Next Rotherham Manager Odds

How Have Rotherham's Recent Managers Performed?

Recent history shows Rotherham have struggled to find a manager the club trusts to remain in charge on a long-term basis. Indeed, other than Evans and Paul Warne, no manager has made it to 100 games at the club since Mark Robins, who left Rotherham all the way back in 2009. 

Let's take a look at how some of the last few Rotherham United managers fared in the post:  

• Steve Evans: April 2024-March 2025
• Leam Richardson: December 2023-April 2024
• Matt Taylor: October 2022-November 2023
• Paul Warne: November 2016-September 2022
• Kenny Jackett: October 2016-November 2016
• Alan Stubbs: June 2016-October 2016
• Neil Warnock: February 2016-May 2016
• Neil Redfearn: October 2015-February 2016

Evans returned to the club after the sacking of Richardson, with Rotherham losing 18 of the 24 matches he had in charge and suffering relegation out of the Championship under his watch.

Richardson's predecessor Taylor lasted just over a year in the job, but was sacked after a 5-0 loss to Watford left them deep in relegation trouble. The former Exeter City boss had kept the Millers in the second tier in the 2022-23 season, but the next campaign proved more difficult.

Ex-Millers midfielder Warne played more than 200 games for the club and he was welcomed as the club's new boss in 2016 after a period of upheaval. Warne could not keep Rotherham in the Championship after initially being appointed on an interim basis, but after being given the job full-time he led them to promotion via the play-offs.

Warne's side were the very definition of a yo-yo club, with Rotherham either relegated or promoted in each of his six full seasons. But they were sitting pretty in the top half of the Championship when he dropped a level to join Derby.

Warne had to steady the ship after a bizarre period that saw Rotherham have five managers in 2016. His immediate predecessor was Jackett, who quit after just 39 days and only five games in charge even though he had been given a long three-year contract to take charge of the club.

Ex-Everton defender Stubbs had got the Rotherham job after he led Hibernian to the Scottish Cup, but he was sacked after recording a single win from their first 13 Championship games.

Firefighter Warnock had successfully kept Rotherham in the Championship at the end of the 2015-16 season, but could not agree terms on an extension to his short-term deal. Warnock took over with Rotherham seeming certain to drop to League One - they were six points adrift when he arrived - but 10 games without defeat helped to haul them to safety against the odds.

Rotherham's manager at the start of a chaotic 2016 was Redfearn, who was chosen to succeed Evans when his first spell ended. The Millers lost 14 of the 21 games that Redfearn managed, leaving them deep in relegation danger before his namesake Warnock came to their rescue.