List_of_Scottish_football_championship-winning_managers

List of Scottish football championship-winning managers

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The following is a list of football managers and head coaches who have won the Scottish league championship, currently known as the Scottish Premiership.

Some managers have also won the other two major competitions in Scottish football, which are the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. This results in a manager winning a "double" (two competitions in one season) or a "treble" (all three in one season). There are also three national lower league championships and a national cup competition for lower league clubs, called the Scottish Challenge Cup.

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Rank	Name	Wins	Club(s)	Winning Seasons
1	Bill Struth	18	Rangers	1920–21, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53
2	Willie Maley	16	Celtic	1897–98, 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1916–17, 1918–19, 1921–22, 1925–26, 1935–36, 1937–38
3	Jock Stein	10	Celtic	1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77
3	Walter Smith	10	Rangers	1990–91,^{[note 3]} 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
5	William Wilton	8	Rangers	1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1917–18, 1919–20
6	Scot Symon	6	Rangers	1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64
7	Neil Lennon	5	Celtic	2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19,^{[note 4]} 2019–20
8	Billy McNeill	4	Celtic	1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1987–88
8	Graeme Souness	4	Rangers	1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91^{[note 3]}
10	Alex Ferguson	3	Aberdeen	1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85
	Brendan Rodgers	3	Celtic	2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19,^{[note 4]}
	Gordon Strachan	3	Celtic	2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
	Hugh Shaw	3	Hibernian	1947–48, 1950–51, 1951–52
	Jock Wallace, Jr.	3	Rangers	1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78
	Martin O'Neill	3	Celtic	2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04
16	Alex McLeish	2	Rangers	2002–03, 2004–05
	Ange Postecoglou	2	Celtic	2021–22, 2022–23
	Dick Advocaat	2	Rangers	1998–99, 1999–2000
	Ronny Deila	2	Celtic	2014–15, 2015–16
	Tommy Walker	2	Heart of Midlothian	1957–58, 1959–60

Country	Managers	Total
Scotland	22	100
Northern Ireland	3	11
Netherlands	2	3
England	2	2
Norway	1	2
Australia	1	2
Ireland	1	1

