| Francis Kimanzi | |
| Birth Date: | 29 May 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Kitui, Kenya |
| Currentclub: | Wazito (manager) |
| Years1: | 1994–2002 |
| Clubs1: | Mathare United |
| Manageryears1: | 2002–2010 |
| Managerclubs1: | Mathare United |
| Manageryears2: | 2008–2009 |
| Managerclubs2: | Kenya |
| Manageryears3: | 2011 |
| Managerclubs3: | Sofapaka |
| Manageryears4: | 2011–2012 |
| Managerclubs4: | Kenya |
| Manageryears5: | 2013–2015 |
| Managerclubs5: | Tusker |
| Manageryears6: | 2015–2019 |
| Manageryears7: | 2019–2020 |
| Managerclubs7: | Kenya |
| Manageryears8: | 2020- |
| Managerclubs8: | Wazito |
Francis Kimanzi (born 29 May 1976)[1] is a Kenyan football coach who manages Wazito.
Kimanzi played club football for Mathare United between 1994 and 2002, before becoming manager.[1]
Kimanzi was appointed full-time manager of the Kenyan national side on 11 December 2008,[2] having held the post as a caretaker since May 2008.[3] He was sacked from the post of national team coach after the 2008 CECAFA Cup in January 2009 due to disputes between him and Kenyan football administrators.[4] After a one-year spell coaching club side Sofapaka, he was reappointed as head coach of the Kenyan national team in November 2011.[5] In June 2012 he was sacked as manager of Kenya alongside his entire coaching staff after Kenya failed to qualify for the 2013 African Nations Cup.[6]
After coaching Tusker, he returned to Mathare United as manager in 2015.[7] In August 2019 he was linked with a return to the Kenya national team.[8] He returned to the Kenyan national team as manager in August 2019.[9] [10] Kimanzi has publicly spoken out against foreign coaches in Africa.[11] In October 2020, he was dismissed from coaching Kenya.[12] In November 2020 he became manager of Wazito.[13]