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

Manager	Nationality	Date of Birth and Age	Club	Division	Caretaker appointment[note 1]	Permanent appointment	Time as manager[note 1]
Jardine, GaryGary Jardine	Scotland		Edinburgh City	4League Two	—	2010	5–6
McInally, JimJim McInally	Scotland	19 February 1964	Peterhead	3League One	—	7 October 2011[1]	5 years, 59 days
Chapman, JimJim Chapman	Scotland	26 July 1965	Annan Athletic	4League Two	—	12 January 2013[2]	3 years, 328 days
Archibald, AlanAlan Archibald	Scotland	13 December 1977	Partick Thistle	1Premiership	30 January 2013[3]	22 March 2013[4]	3 years, 310 days
McInnes, DerekDerek McInnes	Scotland	5 July 1971	Aberdeen	1Premiership	—	25 March 2013[5]	3 years, 255 days
Wright, TommyTommy Wright	Northern Ireland	29 August 1963	St Johnstone	1Premiership	—	10 June 2013[6]	3 years, 178 days
Naysmith, GaryGary Naysmith	Scotland	16 November 1978	East Fife	3League One	25 November 2013[7]	18 December 2013[8]	3 years, 10 days
MacPherson, GusGus MacPherson	Scotland	11 October 1968	Queen's Park	3League One	—	22 January 2014[9]	2 years, 318 days
Hartley, PaulPaul Hartley	Scotland	19 October 1976	Dundee	1Premiership	—	5 February 2014[10]	2 years, 304 days
Duffy, JimJim Duffy	Scotland	27 April 1959	Greenock Morton	2Championship	—	19 May 2014[11]	2 years, 200 days
Young, DarrenDarren Young	Scotland	13 October 1978	Albion Rovers	3League One	—	10 June 2014[12]	2 years, 178 days
Houston, PeterPeter Houston	Scotland	19 July 1958	Falkirk	2Championship	—	12 June 2014[13]	2 years, 176 days
Ferguson, BarryBarry Ferguson	Scotland	2 February 1978	Clyde	4League Two	—	13 June 2014[14]	2 years, 175 days
McIntyre, JimJim McIntyre	Scotland	24 May 1972	Ross County	1Premiership	—	9 September 2014[15]	2 years, 87 days
Weir, JimJim Weir	Scotland	15 June 1969	Elgin City	4League Two	—	27 November 2014[16]	2 years, 8 days
McCall, IanIan McCall	Scotland	30 September 1964	Ayr United	2Championship	—	5 January 2015[17]	1 year, 335 days
Canning, MartinMartin Canning	Scotland	3 December 1981	Hamilton Academical	1Premiership	9 January 2015[18]	23 January 2015[19]	1 year, 331 days
Ferguson, BrownBrown Ferguson	Scotland	4 June 1981	Stenhousemuir	3League One	3 February 2015[20]	2 April 2015[21]	1 year, 306 days
Johnston, AllanAllan Johnston	Scotland	14 December 1973	Dunfermline Athletic	2Championship	—	8 May 2015[22]	1 year, 211 days
Aitken, StephenStephen Aitken	Scotland	25 September 1976	Dumbarton	2Championship	—	27 May 2015[23]	1 year, 192 days
Reid, BrianBrian Reid	Scotland	15 June 1970	Stranraer	3League One	—	29 May 2015[24]	1 year, 190 days
Dods, DarrenDarren Dods	Scotland	7 June 1975	Brechin City	3League One	—	10 June 2015[25]	1 year, 178 days
Warburton, MarkMark Warburton	England	6 September 1962	Rangers	1Premiership	—	14 June 2015[26]	1 year, 174 days
McGhee, MarkMark McGhee	Scotland	25 May 1957	Motherwell	1Premiership	—	13 October 2015[27]	1 year, 53 days
Coughlin, JohnJohn Coughlin	Scotland	11 April 1963	Berwick Rangers	4League Two	—	6 November 2015[28]	1 year, 29 days
Bollan, GaryGary Bollan	Scotland	24 March 1973	Forfar Athletic	4League Two	—	21 December 2015[29]	350 days
Hopkin, DavidDavid Hopkin	Scotland	21 August 1970	Livingston	3League One	22 December 2015[30]	5 January 2016[31]	349 days
Clark, LeeLee Clark	England	27 October 1972	Kilmarnock	1Premiership	—	15 February 2016[32]	294 days
Campbell, DickDick Campbell	Scotland	22 November 1953	Arbroath	4League Two	—	8 March 2016[33]	272 days
McKinnon, RayRay McKinnon	Scotland	5 August 1970	Dundee United	2Championship	—	12 May 2016[34]	207 days
Locke, GaryGary Locke	Scotland	16 June 1975	Raith Rovers	2Championship	—	20 May 2016[35]	199 days
Rodgers, BrendanBrendan Rodgers	Northern Ireland	26 January 1973	Celtic	1Premiership	—	20 May 2016[36]	199 days
Fox, LiamLiam Fox	Scotland	2 February 1984	Cowdenbeath	4League Two	—	23 May 2016[37]	196 days
Foran, RichieRichie Foran	Ireland	16 June 1980	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1Premiership	—	30 May 2016[38]	189 days
Lennon, NeilNeil Lennon	Northern Ireland	25 June 1971	Hibernian	2Championship	—	8 June 2016[39]	180 days
Ross, JackJack Ross	Scotland	5 June 1976	St Mirren	2Championship	—	4 October 2016[40]	62 days
Goodwin, JimJim Goodwin	Ireland	20 November 1981	Alloa Athletic	3League One	—	11 October 2016[41]	55 days
Wilson, MarkMark Wilson	Scotland	5 June 1984	Airdrieonians	3League One	—	31 October 2016[42]	35 days
Thomson, JimJim Thomson	Scotland	15 May 1971	Queen of the South	2Championship	7 November 2016[43]	—	28 days
Mackay, DaveDave Mackay	Scotland	2 May 1980	Stirling Albion	4League Two	—	9 November 2016[44]	26 days
Daly, JonJon Daly Kirk, AndyAndy Kirk	Ireland Scotland	8 January 1983 29 May 1979	Heart of Midlothian	1Premiership	2 December 2016[45]	—	3 days
Petrie, StewartStewart Petrie	Scotland	27 February 1970	Montrose	4League Two	—	4 December 2016[46]	1 day

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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