List of Livingston F.C. managers

This is a list of people to manage Livingston F.C. since their change from Meadowbank Thistle in 1995.

The club have had 22 permanent managers with Jim Leishman the only person to manage the club twice.

Managers

As of 27 May 2025

#	Name and Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%	Honours	Manner of departure	Refs
1	Jim Leishman	1995	1997	125	60	35	30	048.00	Third Division (1995-96) [1]
2	Ray Stewart	1 August 1997	15 March 2000	121	61	33	27	050.41	Second Division (1998-99) [2]	Sacked [3]	[4] [5]
3	Jim Leishman	15 March 2000 [3]	4 June 2003	147	67	32	48	045.58	First Division (2000-01) [6]	Became Director of football [7]	[8]
4	Márcio Máximo	4 June 2003 [9]	14 October 2003	9	3	3	3	033.33		Resigned [10]	[11]
5	David Hay	15 October 2003	1 June 2004	39	15	11	13	038.46	League Cup (2003-04) [12]	Contract Expired [13]	[14]
6	Allan Preston	4 June 2004 [15]	25 November 2004 [16]	18	4	3	11	022.22		Sacked [16]	[17]
-	Alec Cleland	25 November 2004	30 November 2004	1	1	0	0	100.00		Caretaker [16]
7	Richard Gough	30 November 2004 [18]	22 May 2005 [19]	25	8	5	12	032.00		Resigned [19] [20]	[17]
8	Paul Lambert	1 June 2005 [21]	11 February 2006	32	5	7	20	015.63		Resigned [22]	[23]
9	John Robertson	15 February 2006 [24]	15 April 2007	49	15	8	26	030.61		Sacked [25]	[26] [note 1]
10	Mark Proctor	22 May 2007 [27]	3 June 2008	43	13	10	20	030.23		Sacked [28] )	[29]
11	Roberto Landi	11 June 2008 [30]	1 December 2008	22	12	1	9	054.55		Sacked [31]	[32]
12	Paul Hegarty	5 December 2008 [33]	27 April 2009	19	6	5	8	031.58		Suspended [34] then contract expired [35]	[32]
13	John Murphy	2 July 2009 [36]	14 August 2009 [37]	2	0	0	2	000.00		Moved back to goalkeeping coach [38]
14	Gary Bollan	14 August 2009 [39]	5 February 2012	108	62	22	24	057.41	Third Division (2009-10) [40] Second Division (2010-11) [41]	Sacked [42]	[43] [44] [45]
15	John Hughes	14 February 2012 [46]	13 November 2012	29	13	5	11	044.83		Became manager of Hartlepool United. [47]	[48]
16	Gareth Evans	22 November 2012 [49]	28 February 2013	14	6	3	5	042.86		Sacked. [50]
17	Richie Burke	28 February 2013 [51]	12 September 2013	16	4	4	8	025.00		Resigned. [52]
18	John McGlynn	12 September 2013 [53]	16 December 2014	58	22	9	27	037.93		Left by Mutual Consent. [54]
19	Mark Burchill	16 December 2014 [55]	21 December 2015	45	14	8	23	031.11	2014-15 Scottish Challenge Cup	Sacked. [56]
19	David Hopkin	22 December 2015 [57]	31 May 2018 [58]	96	51	14	31	053.13	2016-17 Scottish League One	Contract Expired [59]
20	Kenny Miller	30 June 2018	23 August 2018	7	3	2	2	042.86		Left by Mutual Consent
21	Gary Holt	23 August 2018	26 November 2020	94	33	23	38	035.11		Resigned
22	David Martindale	26 November 2020	Present	219	88	51	80	040.18	2024-25 Scottish Challenge Cup		[60]

Caretaker managers

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%	Notes
Gareth Evans	Scotland	14 November 2012	28 February 2013	14	6	3	5	042.86	[61]
Brian Welsh	Scotland	5 February 2012	14 February 2012	1	1	0	0	100.00	[62]
David Hay	Scotland	25 April 2009	2 July 2009	2	0	2	0	000.00	[63]
David Bowman	Scotland	15 April 2007	22 May 2007	2	0	2	0	000.00	[64]

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1. Soccerbase have included two game when club were managed byDavid Bowman.