List of Motherwell F.C. managers

Motherwell Football Club is an association football club from Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They were established on 10 May 1886 following a merger between Glencairn and Alpha. They play their home games at Fir Park Stadium.

This is an official list of the managers who have managed Motherwell, and the success that they have achieved, since 1911. Before that year, a committee was involved in the management of the club. The Club's first ever manager was John 'Sailor' Hunter, who would go on to become the club's longest-serving manager. It was during his tenure that Motherwell won their first, and to date, only Premier League title, in the 1931-32 season. This was the same year that The Steelmen had their greatest ever team, scoring a record 119 league goals in one season.

George Stevenson, who succeeded Hunter as Motherwell manager, is the club's most successful manager, winning the League Cup and Scottish Cup in 9 years at Fir Park.

Managerial Performances in the League

The following lists are broken down into the level of league that Motherwell were in at the time they were league winners or runners-up. In recent times up till now, the Scottish Premier League would be classed as the 1st tier of the Scottish football league system while the Scottish First Division would be classed as the 2nd, instead of the first as had been the case.

• First tier

Manager	Winner	Runner-up
John 'Sailor' Hunter	1 (1931–32)	4 (1926-27, 1929-30, 1932-33, 1933-34)
Alex McLeish	0	1 (1994-95)
Stuart McCall	0	2 (2012-13, 2013-14)

• Second tier

Manager	Winner	Runner-up
George Stevenson	1 (1953–54)	0
Bobby Howitt	1 (1968–69)	0
David Hay	1 (1981–82)	0
Tommy McLean	1 (1985–86)	0

Managerial Performances in Domestic Cup Competitions

The following lists documents Motherwell's success in the two premier cup competitions in Scotland, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup, as per manager.

• Scottish Cup

Manager	Winner	Runner-up
John 'Sailor' Hunter	0	3 (1930-31, 1932-33, 1938-39)
George Stevenson	1 (1951-52)	1 (1950-51)
Tommy McLean	1 (1990-91)	0
Stuart McCall	0	1 (2010-11)
Steve Robinson	0	1 (2017-18)

• Scottish League Cup

Manager	Winner	Runner-up
George Stevenson	1 (1950-51)	1 (1954-55)
Terry Butcher	0	1 (2004-05)
Steve Robinson	0	1 (2017-18)

Managerial Statistics in the League

Below is the full Scottish league record of every Motherwell manager. Only league games are stated. ^{[note 1] [note 2]}

As of match played 30 August 2025 ^{[note 3]}

Name	From	To	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Win%
John Hunter [1] [note 4]	1911	1946	1064	507	226	331	2073	1558	47.65
George Stevenson [2]	1946	1955	270	108	43	119	517	515	40.00
Bobby Ancell [3]	1955	1965	340	130	84	126	538	601	38.24
Bobby Howitt [4]	1965	1972	249	95	55	101	416	394	38.15
Ian St. John [5]	1972	1975	83	37	17	39	123	126	44.56
Willie McLean [6]	1975	1978	98	39	27	42	159	161	39.80
Roger Hynd [7]	1978	1979	36	5	17	24	33	86	13.89
Ally MacLeod [8]	1979	1981	78	35	22	21	124	99	44.87
David Hay [9]	1981	1982	39	26	9	4	92	36	66.66
Jock Wallace, Jr. [10]	1982	1983	36	11	5	20	39	73	30.56
Bobby Watson [11]	1983	1984	36	4	7	25	31	75	11.11
Tommy McLean [12]	1 June 1984	31 May 1994	403	123	111	169	450	528	30.52
Alex McLeish [13]	13 July 1994	10 Feb 1998	134	38	39	55	122	144	28.36
Harri Kampman [14]	25 Feb 1998	4 Oct 1998	21	5	10	6	30	32	23.81
Billy Davies [15]	14 Oct 1998	18 Sept 2001	108	34	28	55	137	162	31.48
John Philliben / Miodrag Krivokapić	2001	2001	3	2	0	1	6	4	66.66
Eric Black [16]	16 Oct 2001	30 June 2002	27	7	4	16	24	52	25.93
Terry Butcher [17]	24 April 2002	17 May 2006	154	47	36	71	192	232	30.52
Maurice Malpas [18]	17 May 2006	30 June 2007	35	10	7	18	38	54	26.32
Mark McGhee [19]	1 July 2007	12 June 2009	76	31	15	30	96	97	40.79
Jim Gannon [20]	1 July 2009	28 Dec 2009	17	4	8	5	21	28	23.53
Craig Brown [21]	29 Dec 2009	10 Dec 2010	35	16	8	11	52	42	45.14
Gordon Young [22]	12 Dec 2010	30 Dec 2010	3	0	0	3	2	7	00.00
Stuart McCall [23]	30 Dec 2010	2 November 2014	146	67	25	54	209	198	45.89
Kenny Black	2 November 2014	13 December 2014	4	1	1	2	4	6	25.00
Ian Baraclough	13 December 2014	23 September 2015	32	11	5	21	33	47	34.38
Stephen Craigan	23 September 2015	13 October 2015	2	1	0	1	3	3	50.00
Mark McGhee [19]	13 October 2015	28 February 2017	54	18	10	26	69	103	33.34
Steve Robinson	28 February 2017	31 December 2020	137	50	26	61	163	187	36.49
Graham Alexander	7 January 2021	29 July 2022	56	19	13	21	64	81	33.92
Steven Hammell	29 July 2022	11 August 2022	2	1	0	1	2	2	50
Steven Hammell	11 August 2022	11 February 2023	22	4	5	13	25	36	18.18
Stuart Kettlewell	11 February 2023	22 February 2022	2	2	0	0	4	1	100
Stuart Kettlewell	22 February 2023	27 January 2025	74	26	19	28	107	110	35.14
Stephen Frail	27 January 2025	17 February 2025	2	0	0	2	1	6	0
Michael Wimmer	17 February 2025	23 May 2025	11	5	3	4	16	18	41.67
Jens Berthel Askou	12 June 2025		4	0	4	0	6	6	0

Sources

• Jeffrey, Jim; Fry, Genge (2001). The Men Who Made Motherwell Football Club. Tempus Publishing. ISBN   978-0-7524-2191-9.
• Wilson, Derek (2009). Motherwell FC Miscellany. Pitch Publishing. ISBN   978-1905411375.

Notes

1. Wilson 2009 , p. 33
2. Caretaker managers are in Italics
3. All records are from Soccerbase and http://www.londonhearts.com.
4. Does not include the emergency games played as a result of the Second World War.

References

1. John 'Sailor' Hunter, Motherwell F.C. Official Website
2. "George Stevenson". Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
3. Bobby Ancell
4. Bobby Howitt
5. "Ian St. John". Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
6. Willie McLean
7. Roger Hynd
8. Ally McLeod
9. David Hay
10. Jock Wallace
11. Bobby Watson
12. "Tommy McLean". Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
13. "Alex McLeish". Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
14. Harri Kampman
15. Billy Davies
16. Eric Black
17. Terry Butcher
18. Maurice Malpas
19. Mark McGhee
20. Jim Gannon
21. Craig Brown
22. Gordon Young Archived 5 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
23. Stuart McCall

External links

• Soccerbase