John Eustace — Data, evidence & sources
John Eustace
Derby County· EFL Championship · 
England · Age 46
71/ 100
Solid
34th percentile of covered managers
Career snapshot
Age
46
3 NOV 1979
Appointed
13 FEB 2025
Tenure
1Y 8M
1 year, 8 months
Contractⓘ
Until 30 June 2028
Three-and-a-half-year agreement
Senior managerial experienceⓘ
1 year, 8 months
Since 1 JAN 2018
In coaching
1 year, 8 months
Includes academy & assistant roles
Season: 2026/27Competition: EFL ChampionshipUpdated: Updated todaySource: GafferLens editorial review — appointment, contract and career dates manually verified to the 21 August 2026 baseline
Current Club — All Competitions
66
26
14
26
39.4%
GF 89 · GA 85 · GD 4 · 2025-02-14 → 2026-08-22
Current Season — League
2 matches · 0–1–1 · 0%
Current Club — League
62 matches · 26–13–23 · 41.9%
All verified competitive senior first-team matches managed during the current uninterrupted spell. Verified fixtures → match records → manager assignments → approved canonical layer.
Data profile
Verified career record
Aggregated from individual senior spells
Spells awaiting a verified match record: Kidderminster Harriers (2015–2016), Queens Park Rangers (2018–2018), Birmingham City (2022–2023), Blackburn Rovers (2024–2025), Derby County ().
Senior head-coach spells only. Assistant and development-team roles are excluded from win-loss totals, and each spell counts only matches managed at that club.
Methodology & data freshness
GafferScore 0.4 (provisional editorial) · tactical model 0.3 (prototype model) · rankings updated 2026-08-17. Form window: Last 10 competitive matches, recency weighted.
Updated today · Confidence MEDIUM · Source: GafferLens editorial review — appointment, contract and career dates manually verified to the 21 August 2026 baseline
Image credits
Visual: GafferLens generic Derby County shirt — an original unbranded illustration using traditional club colours. No licensed photograph verified for John Eustace (status: PLACEHOLDER).