List of Scottish Professional Football League managers

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
ManagerNationalityDate of Birth and AgeClubDivisionCaretaker appointment[note 1]Permanent appointmentTime as manager[note 1]
Jim McInally SCO (1964-02-19) 19 February 1964PeterheadLeague One—7 October 2011[1]9 years, 124 days
Derek McInnes SCO (1971-07-05) 5 July 1971AberdeenPremiership—25 March 2013[2]7 years, 320 days
Dick Campbell SCO (1953-11-22) 22 November 1953ArbroathChampionship—8 March 2016[3]4 years, 337 days
Stewart Petrie SCO (1970-02-27) 27 February 1970MontroseLeague One—4 December 2016[4]4 years, 66 days
Stephen Farrell SCO (1973-03-08) 8 March 1973StranraerLeague Two—20 January 2017[5]4 years, 19 days
Peter Murphy IRL (1980-10-27) 27 October 1980Annan AthleticLeague Two—2 June 2017[6]3 years, 251 days
Darren Young SCO (1978-10-13) 13 October 1978East FifeLeague One—3 June 2017[7]3 years, 250 days
John Robertson SCO (1964-10-02) 2 October 1964Inverness Caledonian ThistleChampionship—14 June 2017[8]3 years, 239 days
Gavin Price SCO (1974-10-29) 29 October 1974Elgin CityLeague Two1 October 2017[9]12 October 2017[10]3 years, 130 days
James McDonaugh SCO (1977-11-16) 16 November 1977Edinburgh CityLeague Two—10 October 2017[11]3 years, 121 days
Danny Lennon NIR (1969-04-06) 6 April 1969ClydeLeague One—13 November 2017[12]3 years, 87 days
Gary Bollan SCO (1973-03-24) 24 March 1973CowdenbeathLeague Two—14 November 2017[13]3 years, 86 days
Steven Gerrard ENG (1980-05-30) 30 May 1980RangersPremiership—1 June 2018[14]2 years, 252 days
John McGlynn SCO (1961-12-19) 19 December 1961Raith RoversChampionship—25 September 2018[15]2 years, 136 days
Ian Murray SCO (1981-03-20) 20 March 1981AirdrieoniansLeague One—19 October 2018[16]2 years, 112 days
Jim Duffy SCO (1959-04-27) 27 April 1959DumbartonLeague One—21 October 2018[17]2 years, 110 days
Kevin Rutkiewicz SCO (1980-05-10) 10 May 1980Stirling AlbionLeague Two—23 October 2018[18]2 years, 108 days
Stevie Crawford SCO (1974-01-09) 9 January 1974Dunfermline AthleticChampionship9 January 2019[19]10 January 2019[20]2 years, 30 days
Brian Rice SCO (1963-10-11) 11 October 1963Hamilton AcademicalPremiership—31 January 2019[21]2 years, 8 days
Neil Lennon NIR (1971-06-25) 25 June 1971CelticPremiership26 February 2019[22]31 May 2019[23]1 year, 348 days
Allan Johnston SCO (1973-12-14) 14 December 1973Queen of the SouthChampionship—6 May 2019[24]1 year, 278 days
James McPake NIR (1984-06-24) 24 June 1984DundeeChampionship13 May 2019[25]31 May 2019[26]1 year, 271 days
Jim Goodwin IRL (1981-11-20) 20 November 1981St MirrenPremiership—28 June 2019[27]1 year, 225 days
Paul Hartley SCO (1976-10-19) 19 October 1976Cove RangersLeague One—2 July 2019[28]1 year, 221 days
Peter Grant SCO (1965-08-30) 30 August 1965Alloa AthleticChampionship—10 July 2019[29]1 year, 213 days
Davie Irons SCO (1961-07-18) 18 July 1961StenhousemuirLeague Two18 September 2019[30]25 September 2019[31]1 year, 143 days
Ian McCall SCO (1964-09-30) 30 September 1964Partick ThistleLeague One—23 September 2019[32]1 year, 138 days
Mark Kerr SCO (1982-03-02) 2 March 1982Ayr UnitedChampionship—22 October 2019[33]1 year, 109 days
Stuart Malcolm SCO (1979-08-20) 20 August 1979Forfar AthleticLeague One—10 November 2019[34]1 year, 90 days
Jack Ross SCO (1976-06-05) 5 June 1976HibernianPremiership—15 November 2019[35]1 year, 85 days
David McCracken SCO (1981-10-16) 16 October 1981Falkirk (co-manager)League One19 November 2019[36]13 December 2019[37]1 year, 81 days
Lee Miller SCO (1983-05-18) 18 May 1983Falkirk (co-manager)League One19 November 2019[36]13 December 2019[37]1 year, 81 days
Ray McKinnon SCO (1970-08-05) 5 August 1970Queen's ParkLeague Two—2 January 2020[38]1 year, 37 days
Brian Reid SCO (1970-06-15) 15 June 1970Albion RoversLeague Two—5 June 2020[39]248 days
Callum Davidson SCO (1976-06-25) 25 June 1976St JohnstonePremiership—18 June 2020[40]235 days
Robbie Neilson SCO (1980-06-19) 19 June 1980Heart of MidlothianChampionship—21 June 2020[41]232 days
Micky Mellon SCO (1972-03-18) 18 March 1972Dundee UnitedPremiership—6 July 2020[42]217 days
Michael Paton SCO (1989-03-25) 25 March 1989Brechin CityLeague Two28 October 2020[43]6 November 2020[44]103 days
David Martindale SCO (1974-07-13) 13 July 1974LivingstonPremiership26 November 2020[45]21 December 2020[46]74 days
Anton McElhone SCO (1982-05-24) 24 May 1982Greenock MortonChampionship10 December 2020[47]—60 days
John Hughes SCO (1964-09-09) 9 September 1964Ross CountyPremiership—21 December 2020[48]49 days
Graham Alexander SCO (1971-10-10) 10 October 1971MotherwellPremiership—7 January 2021[49]32 days
Tommy Wright NIR (1963-08-29) 29 August 1963KilmarnockPremiership—8 February 2021[50]0 days

Notes
  1. 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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