List of Major League Soccer head coaches explained

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

Coach	Nationality	Age	Club	Date appointed	Time as coach	Played in MLS
Rob Valentino (interim)				June 3, 2024		2008–2010
				July 23, 2019		2008–2012
				December 12, 2023		N/A
				May 8, 2023		1996–1999
				December 14, 2021		2003–2007 2008–2012
				November 17, 2023		1996–2007
				December 6, 2022		N/A
Peter Luccin (interim)				June 9, 2024		2013–2014
				January 10, 2024		N/A
				November 8, 2022		1998–2009
				June 28, 2023		N/A
				January 5, 2021		1996–2001 2005–2008
				January 3, 2022		N/A
				March 13, 2024		N/A
				January 8, 2024		2011–2013
				July 22, 2024		N/A
				December 19, 2023		1998–2000
				June 13, 2022		N/A
				December 14, 2023		N/A
				December 4, 2019		1998–2005
				June 10, 2014		2001–2009
				November 6, 2023		N/A
				August 27, 2021		1998–2013
Ian Russell (interim)				June 24, 2024		2000–2005 2007
				July 26, 2016		N/A
				August 4, 2009		1996–2002
John Hackworth (interim)				July 1, 2024		N/A
				October 1, 2023		N/A
				August 27, 2021		N/A

Most coaching wins

Regular season wins

1. Bruce Arena (262)^[1]
2. Sigi Schmid (240)^[1]
3. Peter Vermes (201)^[1]
4. Bob Bradley (194)^[1]
5. Dominic Kinnear (170)^[1]
6. Óscar Pareja (169)^[1]
7. Ben Olsen (137)^[1]
8. Greg Vanney (136)^[1]
9. Jim Curtin (134)^[1]
10. Frank Yallop (130)^[1]

Notes

• Last updated: July 20, 2024^[1]
• Coaches in bold are still coaching in MLS.

Postseason wins

1. Bruce Arena (35)^[2]
2. Sigi Schmid (26)^[2]
3. Brian Schmetzer (16)^[2]
4. Bob Bradley (15)^[2]
5. Dominic Kinnear (15)^{[3] [2]}

Achievements

See also: Sigi Schmid Coach of the Year Award and List of MLS Cup winning head coaches.

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			Supporters' Shield
	4 (1997, 2009, 2011, 2021)	5 (1996, 1997, 2011, 2012, 2014)	4 (1997, 2010, 2011, 2021)
	3 (1998, 2006, 2019)	1 (1998)	1 (2019)
	2 (1999, 2008)	2 (2002, 2008)	3 (2002, 2008, 2014)
	2 (2001, 2012)	2 (2001, 2003)	1 (2012)
	2 (2020, 2022)	—	1 (2020)
	1 (2005)	2 (2006, 2007)	1 (2005)
	1 (2013)	2 (2015, 2020)	—
	1 (1996)	1 (1999)	2 (1996, 1999)
	—	2 (2016, 2019)	—

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 highlighted in yellow and in italics are currently head coach of the listed MLS club.

