List of Hibernian F.C. managers explained

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 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, although Dan McMichael was effectively the manager when the club won the 1901 - 02 Scottish Cup and the 1902 - 03 league championship.[2] Phil Kelso took charge for season 1903 - 04, but left the club in April 1904 and was replaced by Dan McMichael.[2]

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. 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

KeyKey to record:

Caretaker manager
NameNationalityFirst gameLast gameHonoursManner of departureNotes
Scottish Cup (1901 - 02)
Scottish league (1902 - 03)
Club incorporated[3]
Moved to Woolwich Arsenal[4] [5] [6]
Died in office[7]
Resigned[8] [9]
[10] [11]
Resigned[12] [13]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker[14]
Died in office[15]
Scottish league
(1947 - 48, 1950 - 51, 1951 - 52)
Resigned[16]
Resigned[17] [18]
Moved to Celtic[19] [20]
Resigned[21]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker[22] [23]
Resigned[24] [25]
[26]
Scottish League Cup (1972 - 73)Sacked[27]
Retired[28]
Scottish First Division (1980 - 81)[29]
Resigned[30]
[31]
Scottish League Cup (1991 - 92)Sacked[32]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker[33]
Sacked[34]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker[35]
Scottish First Division (1998 - 99)Moved to Rangers[36]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker[37]
Sacked[38]
Moved to Plymouth Argyle[39] [40]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker[41]
Moved to West Bromwich Albion[42] [43]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker[44]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker[45]
Scottish League Cup (2006 - 07)Resigned[46] [47]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker[48]
Left by mutual consent[49] [50]
Left by mutual consent[51] [52]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker[53] [54]
Sacked[55] [56]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker[57]
Resigned[58] [59]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker
Sacked[60] [61] [62]
Scottish Cup (2015 - 16)Moved to Rotherham United[63] [64]
Scottish Championship (2016 - 17)Left by mutual consent[65] [66] [67]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker[68]
Sacked[69] [70]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker
Sacked[71] [72]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker[73]
Sacked[74]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker[75]
scope=row align=leftSacked[76]
scope=row style=background:#FBCEB1 align=leftCaretaker[77]
scope=row align=leftSacked[78]
scope=row align=left [79] Present[80]

