Manager ins and outs - December 2020

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Former Oldham, Barnsley and Bristol City boss Lee Johnson was named Sunderland manager on 5 December

BBC Sport tracks all the manager ins and outs, as well as listing all the current bosses in the Premier League, Scottish Premiership, English Football League and National League.

All of the managerial movements for December will appear below, followed by the full list of each club, league by league.

To read the list for November, visit the ins and outs page.

Date

Ins

Outs

5 December

13 December

14 December

16 December

19 December

20 December

21 December

23 December

28 December

29 December

30 December

31 December

Premier League

Club

Manager

Appointed

Predecessor

Arsenal

Mikel Arteta

20 Dec 2019

Unai Emery

Aston Villa

Dean Smith

10 Oct 2018

Steve Bruce

Brighton & Hove Albion

Graham Potter

20 May 2019

Chris Hughton

Burnley

Sean Dyche

30 Oct 2012

Eddie Howe

Chelsea

Frank Lampard

4 Jul 2019

Maurizio Sarri

Crystal Palace

Roy Hodgson

12 Sep 2017

Frank de Boer

Everton

Carlo Ancelotti

21 Dec 2019

Marco Silva

Fulham

Scott Parker

28 Feb 2018 (as caretaker - 10 May 2019 on permanent basis)

Claudio Ranieri

Leeds United

Marcelo Bielsa

15 Jun 2018

Paul Heckingbottom

Leicester City

Brendan Rodgers

26 Feb 2019

Claude Puel

Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp

8 Oct 2015

Brendan Rodgers

Manchester City

Pep Guardiola

1 Jul 2016

Manuel Pellegrini

Manchester United

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

19 Dec 2018 (as caretaker - 28 Mar 2019 on permanent basis)

Jose Mourinho

Newcastle United

Steve Bruce

17 Jul 2019

Rafael Benitez

Sheffield United

Chris Wilder

12 May 2016

Nigel Adkins

Southampton

Ralph Hasenhuttl

5 Dec 2018

Mark Hughes

Tottenham Hotspur

Jose Mourinho

20 Nov 2019

Mauricio Pochettino

West Bromwich Albion

Sam Allardyce

16 Dec 2020

Slaven Bilic

West Ham United

David Moyes

30 Dec 2019

Manuel Pellegrini

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Nuno Espirito Santo

31 May 2017

Paul Lambert

Scottish Premiership

Club

Manager

Appointed

Predecessor

Aberdeen

Derek McInnes

6 Apr 2013

Craig Brown

Celtic

Neil Lennon

26 Feb 2019

Brendan Rodgers

Dundee Utd

Micky Mellon

6 Jun 2020

Robbie Neilson

Hamilton

Brian Rice

31 Jan 2019

Martin Canning

Hibernian

Jack Ross

15 Nov 2019

Paul Heckingbottom

Kilmarnock

Alex Dyer

30 Dec 2019

Angelo Alessio

Livingston

David Martindale

26 Nov 2020 (as interim - 21 Dec 2020 on permanent basis)

Gary Holt

Motherwell

TBC

Stephen Robinson

Rangers

Steven Gerrard

4 May 2018

Graeme Murty

Ross County

John Hughes

21 Dec 2020

Stuart Kettlewell

St Johnstone

Callum Davidson

18 Jun 2020

Tommy Wright

St Mirren

Jim Goodwin

28 Jun 2019

Oran Kearney

Championship

Club

Manager

Appointed

Predecessor

Barnsley

Valerien Ismael

23 Oct 2020

Gerhard Struber

Birmingham City

Aitor Karanka

31 Jul 2020

Pep Clotet

Blackburn Rovers

Tony Mowbray

22 Feb 2017

Owen Coyle

Bournemouth

Jason Tindall

8 Aug 2020

Eddie Howe

Brentford

Thomas Frank

16 Oct 2018

Dean Smith

Bristol City

Dean Holden

10 Aug 2020

Lee Johnson

Cardiff City

Neil Harris

16 Nov 2019

Neil Warnock

Coventry City

Mark Robins

6 Mar 2017

Russell Slade

Derby County

TBC

Phillip Cocu

Huddersfield Town

Carlos Corberan

23 Jul 2020

Danny Cowley

Luton Town

Nathan Jones

28 May 2020

Graeme Jones

Middlesbrough

Neil Warnock

23 June 2020

Jonathan Woodgate

Millwall

Gary Rowett

21 Oct 2019

Neil Harris

Norwich City

Daniel Farke

25 May 2017

Alex Neil

Nottingham Forest

Chris Hughton

6 Oct 2020

Sabri Lamouchi

Preston North End

Alex Neil

4 Jul 2017

Simon Grayson

Queens Park Rangers

Mark Warburton

8 May 2019

Steve McClaren

Reading

Veljko Paunovic

29 Aug 2020

Mark Bowen

Rotherham United

Paul Warne

5 Apr 2017

Kenny Jackett

Sheffield Wednesday

TBC

Tony Pulis

Stoke City

Michael O'Neill

8 Nov 2019

Nathan Jones

Swansea City

Steve Cooper

13 Jun 2019

Graham Potter

Watford

Xisco Munoz

20 Dec 2020

Vladimir Ivic

Wycombe Wanderers

