Tom Shaw — Data, evidence & sources
Tom Shaw
Lincoln City· EFL Championship · 
England · Age 40
68/ 100
Developing / mixed
13th percentile of covered managers
Career snapshot
Age
40
10 JUL 1986
Appointed
29 MAY 2026
Tenure
4M
4 months
Contractⓘ
Until 30 June 2028
Co-head coach agreement
Senior managerial experienceⓘ
4 months
Since 1 JUL 2023
In coaching
4 months
Includes academy & assistant roles
Shares first-team responsibility with Michael Skubala as joint co-head coach.
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
4
2
0
2
50%
GF 8 · GA 7 · GD 1 · 2026-08-08 → 2026-08-25
Current Season — League
2 matches · 0–0–2 · 0%
Current Club — League
2 matches · 0–0–2 · 0%
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: Alfreton Town (2016–2019), Lincoln City (Joint head coach with Chris Cohen. Club fixtures counted once at club level.).
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 Lincoln City shirt — an original unbranded illustration using traditional club colours. No licensed photograph verified for Tom Shaw (status: PLACEHOLDER).