Managers

For more details on this topic, see List of Liverpool F.C. managers. There has been 17 permanent managers and one caretaker manager of Liverpool since the club first appointed, W.E. Barclay and John McKenna as professional managers in 1892. The longest-serving manager in terms of time was Tom Watson, who managed Liverpool for 19 years from 1896 to 1915. Bill Shankly managed the club for more games than any other manager; he served for 783 matches. Kenny Dalglish was the first player-manager in the club's history, and won the club's first and only League and FA Cup "Double". Bob Paisley, who won 20 trophies during his tenure, was the club's most successful manager.

Current technical staff

As of 8 January 2011.

Name	Job title
Kenny Dalglish	Manager
Sammy Lee	Assistant Manager
Steve Clarke	First Team Coach
Mike Kelly	Goalkeeping Coach
John McMahon	Reserves Manager
John Achterberg	Reserves Goalkeeping Coach
Peter Brukner	Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science
Darren Burgess	Head of Fitness and Conditioning
Phil Coles	Head of Physical Therapies
Jordan Milsom	Sports Scientist
Barry Drust	Sports Science Consultant
Zaf Iqbal	Club Doctor
Rob Price	Senior Physiotherapist
Andrew Nealon	Physiotherapist
Chris Morgan	Physiotherapist
Matt Konopinski	Reserves Physiotherapist
Ivan Ortega	Sports Therapist
Paul Small	Masseur
Sylvan Richardson	Masseur
Damien Comolli	Director of Football Strategy
Mike McGlynn	Assistant Chief Scout