List of Scottish Professional Football League managers

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This is a list of Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) managers, in order of the date of their appointment. The SPFL has 42 member clubs and is split into four divisions; the Premiership (12 clubs), the Championship (10), League One (10), and League Two (10).

List of managers[]

Manager Nationality Date of Birth and Age Club Division Caretaker appointment[note 1] Permanent appointment Time as manager[note 1]
Jim McInally  SCO (1964-02-19) 19 February 1964 (age 57) Peterhead League One — 7 October 2011[1] 10 years, 81 days
Dick Campbell  SCO (1953-11-22) 22 November 1953 (age 68) Arbroath Championship — 8 March 2016[2] 5 years, 294 days
Stewart Petrie  SCO (1970-02-27) 27 February 1970 (age 51) Montrose League One — 4 December 2016[3] 5 years, 23 days
Peter Murphy  IRL (1980-10-27) 27 October 1980 (age 41) Annan Athletic League Two — 2 June 2017[4] 4 years, 208 days
Gavin Price  SCO (1974-10-29) 29 October 1974 (age 47) Elgin City League Two 1 October 2017[5] 12 October 2017[6] 4 years, 87 days
Danny Lennon  NIR (1969-04-06) 6 April 1969 (age 52) Clyde League One — 13 November 2017[7] 4 years, 44 days
John McGlynn  SCO (1961-12-19) 19 December 1961 (age 60) Raith Rovers Championship — 25 September 2018[8] 3 years, 93 days
Ian Murray  SCO (1981-03-20) 20 March 1981 (age 40) Airdrieonians League One — 19 October 2018[9] 3 years, 69 days
Allan Johnston  SCO (1973-12-14) 14 December 1973 (age 48) Queen of the South Championship — 6 May 2019[10] 2 years, 235 days
James McPake  NIR (1984-06-24) 24 June 1984 (age 37) Dundee Premiership 13 May 2019[11] 31 May 2019[12] 2 years, 228 days
Jim Goodwin  IRL (1981-11-20) 20 November 1981 (age 40) St Mirren Premiership — 28 June 2019[13] 2 years, 182 days
Paul Hartley  SCO (1976-10-19) 19 October 1976 (age 45) Cove Rangers League One — 2 July 2019[14] 2 years, 178 days
Ian McCall  SCO (1964-09-30) 30 September 1964 (age 57) Partick Thistle Championship — 23 September 2019[15] 2 years, 95 days
Brian Reid  SCO (1970-06-15) 15 June 1970 (age 51) Albion Rovers League Two — 5 June 2020[16] 1 year, 205 days
Callum Davidson  SCO (1976-06-25) 25 June 1976 (age 45) St Johnstone Premiership — 18 June 2020[17] 1 year, 192 days
Robbie Neilson  SCO (1980-06-19) 19 June 1980 (age 41) Heart of Midlothian Premiership — 21 June 2020[18] 1 year, 189 days
David Martindale  SCO (1974-07-13) 13 July 1974 (age 47) Livingston Premiership 26 November 2020[19] 21 December 2020[20] 1 year, 31 days
Graham Alexander  SCO (1971-10-10) 10 October 1971 (age 50) Motherwell Premiership — 7 January 2021[21] 354 days
Gary Naysmith  SCO (1978-11-16) 16 November 1978 (age 43) Edinburgh City League Two — 9 March 2021[22] 293 days
Stephen Glass  SCO (1976-05-23) 23 May 1976 (age 45) Aberdeen Premiership — 23 March 2021[23] 279 days
Gary Irvine  SCO (1985-03-17) 17 March 1985 (age 36) Forfar Athletic League Two 9 April 2021[24] 4 May 2021[25] 262 days
Stephen Swift  SCO (1980-07-21) 21 July 1980 (age 41) Stenhousemuir League Two — 27 April 2021[26] 244 days
Laurie Ellis  SCO (1979-11-07) 7 November 1979 (age 42) Queen's Park League One — 21 May 2021[27] 220 days
Malky Mackay  SCO (1972-02-19) 19 February 1972 (age 49) Ross County Premiership — 26 May 2021[28] 215 days
Barry Ferguson  SCO (1978-02-02) 2 February 1978 (age 43) Alloa Athletic League One — 27 May 2021[29] 214 days
Kevin Thomson  SCO (1984-10-14) 14 October 1984 (age 37) Kelty Hearts League Two — 27 May 2021[30] 214 days
Stephen Farrell  SCO (1973-03-08) 8 March 1973 (age 48) Dumbarton League One — 29 May 2021[31] 212 days
Billy Dodds  SCO (1969-02-05) 5 February 1969 (age 52) Inverness Caledonian Thistle Championship — 1 June 2021[32] 209 days
Jamie Hamill  SCO (1984-07-29) 29 July 1984 (age 37) Stranraer League Two — 4 June 2021[33] 206 days
Tam Courts  SCO (1981-08-10) 10 August 1981 (age 40) Dundee United Premiership — 7 June 2021[34] 203 days
Ange Postecoglou  AUS (1965-08-27) 27 August 1965 (age 56) Celtic Premiership — 10 June 2021[35] 200 days
Stuart Taylor  SCO (1974-11-26) 26 November 1974 (age 47) Hamilton Academical Championship — 20 August 2021[36] 129 days
Maurice Ross  SCO (1981-02-03) 3 February 1981 (age 40) Cowdenbeath League Two — 2 November 2021[37] 55 days
John Hughes  SCO (1964-09-09) 9 September 1964 (age 57) Dunfermline Athletic Championship — 12 November 2021[38] 45 days
Giovanni van Bronckhorst  NED (1975-02-05) 5 February 1975 (age 46) Rangers Premiership — 18 November 2021[39] 39 days
Stevie Crawford  SCO (1974-01-09) 9 January 1974 (age 47) East Fife League One — 30 November 2021[40] 27 days
Martin Rennie  SCO (1975-05-22) 22 May 1975 (age 46) Falkirk League One — 10 December 2021[41] 17 days
James Fowler  SCO (1980-10-26) 26 October 1980 (age 41) Kilmarnock Championship 18 December 2021[42] — 9 days
Shaun Maloney  SCO (1983-01-24) 24 January 1983 (age 38) Hibernian Premiership — 20 December 2021[43] 7 days
David White  SCO (1965-05-07) 7 May 1965 (age 56) Ayr United Championship 20 December 2021[44] — 7 days
Darren Young  SCO (1978-10-13) 13 October 1978 (age 43) Stirling Albion League Two — 20 December 2021[45] 7 days
Dougie Imrie  SCO (1983-08-03) 3 August 1983 (age 38) Greenock Morton Championship — 21 December 2021[46] 6 days

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b In some cases, managers are appointed as caretaker manager prior to being given the position on a more permanent basis. The date of caretaker appointment is used where applicable.

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