How long does a Premier League manager's job last on average?

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Steven GerrardSteven Gerrard's archetypal managerial assignment successful the Premier League ended aft 11 months and 9 days

"It seems each time a manager loses his occupation oregon their occupation is nether threat. I deliberation stableness and patience seems to beryllium moving out."

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers, who has been nether unit for astir of the season, astir apt spoke connected behalf of each Premier League managers connected Thursday aft Aston Villa's Steven Gerrard became the 4th brag to beryllium sacked this season.

Scott Parker was the archetypal retired of the doorway astatine Bournemouth backmost successful August, followed by Thomas Tuchel astatine Chelsea and Bruno Lage astatine Wolves.

With astir a 4th of the 2022-23 Premier League play gone, BBC Sport looks astatine however agelong a Premier League manager lasts.

What's the mean tenure for a Premier League boss?

Graph showing the mean  tenure of a Premier League managerDuring the 2019-20 and 2020-21 season, a ample information of games were played down closed doors due to the fact that of the coronavirus pandemic

As good arsenic the 4 sackings truthful far, Rodgers, Leeds brag Jesse Marsch and Southampton's Ralph Hasenhuttl person each been the taxable of sacking speculation astatine immoderate constituent this season.

The mean tenure presently stands astatine two years and 4 days, but backmost successful 2012, managers tended to past for nearly 4 years.

Gerrard managed conscionable 11 months and 9 days astatine Villa Park.

The Premier League's 2 astir palmy teams successful caller years, Manchester City and Liverpool, apical the illustration for having the longest-serving existent manager successful the English apical flight.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and Manchester City's Pep Guardiola person a combined tenure of 13 years and 125 days. If it wasn't for their longevity, the mean clip of a Premier League manager would beryllium lowered to 1 twelvemonth and 169 days.

It is besides worthy noting that Graham Potter had been successful a occupation astatine Brighton for 3 years earlier helium swapped the southbound seashore for London, stepping successful to capable Tuchel's bare shoes astatine Chelsea.

Who are the longest-serving Premier League managers

TeamManagerJoinedTenure
LiverpoolJurgen Klopp08/10/20157 years 013 days
Manchester CityPep Guardiola01/07/20166 years 112 days
BrentfordThomas Frank16/10/20184 years 005 days
SouthamptonRalph Hasenhuttl06/12/20183 years 319 days
LeicesterBrendan Rodgers27/02/20193 years 236 days
ArsenalMikel Arteta22/12/20192 years 303 days
West HamDavid Moyes29/12/20192 years 296 days
FulhamMarco Silva01/07/20211 twelvemonth 112 days
Crystal PalacePatrick Vieira04/07/20211 twelvemonth 109 days
Nottingham ForestSteve Cooper21/09/20211 twelvemonth 030 days
Tottenham HotspurAntonio Conte02/11/20210 years 353 days
NewcastleEddie Howe08/11/20210 years 347 days
EvertonFrank Lampard31/01/20220 years 263 days
LeedsJesse Marsch28/02/20220 years 235 days
Manchester UnitedErik 10 Hag01/06/20220 years 142 days
BournemouthGary O'Neil30/08/20220 years 052 days
ChelseaGraham Potter08/09/20220 years 043 days
BrightonRoberto de Zerbi20/09/20220 years 031 days
WolvesSteve Davis03/10/20220 years 018 days
Aston Villa---

While the mean clip for a manager to enactment successful a Premier League occupation seems debased astatine 2 years and 4 days, the fig is reduced again erstwhile looking further astatine the English shot pyramid.

Across the 91 league clubs, with Villa excluded, the mean tenure is 1 twelvemonth and 172 days - different people Gerrard failed to marque with Villa.

What astir the longest-serving managers successful the league?

TeamManagerJoinedTenure
Harrogate TownSimon Weaver01/05/200913 years 173 days
Wycombe WanderersGareth Ainsworth24/09/201210 years 027 days
Accrington StanleyJohn Coleman18/09/20148 years 033 days
LiverpoolJurgen Klopp08/10/20157 years 013 days
Manchester CityPep Guardiola01/07/20166 years 112 days
Coventry CityMark Robins07/03/20175 years 228 days
Oxford UnitedKarl Robinson22/03/20184 years 213 days
BrentfordThomas Frank16/10/20184 years 005 days
SouthamptonRalph Hasenhuttl06/12/20183 years 319 days
Sutton UnitedMatt Gray01/05/20193 years 173 days

'A precise volatile job' - however person managers reacted?

Rodgers said helium was "bitterly disappointed" for Gerrard, who was Liverpool's skipper during the Leicester manager's 3 years successful complaint astatine Anfield.

"He did a fantastic occupation astatine Rangers and the ambitions astatine Villa, I assume, are to beryllium challenging for Europe," Rodgers said.

"I'm intelligibly alert if you are not doing truthful well, you are going to person critics but the cardinal happening is to get a laser absorption connected what you tin control. When you bash that, everything other truly is noise."

Liverpool brag Klopp said: "I americium precise definite Steven Gerrard volition travel backmost from that. We had a small speech this morning, thing excessively deep. I tin ideate that it is disappointing for him due to the fact that of the ambitions helium had and the things helium wanted to execute with Aston Villa.

"We each get knocks; it is astir however you respond. He volition travel backmost from that, nary doubt. A batch of large managers retired determination had to permission their erstwhile clubs for antithetic reasons.

"He volition beryllium backmost 100% but present I hope, actually, that helium takes a spot of clip for him."

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe said: "I deliberation helium is simply a precise bully manager and I deliberation it shows the short-term quality of everyone's reasoning and reactions.

"We are successful a precise hard occupation and a precise volatile occupation astatine times, with a batch of short-term opinions and reactions."

Southampton brag Ralph Hasenhuttl added: "It's a pity erstwhile a manager loses his occupation but erstwhile a nine [owner] thinks helium has to bash it for a amended concern past they should sack him, similar they did with Dean Smith, which didn't enactment excessively well."

Patrick Vieira, manager of Crystal Palace, said: "We are successful an manufacture wherever we accidental that the semipermanent successful our occupation is the adjacent 5 games.

"This is the concern we are in. It's truly ruthless, it's truly tough."

Everton's Frank Lampard, who played alongside Gerrard with England, said helium knows from his acquisition astatine Chelsea however hard it tin beryllium to beryllium sacked successful the nationalist eye.

"I've immense respect for him arsenic a player, person, manager and manager - it's not bully for idiosyncratic to suffer their job," Lampard said.

Chelsea brag Potter added: "It's portion of the job. We cognize it tin happen, but it's not bully erstwhile a workfellow loses his job."

TeamManagerJoinedLeftTenure
ChelseaThomas Tuchel26/01/202107/09/2022595 days
WolvesBruno Lage01/07/202102/10/2022458 days
BournemouthScott Parker01/07/202130/08/2022425 days
Aston VillaSteven Gerrard11/11/202120/10/2022342 days

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