Name	Nationality	Club	From	Until
			2017	2018
			2019	2020
Stephen Glass (interim)			2020	2020
			2021	2021
Rob Valentino (interim)			2021	2021
			2021	2024
Rob Valentino (interim)			2024	present
Josh Wolff			2021	present
			2022	2022
			2022	2023
Dean Smith			2024	present
			1998	2002
			2003	2007
Denis Hamlett (interim)			2007	2007
			2007	2007
			2008	2009
			2010	2011
			2011	2013
			2014	2015
Brian Bliss (interim)			2015	2015
			2016	2019
			2020	2021
Frank Klopas (interim)			2021	2021
			2022	2023
Frank Klopas			2023	present
			2005	2005
Javier Ledesma (interim)			2005	2005
			2005	2005
			2006	2006
			2007	2009
			2010	2010
			2011	2012
			2013	2013
Sacha van der Most (interim)			2013	2013
			2013	2013
			2014	2014
			2019	2019
Yoann Damet (interim)			2019	2019
			2019	2020
Yoann Damet (interim)			2020	2020
			2020	2021
Tyrone Marshall (interim)			2021	2021
Pat Noonan			2022	present
			1996	1996
Roy Wegerle (interim)			1996	1996
			1997	2000
			2001	2004
			2005	2008
			2008	2011
			2012	2013
			2014	2017
Steve Cooke (interim)			2017	2017
			2017	2019
Conor Casey (interim)			2019	2019
			2019	2023
Chris Little (interim)			2023	2023
Chris Armas			2024	present
			1996	1996
			1996	2001
			2001	2005
Robert Warzycha (interim)			2005	2005
			2006	2008
			2009	2013
Brian Bliss (interim)			2013	2013
			2014	2018
			2019	2022
Wilfried Nancy			2023	present
			1996	1998
			1999	2001
			2002	2003
			2004	2006
			2006	2009
			2010	2010
			2010	2020
Chad Ashton (interim)			2020	2020
			2021	2022
Chad Ashton (interim)			2022	2022
			2022	2023
Frédéric Brillant (interim)			2023	2023
Troy Lesesne			2024	present
			1996	2000
			2001	2003
			2003	2006
			2007	2008
Marco Ferruzzi (interim)			2008	2008
			2008	2013
			2014	2018
			2019	2021
Marco Ferruzzi (interim)			2021	2021
			2022	2024
Peter Luccin (interim)			2024	present
			2006	2014
			2015	2016
Wade Barrett (interim)			2016	2016
			2017	2019
Davy Arnaud (interim)			2019	2019
			2020	2021
			2022	2022
Kenny Bundy (interim)			2022	2022
Ben Olsen			2023	present
			2020	2020
			2021	2023
Javier Morales (interim)			2023	2023
Gerardo Martino			2023	present
			1996	1999
Ken Fogarty (interim)			1999	1999
			1999	2006
Brian Bliss (interim)			2006	2006
			2007	2009
Peter Vermes			2009	present
			1996	1997
			1997	1999
			1999	2004
			2004	2006
			2006	2007
			2008	2008
Cobi Jones (interim)			2008	2008
			2008	2016
			2017	2017
			2017	2018
Dominic Kinnear (interim)			2018	2018
			2019	2020
Dominic Kinnear (interim)			2020	2020
Greg Vanney			2021	present
			2018	2021
Steve Cherundolo			2022	present
			1998	1998
			1998	2000
			2000	2001
			2017	2023
Sean McAuley (interim)			2023	2023
Cameron Knowles (interim)			2024	2024
Eric Ramsay			2024	present
			2012	2012
			2013	2013
			2014	2015
			2015	2017
			2017	2019
			2019	2019
			2020	2020
			2021	2022
			2023	2023
Laurent Courtois			2024	present
			2020	2024
Rumba Munthali (interim)			2024	2024
B. J. Callaghan			2024	present
			1996	1996
			1997	1998
			1999	1999
Steve Nicol (interim)			1999	1999
			2000	2002
			2002	2011
			2012	2017
			2017	2019
Mike Lapper (interim)			2019	2019
			2019	2023
Richie Williams (interim)			2023	2023
Clint Peay (interim)			2023	2023
Caleb Porter			2024	present
			2015	2015
			2016	2018
			2018	2019
			2020	2022
Nick Cushing			2022	present
			1996	1996
			1996	1996
			1997	1997
			1998	1998
			1998	1999
			2000	2002
			2003	2005
			2005	2006
Richie Williams (interim)			2006	2006
			2006	2007
			2008	2009
Richie Williams (interim)			2009	2009
			2010	2012
			2013	2014
			2015	2018
			2018	2020
Bradley Carnell (interim)			2020	2020
			2020	2023
			2023	2023
Sandro Schwarz			2024	present
			2015	2016
Bobby Murphy (interim)			2016	2016
			2016	2018
Bobby Murphy (interim)			2018	2018
			2018	2019
Óscar Pareja			2020	present
			2010	2012
			2012	2014
Jim Curtin			2014	present
			2011	2012
Gavin Wilkinson (interim)			2012	2012
			2013	2017
			2018	2023
Miles Joseph (interim)			2023	2023
Phil Neville			2024	present
			2005	2007
			2007	2013
			2014	2017
Daryl Shore (interim)			2017	2017
			2017	2019
			2019	2021
Pablo Mastroeni			2021	present
			1996	1997
			1997	1999
Jorge Espinoza (interim)			1999	1999
			1999	2000
			2001	2003
			2004	2005
			2008	2013
			2013	2014
Ian Russell (interim)			2014	2014
			2015	2017
			2017	2017
			2017	2018
			2018	2018
			2019	2022
Alex Covelo (interim)			2022	2022
			2023	2024
Ian Russell (interim)			2024	present
			2009	2016
Brian Schmetzer			2016	present
			2023	2024
John Hackworth (interim)			2024	present
			1996	1996
			1997	1998
			1998	2000
			2001	2001
			2001	2001
			2007	2007
			2008	2009
Chris Cummins (interim)			2009	2009
			2010	2010
Nick Dasovic (interim)			2010	2010
			2011	2012
			2012	2012
			2013	2014
			2014	2020
			2021	2021
			2021	2021
			2022	2023
Terry Dunfield (interim)			2023	2023
John Herdman			2023	present
			2011	2011
Tom Soehn (interim)			2011	2011
			2012	2013
			2014	2018
Craig Dalrymple (interim)			2018	2018
			2019	2021
Vanni Sartini			2021	present

See also

• Sigi Schmid Coach of the Year Award
• List of MLS Cup winning head coaches

Notes and References

1. News: March 5, 2022 . Bruce Arena sets MLS coaching wins record . Major League Soccer . December 19, 2021.
2. Web site: May 28, 2020 . Winningest coaches in MLS Cup Playoffs history . Major League Soccer . December 8, 2020.
3. News: Pedersen . Matt . November 13, 2013 . Houston Dynamo player milestones and notes from 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs . Houston Dynamo . July 26, 2016.