The complete list of PAOK managers is shown in the following table:[1]
| Name | From | To | Honours | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konstantinos Andreadis | 1926 | 1931 | ||||||||||
| Rudolf Gassner |  | 1931 | 1932 | |||||||||
| Aristotelis Armaris | 1932 | 1933 | ||||||||||
| Nikos Sankionis | 1933 | 1934 | ||||||||||
| — | — | 1940 | 1945 | World War II | ||||||||
| Charilaos Papadopoulos | 1945 | 1946 | ||||||||||
| Aristotelis Armaris | 1946 | 1947 | ||||||||||
| Nikolaos Aggelakis | 1947 | 1948 | ||||||||||
| Kostas Deligiorgis | 1948 | 1949 | ||||||||||
| Nikos Pangalos | 1949 | 1950 | ||||||||||
| Wilhelm (Willi) Sefzik | | 1950 | 1952 | |||||||||
| Nikos Pangalos | 1952 | 1953 | ||||||||||
| Ermao Hoffman |  | 1955 | 1956 | |||||||||
| Niko Polti | | 1956 | 1957 | |||||||||
| Kleanthis Vikelidis | 1957 | 1957 | ||||||||||
| Walter Pfeiffer | | 1957 | 1957 | |||||||||
| Kostas Zogas | 1957 | 1958 | ||||||||||
| Dionysis Minardos | 1958 | 1959 | ||||||||||
| Žarko Mihajlović | 1959 | 1961 | ||||||||||
| Karl Durspekt | | 1961 | 1963 | |||||||||
| György Babolcsay | | 1963 | 1965 | |||||||||
| Mile Kos | 1965 | 04.1966 | ||||||||||
| Lefteris Papadakis (c) | 04.1966 | 06.1966 | ||||||||||
| Nikos Pangalos | 1966 | 11.1967 | ||||||||||
| Dimitris Kalogiannis (c) | 11.1967 | 02.1968 | ||||||||||
| Ivor Powell | 02.1968 | 07.1968 | ||||||||||
| Jane Janevski | 1968 | 1969 | ||||||||||
| Jenő Csaknády | | 1969 | 1970 | |||||||||
| Ivica Horvat | 1970 | 01.1971 | ||||||||||
| Giorgos Chasiotis (c) | 01.1971 | 02.1971 | ||||||||||
| Les Shannon | 02.1971 | 10.1974 | 2 Greek Cups | |||||||||
| Apostolos Progios (c) | 10.1974 | 12.1974 | ||||||||||
| Gyula Lóránt | | 12.1974 | 1976 | 1 Greek Championship | ||||||||
| Branko Stanković |  | 1976 | 05.04.1977 | |||||||||
| Billy Bingham | 1977 | 11.1977 | ||||||||||
| Dimitris Kalogiannis (c) | 11.1977 | 12.1977 | ||||||||||
| Lakis Petropoulos | 12.1977 | 05.1978 | ||||||||||
| Egon Piechaczek |  | 09.1978 | 27.04.1980 | |||||||||
| Gyula Lóránt | | 28.04.1980 | 31.05.1981 | |||||||||
| Aristarchos Fountoukidis (c) | 01.06.1981 | 21.06.1981 | ||||||||||
| Heinz Höher | 06.09.1981 | 26.06.1983 | ||||||||||
| Pál Csernai | | 04.09.1983 | 06.05.1984 | |||||||||
| Walter Skocik | | 23.09.1984 | 02.03.1986 | 1 Greek Championship | ||||||||
| 03.03.1986 | 15.05.1986 | |||||||||||
| Thijs Libregts | 07.09.1986 | 06.12.1987 | ||||||||||
| 07.12.1987 | 15.05.1988 | |||||||||||
| Rinus Israël | 11.09.1988 | 22.01.1989 | ||||||||||
| Nikos Alefantos | 23.01.1989 | 09.04.1989 | ||||||||||
| Stavros Sarafis (c) | 10.04.1989 | 21.05.1989 | ||||||||||
| Rob Jacobs | 17.09.1989 | 23.12.1990 | ||||||||||
| Christos Terzanidis | 24.12.1990 | 02.06.1991 | ||||||||||
| Ćiro Blažević | 01.09.1991 | 22.03.1992 | ||||||||||
| 23.03.1992 | 07.06.1992 | |||||||||||
| Ljupko Petrović | 06.09.1992 | 24.01.1993 | ||||||||||
| Nikos Zalikas (c) | 25.01.1993 | 30.01.1993 | ||||||||||
