List of Rangers F.C. managers

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Statue of Walter Smith, manager of Rangers in two spells, at Ibrox Stadium

This is a list of Rangers Football Club's managers and all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Rangers, since its formation in 1872.

Contents

Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of first team matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker or interim managers are included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge. Rangers have had nineteen different permanent managers and ten interim managers.

Managerial history

Match secretaries

Prior to the club forming a corporate entity in June 1899, Rangers had a series of match secretaries who filled the role of what would have been the manager.

Managers

The most successful and longest-serving Rangers manager is Bill Struth, who won nineteen Scottish league championships, ten Scottish Cups, two League Cups, seven war-time league championships, nineteen Glasgow Cups and seventeen Glasgow Merchant Charity Cups from 1920 to 1954.

The club has, on average, appointed a new manager every seven and a half years. The club's directors have only dismissed five of their managers, namely David White, Jock Wallace (during his second spell), Pedro Caixinha, Giovanni Van Bronckhorst and Michael Beale. The others have left of their own accord or by mutual agreement, except for William Wilton, who died whilst still manager of the club.

Statistics

List of match secretaries

1875-1876 John Campbell [1]
1876-1883 Peter McNeil [1]
1883-1885 John Wallace MacKay [1]
1885-1889 James Gossland [1]
1889-1899 William Wilton [1]

List of managers

Information correct as of matches played 24 November 2024. Only competitive matches are included.
#NameFromToTenurePWDLGFGAWin%Honours
1 Flag of Scotland.svg William Wilton 27 May 189920 May 192020 years, 359 days7224751181291,72474365.788 League titles
1 Scottish Cup
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Bill Struth 20 May 192015 June 195434 years, 26 days1,1797882281632,8471,14466.8318 League titles
10 Scottish Cups
2 League Cups
3 Flag of Scotland.svg Scot Symon 15 June 19541 November 196713 years, 139 days6814451141221,71977365.346 League titles
5 Scottish Cups
4 League Cups
4 Flag of Scotland.svg David White 1 November 196727 November 19692 years, 26 days11473192226412264.03
- Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Thornton †27 November 19698 December 196911 days220051100
5 Flag of Scotland.svg William Waddell 8 December 19697 June 1972 [2] 2 years, 182 days13073253225313456.491 League Cup
1 Cup Winners' Cup
6 Flag of Scotland.svg Jock Wallace 7 June 1972 [2] 23 May 19785 years, 350 days308201565165529965.253 League titles
3 Scottish Cups
2 League Cups
7 Flag of Scotland.svg John Greig 24 May 197828 October 19835 years, 157 days288150716751430252.082 Scottish Cups
2 League Cups
- Flag of Scotland.svg Tommy McLean †28 October 198310 November 198313 days41034625.00
- Flag of Scotland.svg Jock Wallace 10 November 19837 April 19862 years, 148 days12455363319113143.652 League Cups
- Flag of Scotland.svg Alex Totten †7 April 1986 [3] 16 April 1986 [4] 9 days10011200.00
- Flag of Scotland.svg Walter Smith †16 April 1986 [4] 1 May 1986 [5] 15 days20112300.00
8 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Souness 1 May 1986 [5] 16 April 19914 years, 350 days257165494348217564.203 League titles
4 League Cups
9 Flag of Scotland.svg Walter Smith 19 April 199131 May 1998 [6] 7 years, 42 days379248686379334165.527 League titles
3 Scottish Cups
3 League Cups
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dick Advocaat 1 June 199812 December 2001 [7] 3 years, 194 days195131343042715867.532 League titles
2 Scottish Cups
1 League Cup
11 Flag of Scotland.svg Alex McLeish 13 December 2001 [8] 8 May 2006 [9] 4 years, 169 days235155443648819665.962 League titles
2 Scottish Cups
3 League Cups
12 Flag of France.svg Paul Le Guen 9 May 2006 [10] 4 January 2007 [11] 240 days311687472851.61
- Flag of Scotland.svg Ian Durrant †4 January 2007 [12] 10 January 20076 days10012300.00
- Flag of Scotland.svg Walter Smith 10 January 2007 [13] 15 May 2011 [14] [6] 4 years, 126 days245154533846119362.863 League titles
2 Scottish Cups
3 League Cups
13 Flag of Scotland.svg Ally McCoist 16 May 2011 [14] 21 December 2014 [15] 3 years, 219 days167121222439112372.461 Fourth-tier league
1 Third-tier league
- Flag of Scotland.svg Kenny McDowall †21 December 2014 [15] 12 March 2015 [16] 81 days1033491430.00
- Flag of Scotland.svg Stuart McCall †12 March 2015 [16] 15 June 2015 [17] 95 days17764292341.18
14 Flag of England.svg Mark Warburton 15 June 2015 [17] 10 February 2017 [18] 1 year, 240 days825415131837465.851 Second-tier league
1 Challenge Cup
- Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Murty †10 February 2017 [18] 12 March 2017 [19] 30 days631214850.00
15 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Caixinha 13 March 2017 [19] 26 October 2017 [20] 227 days261457493053.85
- Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Murty †26 October 2017 [20] 1 May 2018 [21] 187 days291829613862.07
- Ulster Banner.svg Jimmy Nicholl †1 May 2018 [21] 31 May 2018 [22] 30 days31207633.33
16 Flag of England.svg Steven Gerrard 1 June 2018 [22] 11 November 2021 [23] 3 years, 163 days193125422640513563.771 League title
17 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giovanni van Bronckhorst 18 November 2021 [24] 21 November 2022 [25] 1 year, 3 days694212151327559.261 Scottish Cup
18 Flag of England.svg Michael Beale 28 November 2022 [26] 1 October 2023 [27] 307 days433148924472.09
- Ulster Banner.svg Steven Davis †1 October 2023 [27] 15 October 2023 [28] 14 days21014250.00
19 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Philippe Clement 15 October 2023 [28] 1 year, 40 days644211111295565.621 League Cup

† Denotes that the person was a caretaker manager.

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