List of Falkirk F.C. managers

This chronological list of managers of Falkirk Football Club comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Falkirk since the position was created in 1905. Prior to 1905 all manager appointments were assigned to the person in the position of club secretary. The most successful person to manage the club is Jim Jefferies, who won two First Division championships and one Scottish Challenge Cup during his five years as manager. However, Willie Nicol has managed Falkirk to their highest league ranking, runners-up in Scotland in both 1907–08 and 1909–10. To date, every person to have managed the club has been from the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.

Managers

This list does not include caretaker managers or those who managed in a temporary capacity

Information correct as of May 2016. Only competitive matches are counted

Picture	Name	Nationality	From	To	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win%[1]	Honours	Notes
	Nicol, WillieWillie Nicol	Scotland	000000001905-07-01-0000July 1905	000000001924-02-01-0000February 1924	7002732000000000000♠732	7002285000000000000♠285	7002187000000000000♠187	7002260000000000000♠260	7001389300000000000♠38.93	1 Scottish Cup, 2 Division One runners-up, 1 Division Two runners-up	[2]
	Reid, DavidDavid Reid	Scotland	000000001924-02-01-0000February 1924	000000001927-10-01-0000October 1927	7002155000000000000♠155	7001610000000000000♠61	7001370000000000000♠37	7001570000000000000♠57	7001393500000000000♠39.35	–	[3]
	Richardson, JohnJohn Richardson	Scotland	000000001927-11-01-0000November 1927	000000001932-05-01-0000May 1932	7002197000000000000♠197	7001750000000000000♠75	7001350000000000000♠35	7001870000000000000♠87	7001380700000000000♠38.07	–	[4]
	Orr, WillieWillie Orr	Scotland	000000001932-08-01-0000August 1932	000000001935-03-01-0000March 1935	7002115000000000000♠115	7001420000000000000♠42	7001170000000000000♠17	7001560000000000000♠56	7001365200000000000♠36.52	–	[5]
	Craig, TullyTully Craig	Scotland	000000001935-04-01-0000April 1935	000000001950-05-01-0000May 1950	7002577000000000000♠577	7002262000000000000♠262	7002112000000000000♠112	7002203000000000000♠203	7001454100000099999♠45.41	1 Division Two championship, 1 Scottish League Cup runners-up	[6]
	Shankly, BobBob Shankly	Scotland	000000001950-08-01-0000August 1950	000000001956-12-01-0000December 1956	7002257000000000000♠257	7001880000000000000♠88	7001500000000000000♠50	7002119000000000000♠119	7001342400000000000♠34.24	1 Division Two runners-up	[7]
	Smith, RegReg Smith	England	000000001957-01-01-0000January 1957	000000001959-05-01-0000May 1959	7002104000000000000♠104	7001380000000000000♠38	7001230000000000000♠23	7001430000000000000♠43	7001365400000000000♠36.54	1 Scottish Cup	[8]
	Younger, TommyTommy Younger	Scotland	000000001959-08-01-0000August 1959	000000001960-03-01-0000March 1960	7001390000000000000♠39	7001150000000000000♠15	7001100000000000000♠10	7001140000000000000♠14	7001384600000000000♠38.46	–	[9]
	McCrae, AlexAlex McCrae	Scotland	000000001960-04-01-0000April 1960	000000001965-04-01-0000April 1965	7002216000000000000♠216	7001770000000000000♠77	7001360000000000000♠36	7002103000000000000♠103	7001356500000000000♠35.65	1 Division Two runners-up	[10]
	Kean, SammySammy Kean	Scotland	000000001965-07-01-0000July 1965	000000001966-12-01-0000December 1966	7001610000000000000♠61	7001210000000000000♠21	7000700000000000000♠7	7001330000000000000♠33	7001344300000000000♠34.43	–	[11]
	Prentice, JohnJohn Prentice	Scotland	000000001966-12-01-0000December 1966	000000001968-09-01-0000September 1968	7001740000000000000♠74	7001180000000000000♠18	7001190000000000000♠19	7001370000000000000♠37	7001243200000000000♠24.32	–	[12]
	Cunningham, WillieWillie Cunningham	Northern Ireland	000000001968-10-01-0000October 1968	000000001973-04-01-0000April 1973	7002207000000000000♠207	7001800000000000000♠80	7001470000000000000♠47	7001800000000000000♠80	7001386500000000000♠38.65	1 Division Two championship	[13]
	Prentice, JohnJohn Prentice	Scotland	000000001973-08-01-0000August 1973	000000001975-08-01-0000August 1975	7001950000000000000♠95	7001400000000000000♠40	7001180000000000000♠18	7001370000000000000♠37	7001421100000000000♠42.11	1 Division Two championship	[14]
	Miller, GeorgeGeorge Miller	Scotland	000000001975-09-01-0000September 1975	000000001977-03-01-0000March 1977	7001640000000000000♠64	7001190000000000000♠19	7001120000000000000♠12	7001330000000000000♠33	7001296900000000000♠29.69	–	[15]
	Little, BillyBilly Little	Scotland	000000001977-04-01-0000April 1977	000000001979-05-01-0000May 1979	7001910000000000000♠91	7001360000000000000♠36	7001310000000000000♠31	7001240000000000000♠24	7001395600000000000♠39.56	–	[16]
