Has any Premier League club had four managers in one season? Forest’s rollercoaster season nears new ground | OneFootball

Nottingham Forest are set to name their fourth manager of the Premier League season, following the decision to fire Sean Dyche.

Dyche departs after just 114 days in charge at the City Ground, though, incredibly, is not the shortest-serving Nottingham Forest manager of the 2025/26 campaign.

Forest fired Nuno Espirito Santo in September, before replacement Ange Postecoglou lasted only 39 days in the hot-seat. Postecoglou failed to win any of his eight games in charge, with his ill-fated tenure the shortest of any permanent manager in Premier League history.

Former Wolves bossVitor Pereira is the favourite to replace Dyche, having worked with trigger-happy owner Evangelos Marinakis at Olympiacos.

If Pereira becomes the club's permanent head coach, it will be the first time inPremier League history that a side has had four permanent managers in the same season.

However, four coaches is not entirely uncommon. Including caretakers and interim managers, nine teams have previously had four men in charge in the same season.

Derby County were the first to do so in 2001/02, on route to relegation, while Newcastle's nightmare 2008/09 season saw four managers, none of whom were actually sacked. Kevin Keegan's resignation, Joe Kinnear's ill-health and a late gamble on Alan Shearer to save them from relegation were all part of the Tyneside turbulence.

Just three of the nine teams to have had four coaches in the same season avoided relegation;Portsmouth, Swansea City and Chelsea. Can Forest, currently 17th and three points clear of safety, join that list?

Clubs with four managers in a Premier League season