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The 18 Best CONCACAF Gold Cup Coaches of All Time

By YPB Team

Serial winners, foreign imports and regional rising stars all chase the same hardware. Who tops your list?

  1. Mauricio Pochettino — ranked #11
    Mauricio Pochettino
    Argentine coach who led the United States to the 2025 Gold Cup final, where they lost 2-1 to Mexico in Houston.
    1000pts
  2. Manuel Lapuente — ranked #22
    Manuel Lapuente
    Mexican manager who won the 1998 Gold Cup with El Tri.
    801pts
  3. Ricardo La Volpe — ranked #33
    Ricardo La Volpe
    Argentine-Mexican coach who reached the 2003 Gold Cup final with Mexico.
    801pts
  4. Gerardo Martino — ranked #44
    Gerardo Martino
    Argentine boss who lifted the 2023 Gold Cup with Mexico after winning multiple Copa América finals.
    767pts
  5. Bruce Arena — ranked #55
    Bruce Arena
    American manager and the tournament's most decorated coach with multiple Gold Cup titles for the USMNT.
    705pts
  6. Hugo Sánchez — ranked #66
    Hugo Sánchez
    Mexican legend who took El Tri to the 2007 Gold Cup final as manager.
    632pts
  7. Luis Fernando Tena — ranked #77
    Luis Fernando Tena
    Mexican coach who has guided Guatemala to surprise Gold Cup quarterfinal runs.
    632pts
  8. Miguel Herrera — ranked #88
    Miguel Herrera
    Fiery Mexican coach who led El Tri to the 2015 Gold Cup crown.
    548pts
  9. Bob Bradley — ranked #99
    Bob Bradley
    American manager who guided the USMNT to the 2009 Gold Cup final.
    548pts
  10. Jürgen Klinsmann — ranked #1010
    Jürgen Klinsmann
    German manager who guided the USMNT to the 2013 Gold Cup title with a record-tying winning streak.
    448pts
  11. Holger Osieck — ranked #1111
    Holger Osieck
    German coach who led Canada to its only Gold Cup title in 2000, a surprise triumph over Colombia in the final.
    329pts
  12. Winfried Schäfer — ranked #1212
    Winfried Schäfer
    German coach who took Jamaica to its first Gold Cup final in 2015, knocking out the United States in the semi-finals.
    329pts
  13. Thomas Christiansen — ranked #1313
    Thomas Christiansen
    Danish-Spanish coach who led Panama to the 2023 Gold Cup final, beating the United States on penalties in the semi-finals.
    329pts
  14. Javier Aguirre — ranked #1414
    Javier Aguirre
    Veteran Mexican boss who claimed the 2009 Gold Cup title.
    329pts
  15. John Herdman — ranked #1515
    John Herdman
    English coach who led Canada to its first Gold Cup semifinal in decades and a 2022 World Cup qualification.
    329pts
  16. Bora Milutinović — ranked #1616
    Bora Milutinović
    Globetrotting Serbian coach who lifted the 1996 Gold Cup with Mexico.
    0pts
  17. Gregg Berhalter — ranked #1717
    Gregg Berhalter
    American coach who won the 2021 Gold Cup with a young USMNT squad.
    0pts
  18. Theodore Whitmore — ranked #1818
    Theodore Whitmore
    Jamaican coach and former World Cup scorer who led the Reggae Boyz to a second straight Gold Cup final in 2017.
    0pts

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