EFL League One Manager of the Month

The Manager of the Month is an association football award that recognises the manager adjudged best for each month of the season in the Football League One, the third tier of English football. The recipient is chosen by a panel assembled by the League's sponsor and announced alongside The Championship and League Two Manager of the Month awards at the beginning of the following month.^[1] For sponsorship reasons, from its inception in 2004 until 2010 it was known as the Coca-Cola Manager of the Month award, with the Coca-Cola company sponsoring the league during that period.^[2] From the 2010–11 season until the end of the 2012–13 season the league was sponsored by npower and the award was known as the npower Manager of the Month.^[3] In July 2013, it was announced that Sky Bet would become the new sponsor of the English Football League,^[4] and since August 2013 the award has been known as the Sky Bet Manager of the Month. In November 2017 it was announced that Sky Bet and the EFL had agreed for Sky Bet to continue its sponsorship up until 2024.^[5]

Coca-Cola had agreed a three-year deal to become the new sponsor of the League early in 2004,^[6] and in June 2004 it was announced that the League would be completely re-branded.^[7] The Second Division, which had been the third tier of English football since 1992 when the top 22 clubs broke away to form the Premier League,^[8][9] was renamed League One. The Premier League already awarded a Manager of the Month award, since the start of the 1993–94 season,^[10] and Coca-Cola introduced a Manager of the Month award for League One when they became sponsors at the start of the 2004–05 season; the first recipient was Mike Newell for his achievements in August 2004 with Luton Town.

List of winners

Contents
2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2012–13 · 2013–14 · 2014–15 · 2015–16 · 2016–17 · 2017–18 · 2018–19 · 2019–20 · 2020–21 · 2021–22 · 2022–23 · 2023–24 · 2024–25

