List of Dundee F.C. managers

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This is a list of Dundee F.C. managers and all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Dundee, since its formation in 1893. The club have had 34 permanent managers, with Jocky Scott holding the position three times and both Sandy MacFarlane and Jim Duffy holding it twice.

Managers[edit]

Information correct as of matches played 28 April 2024.

* Caretaker manager
Photograph taken of Tommy Gemmell in the early 1970s
Tommy Gemmell has the highest win ratio of any Dundee F.C. manager.
List of Dundee F.C. managers[1][2][3][4][5]
Name From To Record Honours Ref
P W D L Win % LG FA LC L1 CC
Scotland Willie Wallace[6] April 1899 February 1919 611 261 143 207 042.72 0 1 0 0 0
Scotland Sandy MacFarlane March 1919 February 1925 269 119 65 85 044.24 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Alec McNair June 1925 October 1927 91 35 22 34 038.46 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Sandy MacFarlane (2) December 1927 June 1928 22 9 5 8 040.91 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Jimmy Bissett July 1928 May 1933 212 75 48 89 035.38 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Ireland Billy McCandless June 1933 June 1937 163 59 41 63 036.20 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Andy Cunningham June 1937 June 1940 110 42 24 44 038.18 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland George Anderson May 1944 July 1954 329 162 64 103 049.24 0 0 2 1 0
Scotland Willie Thornton July 1954 June 1959 222 87 43 92 039.19 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Bob Shankly July 1959 February 1965 253 128 45 80 050.59 1 0 0 0 0 [7]
Scotland Sammy Kean* February 1965 March 1965 4 2 1 1 050.00 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Bobby Ancell March 1965 June 1968 162 69 35 58 042.59 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland John Prentice July 1968 December 1971 153 66 37 50 043.14 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland David White January 1972 May 1977 271 123 62 86 045.39 0 0 1 0 0
Scotland Tommy Gemmell June 1977 April 1980 135 69 24 42 051.11 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland Hugh Robertson* April 1980 April 1980 2 0 0 2 000.00 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Don Mackay May 1980 December 1983 162 62 34 66 038.27 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Archie Knox December 1983 May 1986 111 44 22 45 039.64 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Jocky Scott August 1986 May 1988 108 47 25 36 043.52 0 0 0 0 0 [7]
Scotland Dave Smith August 1988 January 1989 27 7 9 11 025.93 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland John Blackley* January 1989 February 1989 3 0 0 3 000.00 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Gordon Wallace February 1989 October 1991 108 45 25 38 041.67 0 0 0 0 1 [7]
Scotland John Blackley* October 1991 October 1991 1 0 0 1 000.00 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Iain Munro October 1991 January 1992 20 9 7 4 045.00 0 0 0 0 0
England Simon Stainrod February 1992 August 1993 68 18 20 30 026.47 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland Jim Duffy August 1993 December 1996 162 67 43 52 041.36 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland John McCormack January 1997 February 1998 47 22 15 10 046.81 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Jocky Scott (2) February 1998 June 2000 95 35 18 42 036.84 0 0 0 1 0 [7]
Italy Ivano Bonetti July 2000 July 2002 88 29 20 39 032.95 0 0 0 0 0 [8]
Scotland Jim Duffy (2) July 2002 August 2005 139 42 36 61 030.22 0 0 0 0 0 [9]
Scotland Gerry Britton* August 2005 August 2005 2 0 2 0 000.00 0 0 0 0 0
Republic of Ireland Alan Kernaghan September 2005 April 2006 37 9 16 12 024.32 0 0 0 0 0 [10]
Scotland Barry Smith* April 2006 April 2006 2 1 0 1 050.00 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Alex Rae May 2006 October 2008 95 42 20 33 044.21 0 0 0 0 0 [11]
Scotland David Farrell* October 2008 October 2008 1 0 0 1 000.00 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Jocky Scott (3) October 2008 March 2010 64 31 18 15 048.44 0 0 0 0 1 [7]
Scotland Gordon Chisholm March 2010 October 2010 21 8 6 7 038.10 0 0 0 0 0 [12]
Scotland Barry Smith October 2010 February 2013 102 40 26 36 039.22 0 0 0 0 0 [13]
Scotland John Brown February 2013 February 2014 41 19 8 14 046.34 0 0 0 0 0 [14]
Scotland Paul Hartley February 2014 April 2017 138 46 36 56 033.33 0 0 0 1 0 [15]
Scotland Neil McCann April 2017 October 2018 65 22 9 34 033.85 0 0 0 0 0 [16]
Scotland Jim McIntyre October 2018 May 2019 31 4 7 20 012.90 0 0 0 0 0 [17]
Scotland James McPake May 2019 February 2022 106 44 25 37 041.51 0 0 0 0 0 [18][19]
Scotland Mark McGhee February 2022 May 2022 14 1 5 8 007.14 0 0 0 0 0 [20]
England Gary Bowyer June 2022 May 2023 48 26 14 8 054.17 0 0 0 1 0 [21]
Scotland Tony Docherty May 2023 present 39 13 11 15 033.33 0 0 0 0 0 [22]


References[edit]

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  14. ^ "Dundee: John Brown leaves manager post after talks". BBC Sport. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  15. ^ "Dundee install Paul Hartley as manager at Dens Park". BBC Sport. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  16. ^ "Dundee appoint Neil McCann as full-time manager after U-turn". BBC Sport. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  17. ^ "Jim McIntyre: Dundee appoint former Ross County boss as new manager". BBC Sport. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Dundee: James McPake takes temporary charge after Jim McIntyre departure". 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Dundee: James McPake confirmed as club's new manager". 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  20. ^ "Mark McGhee: Dundee appoint new manager upon Gordon Strachan advice". 17 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  21. ^ "Gary Bowyer: Dundee appoint former Salford City boss as manager". 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Dundee appoint Tony Docherty as manager as Kilmarnock lose assistant". 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

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