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Next Derby County manager: the live picture

The dugout watch for Derby County: how much pressure the current manager is under, who's being linked, and what this club's history says about how these things end.

Recomputed from live match and managerial data · how the pressure index works

0Pressure index (0-100)
19thIn the Championship sack race (of 24)
John Eustace

John Eustace

Currently in post. Status: 0W 0D 0L. Full record on the Sack-o-Meter.

How it usually ends at Derby County

Across the completed tenures in our records, a Derby County manager lasts roughly 2.8 years. Recent occupants of the job:

ManagerFromTo
John Eustace 2025 present
Paul Warne 2022 2025
Wayne Rooney 2020 2022
Frank Lampard 2018 2019
Gary Rowett 2017 2018
Nigel Pearson 2016 2016
Nigel Clough 2009 2013
Paul Jewell 2007 2008

Year-level data from our manager career records — a guide, not a stopwatch.

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