Key

†	Award was shared with another manager

Month	Year[nb 1]	Nationality	Manager	Team	Ref
August	2004	England	Mike Newell	Luton Town	[11]
September	2004	England	Martin Allen	Brentford	[12]
October	2004	England	Colin Todd	Bradford City	[12]
November	2004	Scotland	Paul Sturrock	Sheffield Wednesday	[12]
December	2004	England	Peter Taylor	Hull City	[12]
January	2005	Scotland	Neale Cooper	Hartlepool United	[13]
February	2005	England	Andy King	Swindon Town	[12]
March	2005	England	Andy Ritchie	Barnsley	[12]
April	2005	England	Mike Newell	Luton Town	[12]
August	2005	England	Peter Jackson	Huddersfield Town	[14]
September	2005	England	Steve Tilson	Southend United	[15]
October	2005	England	Andy Ritchie	Barnsley	[16]
November	2005	England	Dave Penney	Doncaster Rovers	[17]
December	2005	England	Ronnie Moore	Oldham Athletic	[18]
January	2006	England	Phil Parkinson	Colchester United	[19]
February	2006	England	Martin Allen	Brentford	[20]
March[nb 2]	2006	England	Frank Barlow†	Nottingham Forest	[21]
		Scotland	Ian McParland†	Nottingham Forest
April	2006	England	Gary Johnson	Bristol City	[22]
August	2006	Scotland	Colin Calderwood	Nottingham Forest	[23]
September	2006	England	Brian Laws	Scunthorpe United	[24]
October	2006	Wales	Alan Knill	Rotherham United	[25]
November	2006	Ireland	John Sheridan	Oldham Athletic	[26]
December	2006	England	Simon Grayson	Blackpool	[27]
January	2007	Ireland	Sean O'Driscoll	Doncaster Rovers	[28]
February	2007	England	Nigel Adkins	Scunthorpe United	[29]
March	2007	England	Gary Johnson	Bristol City	[30]
April	2007	England	Simon Grayson	Blackpool	[31]
August	2007	England	Dennis Wise	Leeds United	[32]
September	2007	England	Dennis Wise	Leeds United	[33]
October	2007	Spain	Roberto Martínez	Swansea City	[34]
November	2007	Scotland	Colin Calderwood	Nottingham Forest	[35]
December	2007	Spain	Roberto Martínez	Swansea City	[36]
January	2008	Spain	Roberto Martínez	Swansea City	[37]
February	2008	England	John Ward	Carlisle United	[38]
March	2008	England	John Ward	Carlisle United	[39]
April	2008	Scotland	Colin Calderwood	Nottingham Forest	[40]
August	2008	England	Nigel Pearson	Leicester City	[41]
September	2008	Wales	Kenny Jackett	Millwall	[42]
October	2008	Wales	Paul Trollope	Bristol Rovers	[43]
November	2008	Italy	Roberto Di Matteo	Milton Keynes Dons	[44]
December	2008	England	Nigel Pearson	Leicester City	[45]
January	2009	Scotland	Paul Lambert	Colchester United	[46]
February	2009	Iceland	Gudjon Thordarson	Crewe Alexandra	[47]
March	2009	Scotland	Darren Ferguson	Peterborough United	[48]
April	2009	Italy	Roberto Di Matteo	Milton Keynes Dons	[49]
August	2009	England	Phil Parkinson	Charlton Athletic	[50]
September	2009	Wales	Paul Trollope	Bristol Rovers	[51]
October	2009	Wales	Kenny Jackett	Millwall	[51]
November	2009	England	Lee Clark	Huddersfield Town	[51]
December	2009	Scotland	Paul Lambert	Norwich City	[51]
January	2010	Scotland	Paul Lambert	Norwich City	[51]
February	2010	England	Lee Clark	Huddersfield Town	[51]
March	2010	Wales	Kenny Jackett	Millwall	[52]
April	2010	England	Lee Clark	Huddersfield Town	[53]
August	2010	Scotland	Alan Irvine	Sheffield Wednesday	[54]
September	2010	Uruguay	Gus Poyet	Brighton & Hove Albion	[54]
October	2010	England	Andy Scott	Brentford	[54]
November	2010	England	Phil Parkinson	Charlton Athletic	[54]
December	2010	England	Mick Wadsworth	Hartlepool United	[54]
January	2011	England	Keith Hill	Rochdale	[54]
February	2011	Scotland	Darren Ferguson	Peterborough United	[54]
March	2011	Uruguay	Gus Poyet	Brighton & Hove Albion	[54]
April	2011	England	Nigel Adkins	Southampton	[54]
August	2011	England	Karl Robinson	Milton Keynes Dons	[55]
September	2011	England	Martin Allen	Notts County	[55]
October	2011	England	Lee Clark	Huddersfield Town	[55]
November	2011	England	Chris Powell	Charlton Athletic	[55]
December	2011	Northern Ireland	Danny Wilson	Sheffield United	[55]
January	2012	England	Chris Powell	Charlton Athletic	[55]
February	2012	England	Chris Powell	Charlton Athletic	[55]
March	2012	England	Dave Jones	Sheffield Wednesday	[55]
April	2012	England	Dave Jones	Sheffield Wednesday	[55]
August	2012	England	Ronnie Moore	Tranmere Rovers	[56]
September	2012	England	Ronnie Moore	Tranmere Rovers	[57]
October	2012	Northern Ireland	Danny Wilson	Sheffield United	[58]
November	2012	England	Eddie Howe	AFC Bournemouth	[59]
December	2012	England	Mark Robins	Coventry City	[60]
January	2013	England	Dean Smith	Walsall	[61]
February	2013	Scotland	John Hughes	Hartlepool United	[62]
March	2013	England	Russell Slade	Leyton Orient	[63]
April	2013	England	Eddie Howe	AFC Bournemouth	[64]
August	2013	England	Russell Slade	Leyton Orient	[65]
September	2013	England	Simon Grayson	Preston North End	[65]
October	2013	Scotland	Steven Pressley	Coventry City	[65]
November	2013	Germany	Uwe Rösler	Brentford	[65]
December	2013	England	Mark Warburton	Brentford	[65]
January	2014	England	Russell Slade	Leyton Orient	[65]
February	2014	England	Nigel Clough	Sheffield United	[65]
March	2014	Wales	Kenny Jackett	Wolverhampton Wanderers	[65]
April	2014	Scotland	Darren Ferguson	Peterborough United	[65]
August	2014	Scotland	Darren Ferguson	Peterborough United	[65]
September	2014	England	Steve Cotterill	Bristol City	[66]
