# List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. managers

Heart of Midlothian F.C., commonly known as Hearts, is a professional football club based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Formed in 1874, the club has employed a manager to run the team since 1901, the first being Peter Fairley.

## List of managers

Information correct as of 12/01/25. Only competitive matches are counted
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% | Honours | Notes |
| Peter Fairley | Scotland | 1 August 1901 | 31 July 1903 | 53 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 50 | | |
| William Waugh | Scotland | 1 August 1903 | 1 April 1908 | 164 | 79 | 35 | 50 | 48 | | |
| James McGhee | Scotland | 11 April 1908 | 7 December 1909 | 55 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 36 | | |
| John McCartney | Scotland | 19 January 1910 | 18 October 1919 | 365 | 172 | 70 | 123 | 47 | | |
| Willie McCartney | Scotland | 19 October 1919 | 1 July 1935 | 674 | 288 | 164 | 222 | 42 | | |
| David Pratt | Scotland | 2 July 1935 | 5 February 1937 | 68 | 40 | 10 | 18 | 58 | | |
| Frank Moss | England | 15 March 1937 | 31 July 1941 | 161 | 89 | 24 | 48 | 55 | | |
| David McLean | Scotland | 1 August 1941 | 14 February 1951 | 372 | 175 | 73 | 124 | 47 | | |
| Tommy Walker | Scotland | 18 February 1951 | 28 September 1966 | 695 | 383 | 143 | 169 | 55 | | |
| John Harvey | Scotland | 29 September 1966 | 30 November 1970 | 188 | 73 | 40 | 75 | 38 | | |
| Bobby Seith | Scotland | 1 December 1970 | 11 October 1974 | 185 | 69 | 51 | 65 | 37 | | |
| John Hagart | Scotland | 12 October 1974 | 23 April 1977 | 139 | 50 | 41 | 48 | 35 | | |
| Willie Ormond | Scotland | 5 May 1977 | 8 January 1980 | 117 | 50 | 28 | 39 | 42 | | |
| Alex Rennie | Scotland | 9 January 1980 | 15 February 1980 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50 | | (Caretaker) |
| Bobby Moncur | Scotland | 16 February 1980 | 10 June 1981 | 60 | 17 | 12 | 31 | 28.33 | | |
| Tony Ford | England | 30 June 1981 | 9 December 1981 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 37 | | |
| Alex MacDonald | Scotland | 10 December 1981 | 30 October 1986 | 232 | 111 | 55 | 66 | 47 | | |
| Alex MacDonald & Sandy Jardine | Scotland | 1 November 1986 | 30 November 1988 | 113 | 54 | 36 | 23 | 47 | | Joint Managers |
| Alex MacDonald | Scotland | 1 December 1988 | 9 September 1990 | 73 | 32 | 19 | 22 | 43 | | |
| Joe Jordan | Scotland | 10 September 1990 | 3 May 1993 | 143 | 69 | 31 | 43 | 48 | | |
| Sandy Clark | Scotland | 10 May 1993 | 20 June 1994 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33.33 | | |
| Tommy McLean | Scotland | 1 July 1994 | 31 May 1995 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 19 | 37.21 | | |
| Jim Jefferies | Scotland | 1 August 1995 | 8 November 2000 | 242 | 108 | 57 | 77 | 44.46 | Scottish Cup Winners 1998 | |
| Peter Houston | Scotland | 8 November 2000 | 1 December 2000 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50 | | (Caretaker) |
| Craig Levein | Scotland | 1 December 2000 | 29 October 2004 | 170 | 74 | 41 | 55 | 43.53 | | |
| Peter Houston | Scotland | 29 October 2004 | 1 November 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | | (Caretaker) |
| John Robertson | Scotland | 3 November 2004 | 9 May 2005 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 37.14 | | |
| Steven Pressley & John McGlynn | Scotland | 11 May 2005 | 29 June 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | (Caretaker) Joint Managers |
| George Burley | Scotland | 30 June 2005 | 21 October 2005 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 75.00 | | |
| John McGlynn | Scotland | 21 October 2005 | 8 November 2005 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 | | (Caretaker) |
| Graham Rix | England | 8 November 2005 | 22 March 2006 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 47.37 | | |
| Valdas Ivanauskas | Lithuania | 22 March 2006 | 23 October 2006 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 50.00 | Scottish Cup Winners 2006 | |
| Eduard Malofeyev | Russia | 23 October 2006 | 14 November 2006 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | (Caretaker) |
| Eugenijus Riabovas | Lithuania | 14 November 2006 | 1 December 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Valdas Ivanauskas | Lithuania | 1 December 2006 | 2 March 2007 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 50.00 | | |
| Anatoly Korobochka | Ukraine | 2 March 2007 | 1 January 2008 | 33 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 39.40 | | (Caretaker) |
| Stephen Frail | Scotland | 1 January 2008 | 9 July 2008 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 38.10 | | |
| Csaba László | Romania | 11 July 2008 | 29 January 2010 | 58 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 39.66 | | |
| Jim Jefferies | Scotland | 29 January 2010 | 1 August 2011 | 58 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 43.10 | | |
| Paulo Sérgio Bento Brito | Portugal | 2 August 2011 | 7 June 2012 | 47 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 42.55 | Scottish Cup Winners 2012 | |
| John McGlynn | Scotland | 26 June 2012 | 28 February 2013 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 29.41 | | |
| Gary Locke | Scotland | 28 February 2013 | 12 May 2014 | 54 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 31.48 | | |
| Robbie Neilson | Scotland | 12 May 2014 | 1 December 2016 | 106 | 62 | 22 | 22 | 58.49 | | 'Head Coach' |
| Ian Cathro | Scotland | 5 December 2016 | 1 August 2017 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 23.33 | | 'Head Coach' |
| Craig Levein | Scotland | 28 August 2017 | 31 October 2019 | 106 | 42 | 28 | 36 | 39.62 | | 'Head Coach' |
| Daniel Stendel | Germany | 7 December 2019 | 21 June 2020 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 29.41 | | |
| Robbie Neilson | Scotland | 21 June 2020 | 9 April 2023 | 126 | 63 | 23 | 40 | 50 | | |
| Steven Naismith | Scotland | 11 April 2023 | 6th June 2023 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 28.57 | | 'Interim Coach' |
| Frankie McAvoy | Scotland | 7 June 2023 | 3rd September 2023 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 33.33 | | 'Head Coach' |
| Steven Naismith | Scotland | 3 September 2023 | 22nd September 2024 | 65 | 28 | 12 | 25 | 43.10 | | 'Head Coach' |
| Neil Critchley | England | 15 October 2024 | Present | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 28.00 | | 'Head Coach' |