Allan McGonigal (born 27 March 1964^[2]) is a Scottish retired footballer, the former manager of Berwick Rangers and, as of 2019, the director of football at Scottish Premiership club Hamilton Academical.

McGonigal was a striker with Stenhousemuir (playing only one game for the club as a 16-year-old),^[3][4] Falkirk (where his development was stalled by a badly broken arm),^[1] East Stirlingshire, Meadowbank Thistle, Cowdenbeath^[1] and East Fife.^[3] He was in the Meadowbank side that were runners-up to Hamilton Academical in the First Division in 1987–88, although he scored a hat-trick against the Accies in a 5–1 win earlier in that season.^[3][1]

In 1990, he moved down to the Junior level, playing with Linlithgow Rose and Camelon,^[1] winning several trophies with the latter including the Scottish Junior Cup in 1995^[5] plus a losing appearance in its final the following year.^[3][6] He retired from playing altogether aged 32 to concentrate on coaching and other interests.^[3]

As well as starting a business running a chain of Post Offices,^[1] McGonigal became assistant manager to George Fairley at Camelon^[3] then moved with him to Linlithgow Rose in 1999,^[6] becoming manager there himself soon after.^[6] Having worked with his brother at Camelon, McGonigal served as Brian Fairley's assistant manager at Senior clubs Stenhousemuir (2000 to 2001),^[1] Bo'ness United^[5] (2001 to 2003), Dumbarton (2003 to 2004),^[7] and Forfar (2004 to 2005)^[1] before becoming manager of Sauchie^[8] and Camelon in the Juniors,^[1] prior to a short unsuccessful period at Berwick Rangers in the 2008–09 Scottish Third Division.^[1] He reunited with Brian Fairlie for another spell at Linlithgow Rose (2008 to 2009) and was then persuaded to return to Bo'ness United as manager.^[1]

On 24 June 2010, Hamilton Academical announced the appointment of McGonigal as their under-19 team manager.^[9][10] He remained in that role for two years, thereafter taking on an administrative role for one year alongside Allan Maitland^[11] while maintaining a continued presence at Bo'ness United as a director.^[1] He resumed managerial duties at Bo'ness in 2012 until resigning in January 2018 for personal reasons,^[12] with successes including the 2013–14 East Superleague and a subsequent run to the Fourth Round in the 2014–15 Scottish Cup.^[12]

In December 2018, following the appointment of Allan Maitland as chairman of Hamilton Academical, McGonigal was brought back to the club as director of football;^[13] they soon replaced struggling manager Martin Canning with Brian Rice whose remit was to be head coach working alongside McGonigal.^[14]