October	2014	England	Simon Grayson	Preston North End	[67]
November	2014	England	Mark Cooper	Swindon Town	[68]
December	2014	England	Phil Parkinson	Bradford City	[69]
January	2015	England	Karl Robinson	Milton Keynes Dons	[69]
February	2015	England	Simon Grayson	Preston North End	[69]
March	2015	England	Steve Cotterill	Bristol City	[69]
April	2015	England	Karl Robinson	Milton Keynes Dons	[69]
August	2015	England	Dean Smith	Walsall	[70]
September	2015	Netherlands	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Burton Albion	[70]
October	2015	England	Mark Robins	Scunthorpe United	[70]
November	2015	England	Graham Westley	Peterborough United	[70]
December	2015	England	Nigel Adkins	Sheffield United	[70]
January	2016	England	Lee Johnson	Barnsley	[70]
February	2016	Scotland	Gary Caldwell	Wigan Athletic	[70]
March	2016	England	Paul Heckingbottom	Barnsley	[70]
April	2016	Scotland	Graham Alexander	Scunthorpe United	[70]
August	2016	England	Phil Parkinson	Bolton Wanderers	[71]
September	2016	England	David Flitcroft	Bury	[71]
October	2016	England	Phil Parkinson	Bolton Wanderers	[71]
November	2016	Scotland	Graham Alexander	Scunthorpe United	[71]
December	2016	England	Keith Hill	Rochdale	[72]
January	2017	Germany	Uwe Rösler	Fleetwood Town	[73]
February	2017	England	Neil Harris	Millwall	[74]
March	2017	England	Phil Parkinson	Bolton Wanderers	[75]
April	2017	England	Chris Wilder	Sheffield United	[76]
August	2017	Northern Ireland	Grant McCann	Peterborough United	[77]
September	2017	England	Paul Hurst	Shrewsbury	[78]
October	2017	England	Paul Cook	Wigan Athletic	[79]
November	2017	England	Tony Mowbray	Blackburn Rovers	[80]
December	2017	England	Paul Warne	Rotherham United	[81]
January	2018	Wales	Steve Lovell	Gillingham	[82]
February	2018	Scotland	Derek Adams	Plymouth Argyle	[83]
March	2018	England	Paul Cook	Wigan Athletic	[84]
April	2018	England	Paul Cook	Wigan Athletic	[85]
August	2018	Scotland	Steve Evans	Peterborough United	[86]
September	2018	Northern Ireland	Grant McCann	Doncaster Rovers	[87]
October	2018	England	Mark Robins	Coventry City	[88]
November	2018	England	Lee Bowyer	Charlton Athletic	[71]
December	2018	Wales	Nathan Jones	Luton Town	[71]
January	2019	Scotland	Stuart McCall	Scunthorpe United	[89]
February	2019	Scotland	Jack Ross	Sunderland	[89]
March	2019	England	Mick Harford	Luton Town	[89]
April	2019	England	Lee Bowyer	Charlton Athletic	[90]
August	2019	Scotland	Paul Lambert	Ipswich Town	[90]
September	2019	England	Joey Barton	Fleetwood Town	[91]
October	2019	Scotland	Darren Ferguson	Peterborough United	[91]
November	2019	England	Gareth Ainsworth	Wycombe Wanderers	[92]
December	2019	England	John Coleman	Accrington Stanley	[93]
January	2020	England	Phil Parkinson	Sunderland	[93]
February	2020	England	Mark Robins	Coventry City	[93]
September	2020	Scotland	Paul Lambert	Ipswich Town	[94]
October	2020	Scotland	Darren Ferguson	Peterborough United	[94]
November	2020	England	John Coleman	Accrington Stanley	[95]
December	2020	England	Steve Cotterill	Shrewsbury Town	[96]
January	2021	Northern Ireland	Grant McCann	Hull City	[97]
February	2021	Scotland	Darren Ferguson	Peterborough United	[98]
March	2021	Scotland	Steve Evans	Gillingham	[99]
April	2021	Northern Ireland	Grant McCann	Hull City	[100]
August	2021	England	Lee Johnson	Sunderland	[101]
September	2021	England	Liam Manning	Milton Keynes Dons	[102]
October	2021	England	Ryan Lowe	Plymouth Argyle	[103]
November	2021	England	Danny Cowley	Portsmouth	[104]
December	2021	England	Lee Johnson	Sunderland	[105]
January	2022	England	Liam Manning	Milton Keynes Dons	[106]
February	2022	England	Paul Warne	Rotherham United	[107]
March	2022	England	Steven Schumacher	Plymouth Argyle	[108]
April	2022	England	Gareth Ainsworth	Wycombe Wanderers	[109]
August	2022	England	Danny Cowley	Portsmouth	[110]
September	2022	England	Steven Schumacher	Plymouth Argyle	[111]
October	2022	England	Steven Schumacher	Plymouth Argyle	[112]
November	2022	Northern Ireland	Michael Duff	Barnsley	[113]
December	2022	Northern Ireland	Michael Duff	Barnsley	[114]
January	2023	England	Paul Warne	Derby County	[115]
February	2023	Northern Ireland	Michael Duff	Barnsley	[116]
March	2023	Northern Ireland	Kieran McKenna	Ipswich Town	[117]
April	2023	Northern Ireland	Kieran McKenna	Ipswich Town	[118]
August	2023	England	Liam Manning	Oxford United	[119]
September	2023	England	John Mousinho	Portsmouth	[120]
October	2023	England	Ian Evatt	Bolton Wanderers	[121]
November	2023	England	Ian Evatt	Bolton Wanderers	[122]
December	2023	England	Paul Warne	Derby County	[123]
January	2024	England	Richie Wellens	Leyton Orient	[124]
February	2024	England	John Mousinho	Portsmouth	[125]
March	2024	England	Paul Warne	Derby County	[126]
April	2024	England	Matt Bloomfield	Wycombe Wanderers	[127]
August	2024	England	Phil Parkinson	Wrexham	[128]
September	2024	England	Steve Bruce	Blackpool	[129]
October	2024	England	Matt Bloomfield	Wycombe Wanderers	[130]
November	2024	England	Matt Bloomfield	Wycombe Wanderers	[131]
December	2024	England	Richie Wellens	Leyton Orient	[132]
January	2025	England	Richie Wellens	Leyton Orient	[133]
February	2025	Wales	Chris Davies	Birmingham City	[134]