Gareth Ainsworth

8 Nov 2012

Gary Waddock

League One

Club

Manager

Appointed

Predecessor

Accrington Stanley

John Coleman

18 Sep 2014

James Beattie

AFC Wimbledon

Glyn Hodges

23 Oct 2019

Wally Downes

Blackpool

Neil Critchley

2 Mar 2020

Simon Grayson

Bristol Rovers

Paul Tisdale

19 Nov 2020

Ben Garner

Burton Albion

TBC

Jake Buxton

Charlton Athletic

Lee Bowyer

6 Sep 2018

Karl Robinson

Crewe Alexandra

David Artell

8 Jan 2017

Steve Davis

Doncaster Rovers

Darren Moore

10 Jul 2019

Grant McCann

Fleetwood Town

Joey Barton

2 Jun 2018

John Sheridan

Gillingham

Steve Evans

21 May 2019

Steve Lovell

Hull City

Grant McCann

21 Jun 2019

Nigel Adkins

Ipswich

Paul Lambert

27 Oct 2018

Paul Hurst

Lincoln City

Michael Appleton

20 Sep 2019

Danny Cowley

MK Dons

Russell Martin

3 Nov 2019

Paul Tisdale

Northampton Town

Keith Curle

1 Oct 2018

Dean Austin

Oxford United

Karl Robinson

22 Mar 2018

Pep Clotet

Peterborough United

Darren Ferguson

26 Jan 2019

Steve Evans

Plymouth Argyle

Ryan Lowe

5 Jun 2019

Derek Adams

Portsmouth

Kenny Jackett

2 Jun 2017

Paul Cook

Rochdale

Brian Barry-Murphy

3 Apr 2019

Keith Hill

Shrewsbury Town

Steve Cotterill

27 Nov 2020

Sam Ricketts

Sunderland

Lee Johnson

5 Dec 2020

Phil Parkinson

Swindon Town

John Sheridan

13 Nov 2020

Richie Wellens

Wigan Athletic

TBC

John Sheridan

League Two

Club

Manager

Appointed

Predecessor

Barrow

Michael Jolley

23 Dec 2020

David Dunn

Bolton Wanderers

Ian Evatt

1 Jul 2020

Keith Hill

Bradford City

TBC

Stuart McCall

Cambridge United

Mark Bonner

9 Mar 2020

Colin Calderwood

Carlisle United

Chris Beech

26 Nov 2019

Steven Pressley

Cheltenham Town

Michael Duff

10 Sep 2018

Gary Johnson

Colchester United

Steve Ball

28 Jul 2020

John McGreal

Crawley Town

John Yems

5 Dec 2019

Gabriele Cioffi

Exeter City

Matt Taylor

1 Jun 2018

Paul Tisdale

Forest Green Rovers

Mark Cooper

9 May 2016

Adrian Pennock

Grimsby Town

TBC

Ian Holloway

Harrogate Town

Simon Weaver

21 May 2009

Neil Aspin

Leyton Orient

Ross Embleton

7 Jan 2020

Carl Fletcher

Mansfield Town

Nigel Clough

6 Nov 2020

Graham Coughlan

Morecambe

Derek Adams

7 Nov 2019

Jim Bentley

Newport County

Mike Flynn

9 May 2017

Graham Westley

Oldham Athletic

Harry Kewell

1 Aug 2020

Dino Maamria

Port Vale

John Askey

4 Feb 2019

Neil Aspin

Salford City

Richie Wellens

4 November 2020

Graham Alexander

Scunthorpe United

Neil Cox

7 Aug 2020

Paul Hurst

Southend United

Mark Molesley

13 Aug 2020

Sol Campbell

Stevenage

Alex Revell

16 Feb 2020

Graham Westley

Tranmere Rovers

Keith Hill

21 Nov 2020

Mike Jackson

Walsall

Darrell Clarke

10 May 2019

Dean Keates

National League

Club

Manager

Appointed

Predecessor

Aldershot Town

Danny Searle

20 May 2019

Gary Waddock

Altrincham

Phil Parkinson

28 Apr 2017

Jim Harvey

Barnet

Tim Flowers

14 Dec 2020

Peter Beadle

Boreham Wood

Luke Garrard

14 Oct 2015

Ian Allinson

Bromley

Neil Smith

4 Apr 2016

Mark Goldberg

Chesterfield

James Rowe

26 Nov 2020

John Pemberton

Dagenham & Redbridge

Daryl McMahon

3 Jan 2020

Peter Taylor

Dover Athletic

Andy Hessenthaler

8 Oct 2018

Chris Kinnear

Eastleigh

Ben Strevens

5 Nov 2018

Andy Hessenthaler

FC Halifax Town

Pete Wild

25 Jul 2019

Jamie Fullarton

Hartlepool United

Dave Challinor

11 Nov 2019

Craig Hignett

King's Lynn Town

Ian Culverhouse

1 Nov 2018

Neil Fryatt & Robbie Back

Macclesfield Town

Tim Flowers

28 Aug 2020

Mark Kennedy

Maidenhead United

Alan Devonshire

5 May 2015

Johnson Hippolyte

Notts County

Neal Ardley

23 Nov 2018

Harry Kewell

Solihull Moors

Jimmy Shan

12 Feb 2020

Tim Flowers

Stockport County

Jim Gannon

20 Jan 2016

Michael Flynn

Sutton United

Matt Gray

1 May 2019

Paul Doswell

Torquay

Gary Johnson

13 Sep 2018

Gary Owers

Yeovil Town

Darren Sarll

19 Jun 2019

Darren Way

Wealdstone

Dean Brennan

21 May 2019

Bobby Wilkinson

Weymouth

Brian Stock

4 Sep 2020

Mark Molesley

Woking

Alan Dowson

16 May 2018

Anthony Limbrick

Wrexham

Dean Keates

6 Oct 2019

Bryan Hughes

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