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 McInallyScotland (1964-02-19) 19 February 1964PeterheadLeague One—7 October 2011[1]8 years, 258 days
Derek McInnesScotland (1971-07-05) 5 July 1971AberdeenPremiership—25 March 2013[2]7 years, 88 days
Dick CampbellScotland (1953-11-22) 22 November 1953ArbroathChampionship—8 March 2016[3]4 years, 105 days
Stewart PetrieScotland (1970-02-27) 27 February 1970MontroseLeague One—4 December 2016[4]3 years, 200 days
Stephen FarrellScotland (1973-03-08) 8 March 1973StranraerLeague Two—20 January 2017[5]3 years, 153 days
Stephen Robinson Northern Ireland (1974-12-10) 10 December 1974MotherwellPremiership28 February 2017[6]15 March 2017[7]3 years, 114 days
Peter MurphyIreland (1980-10-27) 27 October 1980Annan AthleticLeague Two—2 June 2017[8]3 years, 19 days
Darren YoungScotland (1978-10-13) 13 October 1978East FifeLeague One—3 June 2017[9]3 years, 18 days
John RobertsonScotland (1964-10-02) 2 October 1964Inverness Caledonian ThistleChampionship—14 June 2017[10]3 years, 7 days
Gavin PriceScotland (1974-10-29) 29 October 1974Elgin CityLeague Two1 October 2017[11]12 October 2017[12]2 years, 264 days
James McDonaughScotland (1977-11-16) 16 November 1977Edinburgh CityLeague Two—10 October 2017[13]2 years, 255 days
Danny LennonNorthern Ireland (1969-04-06) 6 April 1969ClydeLeague One—13 November 2017[14]2 years, 221 days
Gary BollanScotland (1973-03-24) 24 March 1973CowdenbeathLeague Two—14 November 2017[15]2 years, 220 days
Stuart KettlewellScotland (1984-06-04) 4 June 1984Ross CountyPremiership2 March 2018[16]24 April 2018[17][18]2 years, 111 days
Steven GerrardEngland (1980-05-30) 30 May 1980RangersPremiership—1 June 2018[19]2 years, 20 days
Gary HoltScotland (1973-03-09) 9 March 1973LivingstonPremiership—23 August 2018[20]1 year, 303 days
John McGlynnScotland (1961-12-19) 19 December 1961Raith RoversChampionship—25 September 2018[21]1 year, 270 days
Ian MurrayScotland (1981-03-20) 20 March 1981AirdrieoniansLeague One—19 October 2018[22]1 year, 246 days
Jim DuffyScotland (1959-04-27) 27 April 1959DumbartonLeague One—21 October 2018[23]1 year, 244 days
Kevin RutkiewiczScotland (1980-05-10) 10 May 1980Stirling AlbionLeague Two—23 October 2018[24]1 year, 242 days
Stevie CrawfordScotland (1974-01-09) 9 January 1974Dunfermline AthleticChampionship9 January 2019[25]10 January 2019[26]1 year, 164 days
Brian RiceScotland (1963-10-11) 11 October 1963Hamilton AcademicalPremiership—31 January 2019[27]1 year, 142 days
Neil LennonNorthern Ireland (1971-06-25) 25 June 1971CelticPremiership26 February 2019[28]31 May 2019[29]1 year, 116 days
Allan JohnstonScotland (1973-12-14) 14 December 1973Queen of the SouthChampionship—6 May 2019[30]1 year, 46 days
James McPakeNorthern Ireland (1984-06-24) 24 June 1984DundeeChampionship13 May 2019[31]31 May 2019[32]1 year, 39 days
David HopkinScotland (1970-08-21) 21 August 1970Greenock MortonChampionship—15 May 2019[33]1 year, 37 days
Jim GoodwinIreland (1981-11-20) 20 November 1981St MirrenPremiership—28 June 2019[34]359 days
Paul HartleyScotland (1976-10-19) 19 October 1976Cove RangersLeague One—2 July 2019[35]355 days
Peter GrantScotland (1965-08-30) 30 August 1965Alloa AthleticChampionship—10 July 2019[36]347 days
Mark WilsonScotland (1984-06-05) 5 June 1984Brechin CityLeague Two—4 September 2019[37]291 days
Davie IronsScotland (1961-07-18) 18 July 1961StenhousemuirLeague Two18 September 2019[38]25 September 2019[39]277 days
Ian McCallScotland (1964-09-30) 30 September 1964Partick ThistleLeague One—23 September 2019[40]272 days
Mark KerrScotland (1982-03-02) 2 March 1982Ayr UnitedChampionship—22 October 2019[41]243 days
Stuart MalcolmScotland (1979-08-20) 20 August 1979Forfar AthleticLeague One—10 November 2019[42]224 days
Jack RossScotland (1976-06-05) 5 June 1976HibernianPremiership—15 November 2019[43]219 days
David McCrackenScotland (1981-10-16) 16 October 1981Falkirk (co-manager)League One19 November 2019[44]13 December 2019[45]215 days
Lee MillerScotland (1983-05-18) 18 May 1983Falkirk (co-manager)League One19 November 2019[44]13 December 2019[45]215 days
Alex DyerEngland (1965-11-14) 14 November 1965KilmarnockPremiership17 December 2019[46]30 December 2019[47]187 days
Ray McKinnonScotland (1970-08-05) 5 August 1970Queen's ParkLeague Two—2 January 2020[48]171 days
Brian ReidScotland (1970-06-15) 15 June 1970Albion RoversLeague Two—5 June 2020[49]16 days
Callum DavidsonScotland (1976-06-25) 25 June 1976St JohnstonePremiership—18 June 2020[50]3 days
Robbie NeilsonScotland (1980-06-19) 19 June 1980Heart of MidlothianChampionship—21 June 2020[51]0 days
Dundee UnitedPremiership——

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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