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List of Hibernian F.C. managers

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Hibernian Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in Edinburgh. The club was founded in 1875,[1] and played its first match on Christmas Day of that year. Hibernian have won the Scottish league championship four times, most recently in 1952. Three of those four championships were won between 1948 and 1952, when the club had the services of the Famous Five, a notable forward line. The club have won the Scottish Cup three times, in 1887, 1902, and 2016, with the latter victory ending a notorious hundred plus year drought. Hibs have also won the Scottish League Cup three times, in 1972, 1991, and 2007. Hibernian reached the semi-final of the first ever European Cup in 1955–56, becoming the first British side to participate in European competition

This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the Hibernian first team. The club did not officially appoint a manager until 1903 because they did not incorporate until then. From 1875 until 1903, the club was run by a committee,[2] although Dan McMichael was effectively the manager when the club won the 1901–02 Scottish Cup and the 1902–03 league championship.[3] Phil Kelso took charge for season 1903–04, but left the club in April 1904 and was replaced by Dan McMichael.[3]

As of September 2023, Hibernian have had 36 different full-time managers. McMichael is the longest-serving manager, having run the club for 17 years across two spells. Willie McCartney took charge of part of the league-winning side in 1947–48, but he died in office after a Scottish Cup match in January 1948.[4] Hugh Shaw inherited that team, and went on to win three league championships in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Alan Stubbs won the Scottish Cup in 2015–16, ending a 114-year drought in that competition. Eddie Turnbull, Alex Miller and John Collins all won one Scottish League Cup each. Bobby Templeton, Bertie Auld, Alex McLeish and Neil Lennon all won second tier championships.

Managers

As of the match played on 2 March 2025

Key Key to record:

  • P = Matches played
  • W = Matches won
  • D = Matches drawn
  • L = Matches lost
  • Win % = Win ratio
* Caretaker manager
More information Name, Nationality ...
Name Nationality First game Last game P W D L %W Honours Manner of departure Notes
Dan McMichael  Ireland 17 August 1901 21 February 1903 50291110058.00 Scottish Cup (1901–02)
Scottish league (1902–03)		 Club incorporated[note 1] [5][6]
Phil Kelso  Scotland 15 August 1903 30 April 1904 288515028.57 Moved to Woolwich Arsenal [5][7][8]
Dan McMichael  Ireland 20 August 1904 1 February 1919 548189123236034.49 Died in office [9][5][6]
Davy Gordon  Scotland 8 March 1919 27 April 1921 100322246032.00 Resigned [9][10]
Alex Maley  Scotland 20 August 1921 18 April 1925 177814650045.76 [11][12]
Bobby Templeton  Scotland 15 August 1925 8 February 1936 44016483193037.27 Resigned [13][14]
Johnny Halligan*  Scotland 15 February 1936 25 April 1936 11614054.55 Caretaker [15]
Willie McCartney  Scotland 8 August 1936 24 January 1948 48424092152049.59 Died in office [16]
Hugh Shaw  Scotland 31 January 1948 4 November 1961 604311101192051.49 Scottish league
(1947–48, 1950–51, 1951–52)		 Resigned [17][18]
Walter Galbraith  Scotland 13 December 1961 7 March 1964 109412345037.61 Resigned [17][19]
Jock Stein  Scotland 4 April 1964 6 March 1965 5031811062.00 Moved to Celtic [20][21]
Bob Shankly  Scotland 10 March 1965 3 September 1969 2301173677050.87 Resigned [22]
Tom McNiven*  Scotland 6 September 1969 20 September 1969 3300100.00 Caretaker [23][24]
Willie MacFarlane  Scotland 27 September 1969 5 December 1970 57281217049.12 Resigned [25][26]
Dave Ewing  Scotland 9 December 1970 24 April 1971 267712026.92 [27]
Eddie Turnbull  Scotland 14 August 1971 12 April 1980 454219110125048.24 Scottish League Cup (1972–73) Sacked [28]
Willie Ormond  Scotland 16 April 1980 15 November 1980 error1499045.16 Retired [29]
Bertie Auld  Scotland 22 November 1980 1 September 1982 78302721038.46 Scottish First Division (1980–81) [30]
Pat Stanton  Scotland 4 September 1982 15 September 1984 91252640027.47 Resigned [31]
John Blackley  Scotland 22 September 1984 15 November 1986 98321848032.65 [32]
Alex Miller  Scotland 6 December 1986 28 September 1996 453158140155034.88 Scottish League Cup (1991–92) Sacked [33]
Jocky Scott*  Scotland 12 October 1996 28 December 1996 13346023.08 Caretaker [34]
Jim Duffy  Scotland 1 January 1997 31 January 1998 48101523020.83 Sacked [35]
Billy McNeill*  Scotland 7 February 1998 7 February 1998 1001000.00 Caretaker [36]
Alex McLeish  Scotland 21 February 1998 8 December 2001 163774145047.24 Scottish First Division (1998–99) Moved to Rangers [37]
Donald Park*  Scotland 12 December 2001 12 December 2001 1010000.00 Caretaker [38]
Franck Sauzée  France 15 December 2001 16 February 2002 15168006.67 Sacked [39]
Bobby Williamson  Scotland 2 March 2002 17 April 2004 91342037037.36 Moved to Plymouth Argyle [40][41]
Gerry McCabe*  Scotland 24 April 2004 15 May 2004 5203040.00 Caretaker [42]
Tony Mowbray  England 3 July 2004 30 September 2006 108521640048.15 Moved to West Bromwich Albion [43][44]
Mark Venus*  England 15 October 2006 15 October 2006 1010000.00 Caretaker [45]
Mark Proctor*  England 23 October 2006 30 October 2006 2101050.00 Caretaker [46]
John Collins  Scotland 4 November 2006 15 December 2007 54231516042.59 Scottish League Cup (2006–07) Resigned [47][48]
Tommy Craig*  Scotland 22 December 2007 5 January 2008 4013000.00 Caretaker [49]
Mixu Paatelainen  Finland 12 January 2008 24 May 2009 62191825030.65 Left by mutual consent [50][51]
John Hughes  Scotland 15 August 2009 2 October 2010 54191223035.19 Left by mutual consent [52][53]
Alistair Stevenson*  Scotland 16 October 2010 16 October 2010 1100100.00 Caretaker [note 2][54]
Colin Calderwood  Scotland 23 October 2010 5 November 2011 49121126024.49 Sacked [55][56]
Billy Brown*  Scotland 19 November 2011 19 November 2011 1010000.00 Caretaker [57]
Pat Fenlon  Ireland 26 November 2011 30 October 2013 87311937035.63 Resigned [58][59]
Jimmy Nicholl*  Northern Ireland 3 November 2013 9 November 2013 2002000.00 Caretaker [58]
Terry Butcher  England 23 November 2013 25 May 2014 296815020.69 Sacked [60][61][62]
Alan Stubbs  England 5 August 2014 21 May 2016 100581923058.00 Scottish Cup (2015–16) Moved to Rotherham United [63][64]
Neil Lennon  Northern Ireland 14 July 2016 23 January 2019 123594024047.97 Scottish Championship (2016–17) Left by mutual consent [65][66][67][68]
Eddie May*  Scotland 27 January 2019 9 February 2019 4202050.00 Caretaker [67][68]
Paul Heckingbottom  England 16 February 2019 2 November 2019 3211129034.38 Sacked [69][70]
Eddie May*  Scotland 9 November 2019 9 November 2019 1100100.00 Caretaker [70]
Jack Ross  Scotland 23 November 2019 9 December 2021 96472029048.96 Sacked [71][72]
David Gray*  Scotland 9 December 2021 20 December 2021 3111033.33 Caretaker [72][73]
Shaun Maloney  Scotland 20 December 2021 19 April 2022 19667031.58 Sacked [73][74]
David Gray*  Scotland 19 April 2022 19 May 2022 5212040.00 Caretaker [74][75]
Lee Johnson  England 19 May 2022 27 August 2023 5220824038.46 Sacked [75][76]
David Gray*  Scotland 27 August 2023 11 September 2023 2101050.00 Caretaker [76][77]
Nick Montgomery  Scotland 11 September 2023 14 May 2024 37121213032.43 Sacked [78]
David Gray [note 3]  Scotland 14 May 2024 Present 38171110044.74 [79]
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Notes

  1. [1]
    The club incorporated in 1903 and appointed a manager for the first time. McMichael had previously worked as club secretary, first appointed by the club committee in 1900.
  2. [2]
    Stevenson was in co-charge with coach Gareth Evans.
  3. [3]
    Gray was initially the caretaker manager in his fourth spell at Hibernian, until he was appointed on a three-year contract on 6 June 2024. BBC Sport.

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