Season	Second tier		Third tier		Fourth tier
Season	Manager	Club	Manager	Club	Manager	Club
1899–1900		Partick Thistle	division was not founded		division was not founded
1900–01		St Bernard's
1901–02		Port Glasgow Athletic
1902–03		Airdrieonians
1903–04		Hamilton Academical
1904–05		Clyde
1905–06		Leith Athletic
1906–07		St Bernard's
1907–08		Raith Rovers
1908–09		Abercorn
1909–10		Leith Athletic
1910–11		Dumbarton
1911–12		Ayr United
1912–13		Ayr United
1913–14	Sandy Paterson (1/3)	Cowdenbeath
1914–15	Sandy Paterson (2/3)	Cowdenbeath
1915–16	division did not exist
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22		Alloa Athletic
1922–23		Queen's Park
1923–24		St Johnstone		Arthurlie
1924–25	Jimmy Brownlie (1/2)	Dundee United		Nithsdale Wanderers
1925–26	Sandy Paterson (3/3)	Dunfermline Athletic	season not completed
1926–27		Bo'ness United	division did not exist
1927–28		Ayr United
1928–29	Jimmy Brownlie (2/2)	Dundee United
1929–30		Leith Athletic
1930–31	Russell Moreland	Third Lanark
1931–32		East Stirlingshire
1932–33	Bobby Templeton	Hibernian
1933–34		Albion Rovers
1934–35	Tom Jennings	Third Lanark
1935–36	Tully Craig	Falkirk
1936–37		Ayr United
1937–38		Raith Rovers
1938–39	Bill Hodge	Cowdenbeath
1946–47	George Anderson	Dundee	Tom Fergusson^[3]	Stirling Albion
1947–48	Scot Symon	East Fife	Alex McLuckie	East Stirlingshire
1948–49	Bert Herdman	Raith Rovers		Forfar Athletic
1949–50	Jimmy Davies	Greenock Morton		NE: Hibernian 'A'
1949–50	Jimmy Davies	Greenock Morton		SW: Clyde 'A'
1950–51	Jimmy McKinnell Jr	Queen of the South		NE: Heart of Midlothian 'A'
1950–51	Jimmy McKinnell Jr	Queen of the South		SW: Clyde 'A'
1951–52	Paddy Travers	Clyde		NE: Dundee 'A'
1951–52	Paddy Travers	Clyde		SW: Rangers 'A'
1952–53	Tom Fergusson (1/2)^[3]	Stirling Albion		NE: Aberdeen 'A'
1952–53	Tom Fergusson (1/2)^[3]	Stirling Albion		SW: Rangers 'A'
1953–54	George Stevenson	Motherwell		NE: Brechin City
1953–54	George Stevenson	Motherwell		SW: Rangers 'A'
1954–55	Willie Steel	Airdrieonians		NE: Aberdeen 'A'
1954–55	Willie Steel	Airdrieonians		SW: Partick Thistle 'A'
1955–56	Willie Gibson	Queen's Park	division did not exist
1956–57	Johnny Haddow (1/2)	Clyde
1957–58	Tom Fergusson (2/2)^[3]	Stirling Albion
1958–59	Jackie Cox	Ayr United
1959–60	Bobby Brown	St Johnstone
1960–61	Danny McLennan^[4]	Stirling Albion
1961–62	Johnny Haddow (2/2)	Clyde
1962–63	Bobby Brown	St Johnstone
1963–64	Hal Stewart (1/2)	Greenock Morton
1964–65	Sammy Baird	Stirling Albion
1965–66	Ally MacLeod	Ayr United
1966–67	Hal Stewart (2/2)	Greenock Morton
1967–68	Alex Wright	St Mirren
1968–69	Bobby Howitt	Motherwell
1969–70	Willie Cunningham	Falkirk
1970–71	Davie McParland	Partick Thistle
1971–72	Jackie Stewart	Dumbarton
1972–73	Archie Robertson	Clyde
1973–74	Ian McMillan	Airdrieonians
1974–75	John Prentice	Falkirk
1975–76	Bertie Auld (1/2)	Partick Thistle	Bill Munro	Clydebank
1976–77	Alex Ferguson	St Mirren	Alex Smith	Stirling Albion
1977–78	Benny Rooney	Greenock Morton	Craig Brown (1/2)	Clyde
1978–79	Tommy Gemmell	Dundee	Dave Smith	Berwick Rangers
1979–80	Bobby Moncur	Heart of Midlothian	John Hagart	Falkirk
1980–81	Bertie Auld (2/2)	Hibernian	Eddie Hunter	Queen's Park
1981–82	David Hay	Motherwell	Craig Brown (2/2)	Clyde
1982–83	Alex Rennie	St Johnstone	Ian Fleming	Brechin City
1983–84	Tommy McLean (1/2)	Greenock Morton	Doug Houston	Forfar Athletic
1984–85	Tommy McLean (2/2)	Motherwell	Ian Stewart	Montrose
1985–86	John Lambie (1/3)	Hamilton Academical	Jim Leishman	Dunfermline Athletic
1986–87	Allan McGraw	Greenock Morton	Terry Christie	Meadowbank Thistle
1987–88	John Lambie (2/3)	Hamilton Academical	Ally MacLeod	Ayr United
1988–89	Jim Leishman (1/2)	Dunfermline Athletic	David Provan	Albion Rovers
1989–90	Alex Totten	St Johnstone	John Ritchie	Brechin City
1990–91	Jim Jeffries (1/2)	Falkirk	John Brogan	Stirling Albion
1991–92	Iain Munro	Dundee	Billy Lamont	Dumbarton
1992–93	Jimmy Nicholl (1/2)	Raith Rovers	Alex Smith	Clyde
1993–94	Jim Jeffries (2/2)	Falkirk	Alex McAnespie	Stranraer
1994–95	Jimmy Nicholl (2/2)	Raith Rovers	Allan McGraw	Greenock Morton	Tommy Campbell^[5]	Forfar Athletic
1995–96	Bert Paton	Dunfermline Athletic	Kevin Drinkell	Stirling Albion	Jim Leishman	Livingston
1996–97	Paul Sturrock	St Johnstone	Gordon Dalziel	Ayr United	Steve Paterson	Inverness CT
1997–98	Jocky Scott	Dundee	Campbell Money	Stranraer	Tom Hendrie	Alloa Athletic
1998–99	Alex McLeish	Hibernian	Ray Stewart	Livingston	Neale Cooper	Ross County
1999–2000	Tom Hendrie	St Mirren	Allan Maitland	Clyde	John McCormack (1/2)	Queen's Park
2000–01	Jim Leishman (2/2)	Livingston	John Lambie	Partick Thistle	Ally Dawson	Hamilton Academical
2001–02	John Lambie (3/3)	Partick Thistle	John Connolly	Queen of the South	Dick Campbell (1/2)	Brechin City
2002–03	Owen Coyle and John Hughes (1/2)	Falkirk	Antonio Calderon	Raith Rovers	John McCormack (2/2)	Greenock Morton
2003–04	John Robertson	Inverness CT	Sandy Stewart	Airdrie United	Neil Watt	Stranarer
2004–05	John Hughes (2/2)	Falkirk	Ian Campbell	Brechin City	Rowan Alexander	Gretna
2005–06	Gus McPherson	St Mirren	Rowan Alexander	Gretna	Mixu Paatelainen	Cowdenbeath
2006–07	Davie Irons	Gretna	Jim McInally	Greenock Morton	John Coughlin	Berwick Rangers
2007–08	Billy Reid	Hamilton Academical	Derek Adams	Ross County	David Baikie	East Fife
2008–09	Derek McInnes (1/2)	St Johnstone	John McGlynn (1/2)	Raith Rovers	Jim Chapman	Dumbarton
2009–10	Terry Butcher	Inverness CT	Allan Moore	Stirling Albion	Gary Bollan	Livingston
2010–11	Jim McIntyre	Dunfermline Athletic	Gary Bollan	Livingston	Paul Sheerin	Arbroath
2011–12	Derek Adams	Ross County	Colin Cameron	Cowdenbeath	Paul Hartley (1/2)	Alloa Athletic
2012–13	Alan Archibald	Partick Thistle	Allan Johnston (1/2)	Queen of the South	Ally McCoist	Rangers
2013–14	Paul Hartley	Dundee	Ally McCoist	Rangers	Jim McInally (1/2)	Peterhead
2014–15	Robbie Neilson (1/3)	Heart of Midlothian	Jim Duffy	Greenock Morton	Darren Young (1/2)	Albion Rovers
2015–16	Mark Warburton	Rangers	Allan Johnston (2/2)	Dunfermline Athletic	Gary Naysmith	East Fife
2016–17	Neil Lennon	Hibernian	David Hopkin	Livingston	Dick Campbell (2/2)	Arbroath
2017–18	Jack Ross	St Mirren	Ian McCall (1/2)	Ayr United	Stewart Petrie	Montrose
2018–19	Stuart Kettlewell / Steven Ferguson	Ross County	Dick Campbell	Arbroath	Jim McInally (2/2)	Peterhead
2019–20	Robbie Neilson (2/3)	Dundee United	John McGlynn (2/2)	Raith Rovers	Paul Hartley (2/2)	Cove Rangers
2020–21	Robbie Neilson (3/3)	Heart of Midlothian	Ian McCall (2/2)	Partick Thistle	Ray McKinnon	Queen's Park
2021–22	Derek McInnes (2/2)	Kilmarnock	Paul Hartley	Cove Rangers	Kevin Thomson	Kelty Hearts
2022–23	Gary Bowyer	Dundee	James McPake	Dunfermline Athletic	Darren Young (2/2)	Stirling Albion

