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. 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. 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. In July 2013, it was announced that Sky Bet would become the new sponsor of the English Football League, 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.
Coca-Cola had agreed a three-year deal to become the new sponsor of the League early in 2004, and in June 2004 it was announced that the League would be completely re-branded. 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, was renamed League One. The Premier League already awarded a Manager of the Month award, since the start of the 1993–94 season, 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

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Multiple winners

Up to and including the December 2025 award.
  • The below table lists all the people that have won on more than one occasion.
RankManagerWins
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Awards won by nationality

Up to and including the December 2025 award.
CountryWins
England

Awards won by club

Up to and including the December 2025 award.
ClubWins
Peterborough United10
Barnsley8
Charlton Athletic7
Milton Keynes Dons7
Leyton Orient6
Scunthorpe United6
Bolton Wanderers5
Brentford5
Huddersfield Town5
Nottingham Forest5
Plymouth Argyle5
Sheffield United5
Wycombe Wanderers5
Bristol City4
Coventry City4
Ipswich Town4
Luton Town4
Millwall4
Portsmouth4
Sheffield Wednesday4
Sunderland4
Wigan Athletic4
Blackpool3
Derby County3
Doncaster Rovers3
Hartlepool United3
Hull City3
Preston North End3
Rotherham United3
Swansea City3
AFC Bournemouth2
Accrington Stanley2
Birmingham City2
Bradford City2
Brighton & Hove Albion2
Bristol Rovers2
Cardiff City2
Carlisle United2
Colchester United2
Fleetwood Town2
Gillingham2
Leeds United2
Leicester City2
Norwich City2
Oldham Athletic2
Rochdale2
Shrewsbury Town2
Swindon Town2
Tranmere Rovers2
Walsall2
Wrexham2
Blackburn Rovers1
Burton Albion1
Bury1
Crewe Alexandra1
Lincoln City1
Notts County1
Oxford United1
Southampton1
Southend United1
Stockport County1
Wolverhampton Wanderers1