	Hagart, JohnJohn Hagart	Scotland	000000001979-08-01-0000August 1979	000000001982-11-01-0000November 1982	7002152000000000000♠152	7001510000000000000♠51	7001400000000000000♠40	7001610000000000000♠61	7001335509999900000♠33.55	1 Second Division championship	[17]
	Totten, AlexAlex Totten	Scotland	000000001982-11-01-0000November 1982	000000001983-11-01-0000November 1983	7001410000000000000♠41	7001200000000000000♠20	7000700000000000000♠7	7001140000000000000♠14	7001487800000000000♠48.78	–	[18]
	Abel, GregorGregor Abel	Scotland	000000001982-11-01-0000November 1982	000000001983-11-01-0000November 1983	7001110000000000000♠11	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7000700000000000000♠7	7001272700000000000♠27.27	–	[19]
	Lamont, BillyBilly Lamont	Scotland	000000001984-02-01-0000February 1984	000000001987-02-01-0000February 1987	7002131000000000000♠131	7001480000000000000♠48	7001300000000000000♠30	7001530000000000000♠53	7001366400000000000♠36.64	1 First Division runners-up	[20]
	Clarke, DaveDave Clarke	Scotland	000000001987-02-01-0000February 1987	000000001988-08-01-0000August 1988	7001650000000000000♠65	7001120000000000000♠12	7001180000000000000♠18	7001350000000000000♠35	7001184600000000000♠18.46	–	[21]
	Duffy, JimJim Duffy	Scotland	000000001988-09-01-0000September 1988	000000001989-10-01-0000October 1989	7001530000000000000♠53	7001270000000000000♠27	7001110000000000000♠11	7001150000000000000♠15	7001509400000000000♠50.94	1 First Division runners-up	[22]
	Lamont, BillyBilly Lamont	Scotland	000000001989-11-01-0000November 1989	000000001990-04-01-0000April 1990	7001210000000000000♠21	7000900000000000000♠9	7000800000000000000♠8	7000400000000000000♠4	7001428600000000000♠42.86	–	[23]
	Jefferies, JimJim Jefferies	Scotland	000000001990-08-01-0000August 1990	000000001995-08-01-0000August 1995	7002237000000000000♠237	7001980000000000000♠98	7001610000000000000♠61	7001780000000000000♠78	7001413500000000000♠41.35	2 First Division championships, 1 Scottish Challenge Cup	[24]
	Lambie, JohnJohn Lambie	Scotland	000000001995-08-01-0000August 1995	000000001996-03-01-0000March 1996	7001320000000000000♠32	7000700000000000000♠7	7000500000000000000♠5	7001200000000000000♠20	7001218800000000000♠21.88	–	[25]
	Bannon, EamonnEamonn Bannon	Scotland	000000001996-05-01-0000May 1996	000000001996-12-01-0000December 1996	7001200000000000000♠20	7000900000000000000♠9	7000300000000000000♠3	7000800000000000000♠8	7001450000000000000♠45.00	–	[26]
	Totten, AlexAlex Totten	Scotland	000000001996-12-01-0000December 1996	000000002002-04-01-0000April 2002	7002240000000000000♠240	7002114000000000000♠114	7001530000000000000♠53	7001730000000000000♠73	7001475000000000000♠47.50	1 Scottish Cup runners-up, 1 Scottish Challenge Cup, 2 First Division runners-up	[27]
	McCall, IanIan McCall	Scotland	000000002002-05-01-0000May 2002	000000002003-01-01-0000January 2003	7001270000000000000♠27	7001180000000000000♠18	7000600000000000000♠6	7000300000000000000♠3	7001666700000000000♠66.67	–	[28]
	Coyle, OwenOwen Coyle and Hughes, JohnJohn Hughes	Ireland  Scotland	000000002003-01-01-0000January 2003	000000002003-05-01-0000May 2003	7001190000000000000♠19	7001120000000000000♠12	7000300000000000000♠3	7000400000000000000♠4	7001631600000000000♠63.16	1 First Division championship	[29]
	Hughes, JohnJohn Hughes	Scotland	000000002003-05-01-0000May 2003	000000002009-06-01-0000June 2009	7002263000000000000♠263	7002105000000000000♠105	7001570000000000000♠57	7002101000000000000♠101	7001399200000000000♠39.92	1 First Division championship, 1 Scottish Challenge Cup, 1 Scottish Cup runners-up	[30]
	May, EddieEddie May	Scotland	000000002009-06-01-0000June 2009	000000002010-02-01-0000February 2010	7001270000000000000♠27	7000400000000000000♠4	7000800000000000000♠8	7001150000000000000♠15	7001148100000000000♠14.81	–	[31]
	Pressley, StevenSteven Pressley	Scotland	000000002010-02-01-0000February 2010	000000002013-03-01-0000March 2013	7002105000000000000♠105	7001440000000000000♠44	7001280000000000000♠28	7001330000000000000♠33	7001419000000000000♠41.90	1 Scottish Challenge Cup	[32]
	Holt, GaryGary Holt	Scotland	000000002013-04-01-0000April 2013	000000002014-06-01-0000June 2014	7001520000000000000♠52	7001250000000000000♠25	7001110000000000000♠11	7001160000000000000♠16	7001480800000000000♠48.08
	Houston, PeterPeter Houston	Scotland	000000002014-06-01-0000June 2014	999999999999-99-99-0000present	7001940000000000000♠94	7001470000000000000♠47	7001250000000000000♠25	7001220000000000000♠22	7001500000000000000♠50.00	–

References

External links

• Falkirk's official website