Rank	Name	Wins	Club(s)	Winning Seasons
1	Brendan Rodgers	2	Celtic	2016–17, 2017–18
	Jock Stein	2	Celtic	1966–67, 1968–69
	Jock Wallace, Jr	2	Rangers	1975–76, 1977–78
4	Bill Struth	1	Rangers	1948–49
	Scot Symon	1	Rangers	1963–64
	Walter Smith	1	Rangers	1992–93
	Dick Advocaat	1	Rangers	1998–99
	Martin O'Neill	1	Celtic	2000–01
	Alex McLeish	1	Rangers	2002–03
	Neil Lennon	1	Celtic	2019–20
	Ange Postecoglou	1	Celtic	2022–23

Rank	Name	Wins	Club(s)	Winning Seasons
1	Bill Struth	6	Rangers	1927–28, 1929–30, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1949–50, 1952–53
2	Jock Stein	4	Celtic	1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1976–77
3	Willie Maley	3	Celtic	1906–07, 1907–08, 1913–14
3	Walter Smith	3	Rangers	1991–92, 1995–96, 2008–09
5	Neil Lennon	3	Celtic	2012–13, 2018–19^{[note 4]}
6	Alex Ferguson	1	Aberdeen	1983–84
	Billy McNeil	1	Celtic	1987–88
	Dick Advocaat	1	Rangers	1999–2000
	Gordon Strachan	1	Celtic	2006–07
	Jimmy McGrory	1	Celtic	1953–54
	Martin O'Neill	1	Celtic	2003–04
	Scot Symon	1	Rangers	1962–63

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Rank	Name	Wins	Club(s)	Winning Seasons
1	Walter Smith	4	Rangers	1993–94, 1996–97, 2009–10, 2010–11
2	Jock Stein	3	Celtic	1965–66, 1967–68, 1969–70
2	Graeme Souness	3	Rangers	1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91^{[note 3]}
4	Bill Struth	1	Rangers	1946–47
	Tommy Walker	1	Heart of Midlothian	1959–60
	Scot Symon	1	Rangers	1960–61
	Wim Jansen	1	Celtic	1997–98
	Alex McLeish	1	Rangers	2004–05
	Gordon Strachan	1	Celtic	2005–06
	Ronny Deila	1	Celtic	2014–15
	Brendan Rodgers	1	Celtic	2018–19^{[note 4]}
	Ange Postecoglou	1	Celtic	2021–22