Notes

  1. Web site: The football team, formed in the shadow of famine, that fought xenophobia and raised money for impoverished immigrants . BBC . 21 November 2018 . 22 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181122202312/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2BJKzyV3GpSD66swPg6Gr4h/the-football-team-formed-in-the-shadow-of-famine-that-fought-xenophobia-and-raised-money-for-impoverished-immigrants . 22 November 2018 . live .
  2. http://www.hibsprogrammes.co.uk/dan%20mcmichael.html Dan McMichael
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: Dan McMichael . hibsprogrammes.co.uk . 2 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007142933/http://www.hibsprogrammes.co.uk/dan%20mcmichael.html . 7 October 2011 . dead .
  5. Web site: Phil Kelso. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007142944/http://www.hibsprogrammes.co.uk/philkelso.html. dead. 7 October 2011. hibsprogrammes.co.uk. 2 October 2010.
  6. Web site: Phil Kelso manager details . fitbastats.com. 24 May 2021.
  7. Web site: Dan McMichael manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  8. Web site: Davy Gordon . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007143530/http://www.hibsprogrammes.co.uk/davygordon.html . dead . 7 October 2011 . hibsprogrammes.co.uk . 2 October 2010 .
  9. Web site: Davy Gordon manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  10. Web site: Alex Maley manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  11. Web site: Alex Maley. hibsprogrammes.co.uk. 2 October 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007143512/http://www.hibsprogrammes.co.uk/alexmaley.html. 7 October 2011.
  12. Web site: Robert Templeton. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007143454/http://www.hibsprogrammes.co.uk/robert%20templeton.html. dead. 7 October 2011. hibsprogrammes.co.uk. 2 October 2010.
  13. Web site: Bobby Templeton manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  14. Web site: Johnny Halligan manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  15. Web site: Willie McCartney manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  16. Web site: Hugh Shaw manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  17. Web site: Walter Galbraith. hibsprogrammes.co.uk. 2 October 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007143324/http://www.hibsprogrammes.co.uk/waltergalbraith.html. 7 October 2011.
  18. Web site: Walter Galbraith manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  19. Web site: Jock Stein . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007143122/http://www.hibsprogrammes.co.uk/jock%20stein.html . dead . 7 October 2011 . hibsprogrammes.co.uk . 24 November 2009 .
  20. Web site: Jock Stein manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  21. Web site: Bob Shankly manager details . fitbastats.com. 24 May 2021.
  22. Web site: McNiven, Tom . fitbastats.com . 30 May 2021.
  23. News: Tom McNiven, former Hibs physio, trainer, and caretaker manager, dies at 87 . Patrick . McPartlin . Edinburgh Evening News . 28 March 2022 . 28 March 2022.
  24. Web site: Willie MacFarlane. hibsprogrammes.co.uk. 24 November 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007143039/http://www.hibsprogrammes.co.uk/williemacfarlane.html. 7 October 2011.
  25. Web site: Willie MacFarlane manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  26. Web site: Dave Ewing manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  27. Web site: Eddie Turnbull manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  28. Web site: Willie Ormond manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  29. Web site: Bertie Auld manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  30. Web site: Pat Stanton manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  31. Web site: John Blackley manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  32. Web site: Alex Miller manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  33. Web site: Jocky Scott manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  34. Web site: Jim Duffy manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  35. Web site: Billy McNeill manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  36. Web site: Alex McLeish's managerial statistics. Soccerbase. 10 July 2008.
  37. Web site: Donald Park manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  38. Web site: Franck Sauzee's managerial statistics. Soccerbase. 10 July 2008.
  39. Web site: Bobby Williamson manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  40. Web site: Bobby Williamson's managerial statistics . Soccerbase . 10 July 2008.
  41. Web site: Gerry McCabe manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  42. Web site: Tony Mowbray manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  43. Web site: Tony Mowbray's managerial statistics . Soccerbase. 10 July 2008.
  44. Web site: Mark Venus manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  45. Web site: Mark Proctor manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  46. Web site: John Collins manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  47. Web site: John Collins's managerial statistics . Soccerbase . 10 July 2008.
  48. Web site: Tommy Craig manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  49. Web site: Mixu Paatelainen manager details . fitbastats.com . 24 May 2021.
  50. Web site: Mixu Paatelainen's managerial statistics . Soccerbase . 10 July 2008.
  51. Web site: Manager John Hughes parts company with Hibernian. BBC Sport . 4 October 2010. 12 October 2010.
  52. Web site: John Hughes's managerial career. Soccerbase. 13 October 2009.
  53. Stevenson was in co-charge with coach Gareth Evans.
  54. Web site: Alistair Stevenson and Gareth Evans to guide Hibs . BBC Sport . 12 October 2010 . 12 October 2010.
  55. Web site: Colin Calderwood sacked as Hibernian manager. BBC Sport . 6 November 2011. 6 November 2011.
  56. Web site: Colin Calderwood . Soccerbase . 1 November 2013.
  57. Web site: Billy Brown given Hibs caretaker role . BBC Sport . 7 November 2011 . 7 November 2011.
  58. Web site: Hibernian manager Pat Fenlon exits Easter Road. BBC Sport . 1 November 2013 . 1 November 2013.
  59. Web site: Pat Fenlon . Soccerbase . 1 November 2013.
  60. Web site: Hibernian sack manager Terry Butcher following club's relegation . BBC Sport . 10 June 2014 . 10 June 2014.
  61. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1184 Soccerbase
  62. News: Hibs sack manager Terry Butcher . Peter . Wales . Edinburgh Evening News . 10 June 2014 . 10 June 2014.
  63. Web site: Alan Stubbs: Rotherham United appoint Hibernian boss as their new manager . BBC Sport . 1 June 2016 . 1 June 2016.
  64. Web site: Alan Stubbs . Soccerbase . 31 December 2017.
  65. Web site: Neil Lennon is new manager at Hibernian . BBC Sport . 8 June 2016 . 8 June 2016.
  66. Web site: Neil Lennon . Soccerbase . 31 December 2017.
  67. Web site: Neil Lennon: Hibs head coach officially leaves post by mutual consent . BBC Sport . 30 January 2019 . 30 January 2019.
  68. Web site: Neil Lennon: Head coach suspended by club & unlikely to take charge again . Chris . McLaughlin . BBC Sport . 26 January 2019 . 27 January 2019.
  69. Web site: HIBERNIAN APPOINT PAUL HECKINGBOTTOM . Hibernian Football Club . 13 February 2019 . 13 February 2019.
  70. Web site: Hibernian: Paul Heckingbottom sacked as head coach . Brian . McLauchlin . BBC Sport . 4 November 2019 . 4 November 2019.
  71. Web site: Jack Ross: Hibernian appoint former Sunderland manager . BBC Sport . 15 November 2019 . 15 November 2019.
  72. Web site: Hibernian: Jack Ross exits as head coach . BBC Sport . 9 December 2021 . 9 December 2021 . Brian . McLauchlin.
  73. Web site: Shaun Maloney appointed Hibernian manager with Gary Caldwell assistant . BBC Sport . 20 December 2021 . 20 December 2021.
  74. Web site: Shaun Maloney leaves Hibernian manager job after four months . 19 April 2022 . 19 April 2022 .
  75. Web site: Hibernian: Lee Johnson appointed manager on four-year contract . Brian . McLauchlin . BBC Sport . 19 May 2022 . 19 May 2022.
  76. Web site: Lee Johnson: Hibs sack manager after 'disappointing start to domestic campaign' . BBC Sport . 27 August 2023 . 28 August 2023.
  77. Web site: 11 September 2023 . Hibernian: Nick Montgomery named new manager after leaving Central Coast Mariners . 11 September 2023 . BBC Sport.
  78. Web site: 2024-05-14 . Nick Montgomery: Hibs sack head coach . 2024-05-14 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
  79. 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.
  80. Web site: Hibernian: David Gray appointed head coach on three-year deal . Brian . McLauchlin . BBC Sport . 6 June 2024 . 6 June 2024.

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