Multiple winners

Up to and including the January 2025 award.

• The below table lists all the people that have won on more than one occasion.

Rank	Manager	Wins
1st	Phil Parkinson	9
2nd	Darren Ferguson	7
3rd	Lee Clark	5
	Simon Grayson
	Paul Lambert
	Paul Warne
7th	Kenny Jackett	4
	Grant McCann
	Mark Robins
10th	Nigel Adkins	3
	Martin Allen
	Matt Bloomfield
	Colin Calderwood
	Paul Cook
	Steve Cotterill
	Michael Duff
	Lee Johnson
	Liam Manning
	Roberto Martínez
	Ronnie Moore
	Chris Powell
	Karl Robinson
	Steven Schumacher
	Russell Slade
	Richie Wellens
26th	Gareth Ainsworth	2
	Graham Alexander
	Lee Bowyer
	John Coleman
	Danny Cowley
	Roberto Di Matteo
	Steve Evans
	Ian Evatt
	Keith Hill
	Eddie Howe
	Gary Johnson
	Dave Jones
	Kieran McKenna
	Mike Newell
	John Mousinho
	Nigel Pearson
	Gus Poyet
	Andy Ritchie
	Uwe Rösler
	Dean Smith
	Paul Trollope
	Mick Wadsworth
	John Ward
	Danny Wilson
	Dennis Wise

Awards won by nationality

Up to and including the February 2025 award.

Country	Wins
England	122[nb 2]
Scotland	29[nb 2]
Northern Ireland	11
Wales	10
Spain	3
Germany	2
Ireland	2
Italy	2
Uruguay	2
Iceland	1
Netherlands	1

Awards won by club

Up to and including the February 2025 award.

Club	Wins
Peterborough United	10
Barnsley	7
Charlton Athletic	7
Milton Keynes Dons	7
Leyton Orient	6
Scunthorpe United	6
Bolton Wanderers	5
Brentford	5
Huddersfield Town	5
Nottingham Forest	5[nb 2]
Plymouth Argyle	5
Sheffield United	5
Wycombe Wanderers	5
Bristol City	4
Coventry City	4
Ipswich Town	4
Luton Town	4
Millwall	4
Portsmouth	4
Sheffield Wednesday	4
Sunderland	4
Wigan Athletic	4
Blackpool	3
Derby County	3
Doncaster Rovers	3
Hartlepool United	3
Hull City	3
Preston North End	3
Rotherham United	3
Swansea City	3
AFC Bournemouth	2
Accrington Stanley	2
Bradford City	2
Brighton & Hove Albion	2
Bristol Rovers	2
Carlisle United	2
Colchester United	2
Fleetwood Town	2
Gillingham	2
Leeds United	2
Leicester City	2
Norwich City	2
Oldham Athletic	2
Rochdale	2
Shrewsbury Town	2
Swindon Town	2
Tranmere Rovers	2
Walsall	2
Birmingham City	1
Blackburn Rovers	1
Burton Albion	1
Bury	1
Crewe Alexandra	1
Notts County	1
Oxford United	1
Southampton	1
Southend United	1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1
Wrexham	1

Footnotes

1. Each year in the table is linked to the corresponding football season.
2. Nottingham Forest caretaker managers Frank Barlow and Ian McParland won the award jointly. In the tables they are counted as two separate recipients.^[21]