Morocco After retiring as a player, Regragui started his football coaching career as the assistant coach of Morocco's national team in September 2012.
FUS On 8 May 2014, he landed a head coaching job with
Fath Union Sport for the 2014–15 season. Following his league performances and
Moroccan Throne Cup victory in 2014, he was named Mars d'Or Coach of the Year in March 2015.
Wydad AC On 10 August 2021, Regragui was appointed as the head coach of
Botola side
Wydad AC. The team went on to win the
2021–22 Botola in his first season. On 30 May 2022, he led Wydad AC to win its third
CAF Champions League title, after beating defending champions
Al Ahly in the
final. He became only the second Moroccan manager to win the
African Champions League, after
Hussein Ammouta with Wydad in
2017. In December 2022, Regragui was nominated for the 2022
IFFHS World's Best Club Coach for his performance in the year in review with Wydad before becoming head coach of the Moroccan national team. He was subsequently adjudged the third best behind
Carlo Ancelotti and
Pep Guardiola.
Return to Morocco On 31 August 2022, Regragui was appointed as the new head coach for the
Morocco national team after the dismissal of former head coach
Vahid Halilhodžić. On 21 September 2022, Regragui coached his first friendly game, which ended in a 1–0 victory against
Madagascar. In the
2022 FIFA World Cup, he led Morocco to the
knockout stage for the first time since 1986, and to the quarter finals after beating
Spain on penalties in the round of 16, making Morocco the fourth African nation and the first Arab nation to qualify for this stage in a World Cup competition. Regragui himself is the first African manager, and first Arab manager to reach this stage. Morocco would later beat favourite
Portugal 1–0 and move on to the semi-finals, not only another first for Morocco, but also making them the first African team, and first Arab team to qualify for the semi-finals. However, they lost to
France in the semi-final 2–0 on 14 December. Afterward, they finished in fourth place with a 2–1 loss against
Croatia. After the World Cup concluded, Regragui was nominated for the 2022
IFFHS World's Best National Coach award. He placed third behind World Cup winning coach
Lionel Scaloni and runner-up
Didier Deschamps. Between June 2024 and December 2025, Morocco enjoyed a strong run of form under Regragui, recording a streak of 19 consecutive victories in international matches, one of the longest winning runs for a national team manager. During this period, he also led Morocco to qualification for the
2026 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first African nation to secure a place at the tournament. At the
2025 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted on home soil, he guided Morocco to the
final, where they were awarded a 0–3 win to
Senegal after the Senegalese team
forfeited in the final. On 5 March 2026, he resigned from his role as head coach of the national team. == Managerial statistics ==