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]10 years, 209 days
Dick Campbell SCO (1953-11-22) 22 November 1953ArbroathChampionship—8 March 2016[2]6 years, 57 days
Stewart Petrie SCO (1970-02-27) 27 February 1970MontroseLeague One—4 December 2016[3]5 years, 151 days
Peter Murphy IRL (1980-10-27) 27 October 1980Annan AthleticLeague Two—2 June 2017[4]4 years, 336 days
Gavin Price SCO (1974-10-29) 29 October 1974Elgin CityLeague Two1 October 2017[5]12 October 2017[6]4 years, 215 days
Danny Lennon NIR (1969-04-06) 6 April 1969ClydeLeague One—13 November 2017[7]4 years, 172 days
Ian Murray SCO (1981-03-20) 20 March 1981AirdrieoniansLeague One—19 October 2018[8]3 years, 197 days
Paul Hartley SCO (1976-10-19) 19 October 1976Cove RangersLeague One—2 July 2019[9]2 years, 306 days
Ian McCall SCO (1964-09-30) 30 September 1964Partick ThistleChampionship—23 September 2019[10]2 years, 223 days
Brian Reid SCO (1970-06-15) 15 June 1970Albion RoversLeague Two—5 June 2020[11]1 year, 333 days
Callum Davidson SCO (1976-06-25) 25 June 1976St JohnstonePremiership—18 June 2020[12]1 year, 320 days
Robbie Neilson SCO (1980-06-19) 19 June 1980Heart of MidlothianPremiership—21 June 2020[13]1 year, 317 days
David Martindale SCO (1974-07-13) 13 July 1974LivingstonPremiership26 November 2020[14]21 December 2020[15]1 year, 159 days
Graham Alexander SCO (1971-10-10) 10 October 1971MotherwellPremiership—7 January 2021[16]1 year, 117 days
Gary Irvine SCO (1985-03-17) 17 March 1985Forfar AthleticLeague Two9 April 2021[17]4 May 2021[18]1 year, 25 days
Stephen Swift SCO (1980-07-21) 21 July 1980StenhousemuirLeague Two—27 April 2021[19]1 year, 7 days
Malky Mackay SCO (1972-02-19) 19 February 1972Ross CountyPremiership—26 May 2021[20]343 days
Kevin Thomson SCO (1984-10-14) 14 October 1984Kelty HeartsLeague Two—27 May 2021[21]342 days
Stephen Farrell SCO (1973-03-08) 8 March 1973DumbartonLeague One—29 May 2021[22]340 days
Billy Dodds SCO (1969-02-05) 5 February 1969Inverness Caledonian ThistleChampionship—1 June 2021[23]337 days
Jamie Hamill SCO (1984-07-29) 29 July 1984StranraerLeague Two—4 June 2021[24]334 days
Tam Courts SCO (1981-08-10) 10 August 1981Dundee UnitedPremiership—7 June 2021[25]331 days
Ange Postecoglou AUS (1965-08-27) 27 August 1965CelticPremiership—10 June 2021[26]328 days
Stuart Taylor SCO (1974-11-26) 26 November 1974Hamilton AcademicalChampionship—20 August 2021[27]257 days
Maurice Ross SCO (1981-02-03) 3 February 1981CowdenbeathLeague Two—2 November 2021[28]183 days
John Hughes SCO (1964-09-09) 9 September 1964Dunfermline AthleticChampionship—12 November 2021[29]173 days
Giovanni van Bronckhorst NED (1975-02-05) 5 February 1975RangersPremiership—18 November 2021[30]167 days
Stevie Crawford SCO (1974-01-09) 9 January 1974East FifeLeague One—30 November 2021[31]155 days
Darren Young SCO (1978-10-13) 13 October 1978Stirling AlbionLeague Two—20 December 2021[32]135 days
Dougie Imrie SCO (1983-08-03) 3 August 1983Greenock MortonChampionship—21 December 2021[33]134 days
Derek McInnes SCO (1971-07-05) 5 July 1971KilmarnockChampionship—4 January 2022[34]120 days
Lee Bullen SCO (1971-03-29) 29 March 1971Ayr UnitedChampionship—7 January 2022[35]117 days
Willie Gibson SCO (1984-08-06) 6 August 1984Queen of the SouthChampionship13 February 2022[36]21 February 2022[37]80 days
Mark McGhee SCO (1957-05-25) 25 May 1957DundeePremiership—17 February 2022[38]76 days
Jim Goodwin IRL (1981-11-20) 20 November 1981AberdeenPremiership—19 February 2022[39]74 days
Brian Rice SCO (1963-10-11) 11 October 1963Alloa AthleticLeague One—21 February 2022[40]72 days
Stephen Robinson NIR (1974-12-10) 10 December 1974St MirrenPremiership—22 February 2022[41]71 days
Alan Maybury IRL (1978-08-08) 8 August 1978Edinburgh CityLeague Two24 March 2022[42]—41 days
Owen Coyle IRL (1966-07-14) 14 July 1966Queen's ParkLeague One—25 March 2022[43]40 days
David Gray SCO (1988-05-04) 4 May 1988HibernianPremiership19 April 2022[44]—15 days
VacantRaith RoversChampionship—3 May 2022[45]1 day
John McGlynn SCO (1961-12-19) 19 December 1961FalkirkLeague One—4 May 2022[45]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.

References
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  12. "Callum Davidson: St Johnstone appoint former player as boss". BBC Sport. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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  31. "Stevie Crawford returns to Bayview as East Fife manager". Fife Today. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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