThordarsonIcelandVancouver Whitecaps FC20112011
Tom Soehn United StatesVancouver Whitecaps FC20112011
Martin RennieScotlandVancouver Whitecaps FC20122013
Carl RobinsonWalesVancouver Whitecaps FC20142018
Craig Dalrymple EnglandVancouver Whitecaps FC20182018
Marc Dos SantosCanadaVancouver Whitecaps FC2019present