| Oleg Blokhin |  | 07.02.1993 | 27.02.1994 | |||||||||
| Stavros Sarafis (c) | 28.02.1994 | 28.04.1994 | ||||||||||
| Arie Haan | 24.08.1994 | 01.10.1995 | ||||||||||
| Stavros Sarafis (c) | 02.10.1995 | 26.11.1995 | ||||||||||
| Dragan Kokotovic | 27.11.1995 | 04.02.1996 | ||||||||||
| 05.02.1996 | 05.05.1996 | |||||||||||
| Gunder Bengtsson |  | 06.05.1996 | 01.12.1996 | |||||||||
| 02.12.1996 | 02.02.1997 | |||||||||||
| Angelos Anastasiadis | 03.02.1997 | 17.05.1998 | ||||||||||
| Oleg Blokhin | | 11.08.1998 | 29.08.1998 | |||||||||
| Angelos Anastasiadis | 30.08.1998 | 07.02.1999 | ||||||||||
| Arie Haan | 08.02.1999 | 28.11.1999 | ||||||||||
| Stavros Sarafis (c) | 29.11.1999 | 29.12.1999 | ||||||||||
| Dušan Bajević | | 01.01.2000 | 08.05.2002 | 1 Greek Cup | ||||||||
| Angelos Anastasiadis | 25.08.2002 | 26.09.2004 | 1 Greek Cup | |||||||||
| Rolf Fringer | | 27.09.2004 | 13.02.2005 | |||||||||
| Nikos Karageorgiou | 17.02.2005 | 16.09.2005 | ||||||||||
| Giorgos Kostikos | 17.09.2005 | 20.02.2006 | ||||||||||
| Ilie Dumitrescu | 21.02.2006 | 03.10.2006 | ||||||||||
| Stavros Sarafis (c) | 03.10.2006 | 12.10.2006 | ||||||||||
| Momčilo Vukotić | 13.10.2006 | 22.01.2007 | ||||||||||
| Giorgos Paraschos | 22.01.2007 | 02.09.2007 | ||||||||||
| Fernando Santos | 03.09.2007 | 19.05.2010 | ||||||||||
| Mario Beretta |  | 14.06.2010 | 22.07.2010 | |||||||||
| Pavlos Dermitzakis | 23.07.2010 | 17.10.2010 | ||||||||||
| Makis Chavos | 18.10.2010 | 25.05.2011 | ||||||||||
| László Bölöni | 09.06.2011 | 20.05.2012 | ||||||||||
| Giorgos Donis | 02.06.2012 | 29.04.2013 | ||||||||||
| Giorgos Georgiadis (c) | 30.04.2013 | 02.06.2013 | ||||||||||
| Huub Stevens | 25.06.2013 | 02.03.2014 | ||||||||||
| Giorgos Georgiadis (c) | 03.03.2014 | 17.05.2014 | ||||||||||
| Angelos Anastasiadis | 11.06.2014 | 16.03.2015 | ||||||||||
| Giorgos Georgiadis (c) | 16.03.2015 | 30.06.2015 | ||||||||||
| Igor Tudor | 01.07.2015 | 09.03.2016 | ||||||||||
| Vladimir Ivic | 09.03.2016 | 09.06.2017 | 1 Greek Cup | |||||||||
| Aleksandar Stanojević | 16.06.2017 | 11.08.2017 | ||||||||||
| Răzvan Lucescu | 11.08.2017 | 01.07.2019 | 1 Greek Championship, 2 Greek Cups | |||||||||
| Abel Ferreira | 01.07.2019 | 31.10.2020 | ||||||||||
| Pablo García | 31.10.2020 | 26.05.2021 | 1 Greek Cup | |||||||||
| Răzvan Lucescu | 26.05.2021 | Present | 1 Greek Championship | |||||||||
A. Formerly played for the club
B. Les Shannon is the longest-serving manager (3 years an 8 months).
C. Angelos Anastasiadis is the overall longest serving manager (4 years and 2 months), in four distinct terms. Also has the most games in four distinct terms (211).
D. Mario Beretta is the shortest-serving manager (38 days).
E. On 31 May 1981, while still working as coach (Gyula Lóránt), he suffered a heart attack, watching PAOK play Olympiacos and died at the game, aged 58.
F. The 1st National Division (A’ Ethniki) was established in 1959-60. PAOK had the Žarko Mihajlović as head coach.
(c) = Caretaker manager