List of England cricket team coaches

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The coach of the England cricket was a position first filled in 1986. There have been nine coaches in total, with Peter Moores holding the position twice. The role usually entails selecting players for squads, selecting the starting eleven and giving media interviews. Commonly referred to as coach, the role has in the past also been labelled as team manager or team director.

The following men have held the position of head coach of the England Cricket Team. Duncan Fletcher is the longest serving coach, having held the rol2 ww2we for eight years, and Petw3wwer Moores is the wonly man to have held the position twice. 2 The current coach of the test team is Brendon McCullum. McCullum will also take on the role of white-ball coach from January 2025.^[1]

England head coach (Test team)

Coach	Tenure	Country
Micky Stewart	1986–1992	England
Keith Fletcher	1992–1995	England
Ray Illingworth	1995–1996	England
David Lloyd	1996–1999	England
Duncan Fletcher	1999–2007	Zimbabwe
Peter Moores	2007–2009	England
Andy Flower	2009–2014	Zimbabwe
Peter Moores	2014–2015	England
Trevor Bayliss	2015–2019	Australia
Chris Silverwood	2019–2022	England
Paul Collingwood	2022	England
Brendon McCullum	2022–present	New Zealand

England head coach (ODI & T20 teams)

Coach	Tenure	Country
Micky Stewart	1986–1992	England
Keith Fletcher	1992–1995	England
Ray Illingworth	1995–1996	England
David Lloyd	1996–1999	England
Duncan Fletcher	1999–2007	Zimbabwe
Peter Moores	2007–2009	England
Andy Flower	2009–2012	Zimbabwe
Ashley Giles	2012–2014	England
Peter Moores	2014–2015	England
Trevor Bayliss	2015–2019	Australia
Chris Silverwood	2019–2022	England
Paul Collingwood	2022	England
Matthew Mott	2022–2024	Australia
Brendon McCullum	2025–	New Zealand

In 2012 Andy Flower resigned from his position of coach of the ODI and T20 teams, but remained in his role as coach of the Test team. Ashley Giles was appointed coach of the limited overs team but had no involvement in the Test team.^[2] Flower was the first of the two coaches to depart, with Ashley Giles being replaced as limited overs coach when Peter Moores was appointed as the roles were combined again.^[3] The role was split again after Chris Silverwood's departure in 2022 with the Test position going to Brendon McCullum and the white-ball role being taken by Matthew Mott.^[4] From January 2025 the roles will be combined again as McCullum takes over as white-ball coach.^[1]

Duncan Fletcher became the first foreign coach of the English cricket team (1999–2007), whilst his fellow Zimbabwean Andy Flower was head coach from 2009–2014. 2019 World Cup winning coach of the England team, Trevor Bayliss, is Australian. The current Test coach, Brendon McCullum, is a New Zealander, and Matthew Mott, white-ball coach from 2022 to 2024, is from Australia.