教練生涯開始於1974年6月，先後執教過東斯特林郡、阿伯丁等隊，並率領阿伯丁獲得過歐洲優勝者杯。1986年11月6日，弗格森接替阿特金森開 始執教曼聯隊。在執教曼聯的近27年間率隊獲得過大大小小38個，包括13個英超聯賽和2個歐洲聯賽，執教場次達1500場，在1999 年率隊獲得三冠王。因其對英國足球的巨大貢獻，1999年在白金漢宮被英國王室授予爵士爵位。

   2013年5月8日，曼聯俱樂部官方宣布，在執掌俱樂部長達26年後，主教練弗格森於12/13賽季結束後退休。2013年5月19日，弗格森在完成曼聯的第1500場比賽後，長達27年的弗格森時代落幕。2014年4月，弗格森簽約哈佛商學院，為報名哈佛娛樂、媒體和體育商業課程的高管做講座。

Leading: Learning from Life and My Years at Manchester United Hardcover 

艾格森傳記：領導力——從生活中學習以及我在曼聯的日子

 – October 6, 2015

• Hardcover: 288 pages（美版）
• Publisher: Hachette Books (29 Sept. 2015)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316268089
• ISBN-13: 9780316268080
• Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 3.8 x 23.5 cm

內容簡介

What does it take to lead a team to world-class success over a sustained period of time?

Sir Alex Ferguson is one of the few leaders who truly knows. In his 38 years in management, Sir Alex won an astonishing 49 trophies and helped grow Manchester United into one of the biggest commercial brands in the world.

In this inspirational and straight-talking new book, Sir Alex reveals the secrets behind his record-breaking career.

LEADING is structured around the key skills that Sir Alex values most highly. It includes subjects we immediately associate with his managerial style: Discipline, Control, Teamwork and Motivation. But it also addresses subjects that are less obvious but no less important when seeking success: Delegation, Data Analysis and Dealing with Failure.

Written with the investor Sir Michael Moritz, a longstanding friend of Sir Alex, LEADING is packed with insight, wisdom, humour and honesty. The individual stories inevitably concern themselves with football, and the phenomenal success that came along the way, but the lessons can be applied by anyone. Whether you run a business, teach in a classroom, or work in a small team, LEADING will help you become a better leader.

作者介紹

Sir Alex Ferguson was born in 1941 in Govan, Scotland. A goal-scoring centre-forward, he was later transferred to Rangers for a Scottish record transfer fee. In 1974, he entered management with East Stirlingshire and St Mirren before joining Aberdeen, where consistent domestic success, followed by victory in the 1983 Cup Winners' Cup over Real Madrid, brought him wider attention.

Arriving at Manchester United in 1986, he went on to accumulate 38 trophies, including five FA Cups, 13 Premier Leagues and two Champions Leagues. He was knighted in 1999, following Manchester United's remarkable Treble campaign, and his overall haul of 49 trophies makes him the most successful British manager of all time.

Sir Alex announced his retirement in 2013, but he continues to serve United as a director and is a Fellow to the Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School.

Sir Michael Moritz was born in Cardiff, studied at Oxford and became a journalist at Time magazine in the US in the late 1970s. It was during this period that he met the young Steve Jobs and wrote the first book about Apple, The Little Kingdom: The Private Story of Apple Computer. Moritz co-authored a second business book,Going for Broke: The Chrysler Story, and in 1986 joined Sequoia Capital, in Silicon Valley, California.

Sequoia Capital's close alliances with young founders have been transformed into companies now worth nearly $1.5 trillion - the most of any private investment firm in the world. These include the first investments in companies such as Apple and Cisco and, more recently, YouTube, Airbnb, Dropbox and WhatsApp. Michael Moritz has been a member of the Board of Directors of Google, Yahoo!, PayPal and LinkedIn.

In 2012 he became chairman of Sequoia Capital and was knighted in 2013. His family's philanthropic work includes Europe's largest scholarship programme for low income university students. The son of refugees from Nazi Germany, he lives in San Francisco with his wife, Harriet Heyman.