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Next Blackpool manager: the live picture
The dugout watch for Blackpool: how much pressure the current manager is under, who's being linked, and what this club's history says about how these things end.
0Pressure index (0-100)
12thIn the League One sack race (of 24)
Ian Ross Evatt
Currently in post. Status: 0W 0D 0L. Full record on the Sack-o-Meter.
How it usually ends at Blackpool
Across the completed tenures in our records, a Blackpool manager lasts roughly 3.1 years. Recent occupants of the job:
| Manager | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Ian Evatt | 2025 | present |
| Ian Ross Evatt | 2025 | present |
| Steve Bruce | 2024 | 2025 |
| Mick McCarthy | 2023 | 2023 |
| Michael Appleton | 2022 | 2023 |
| Simon Grayson | 2019 | 2020 |
| Gary Bowyer | 2016 | 2018 |
| Lee Clark | 2014 | 2015 |
Year-level data from our manager career records — a guide, not a stopwatch.
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