# List of Clyde F.C. managers

This is a list compiling the former managers of Clyde Football Club.
The team achieved its highest league placing in the top division, which was third-place, in three separate seasons and under three different managers; Walter Jack in 1908–09 (three points behind champions Celtic), Alex Maley in 1911–12 (nine points behind champions Rangers), and Davie White in 1966–67 (twelve points behind champions Celtc).
Alex Maley led the team to its first national cup final in the club's history, the Scottish Cup final in 1910. Later on Joe Miller led the club to its first national cup final in 48 years, the Scottish Challenge Cup final in 2006.
Paddy Travers is the club's most successful manager with two Scottish Cup final wins in 1939 (4–0 v Motherwell) and 1955 (1–0 v Celtic after a replay), losing a third final in between in 1949 (1–4 v Rangers). His four Scottish Cup final appearances (including the 1937 defeat with Aberdeen) led him to being named one of Scottish football's 50 greatest managers by the Scottish Herald. He also led to the club to four trophies in the one season in 1951–52.
Two former Clyde managers have also gone on to become the Scotland national team manager, John Prentice, who went directly from being Clyde to Scotland manager in 1966, and Craig Brown who left Clyde in 1986 to become Scotland national under-21 team manager and assistant manager to Andy Roxburgh for the full team, later replacing him as Scotland manager in 1993.

## Managers

| Name | Nat | From | To | Notes | Ref |
| ––– | | | | Division Two Champions 1904–05 Division Two Runners-up 1903–04 Graham Cup Winners 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891 North Eastern Cup Winners 1891, 1893, 1894, 1895 Glasgow and West of Scotland League Winners 1905 | [nb 1] [nb 2] |
| Walter Jack | Scotland | July 1905 | May 1909 | Joint-Highest top division finish: Third Place 1908–09 Division Two Runners-up 1905–06 Glasgow and West of Scotland Shield Winners 1907 | [nb 3] [nb 4] |
| Alex Maley | Scotland | 1909 | 1912 | Scottish Cup Runners-up 1909–10 and 1911–12 Joint-Highest top division finish: Third Place 1911–12 Glasgow Charity Cup Winners 1910 | |
| John James Commins | Scotland | May 1912 | November 1922 | Glasgow Cup Winners 1915 Scottish Second XI Cup Winners 1914–15 | [nb 5] [nb 6] [nb 7] [13] |
| Frank Thompson | Ireland | 11 November 1922 | 19 January 1935 | Division Two Runners-up 1925–26 Glasgow Cup Winners 1926 | |
| Russell Moreland | Scotland | 2 February 1935 | 23 October 1937 | | |
| Paddy Travers | Scotland | 27 November 1937 | 19 July 1956 | Scottish Cup Winners 1938–39 and 1954–55 Scottish Cup Runners-up 1948–49 Division Two Champions 1951–52 Supplementary Cup Winners 1951–52 Southern League Runners-up 1940–41 Summer Cup Runners-up 1943–44 Glasgow Cup Winners 1947, 1952 Glasgow Charity Cup Winners 1940, 1952 Paisley Charity Cup Winners 1939, 1940 | |
| Johnny Haddow | Scotland | 19 July 1956 | 24 November 1962 | Scottish Cup Winners 1957–58 Division Two Champions 1956–57 and 1961–62 Glasgow Cup Winners 1959 Glasgow Charity Cup Winners 1958, 1961 | |
| John Prentice | Scotland | 17 December 1962 | 24 March 1966 | Division Two Runners-up 1963–64 | |
| Davie White | Scotland | 31 March 1966 | 10 July 1967 | Joint-Highest top division finish: Third Place 1966–67 | |
| Archie Wright | Scotland | 1967 | 15 December 1967 | | |
| Archie Robertson | Scotland | January 1968 | 29 August 1973 | Division Two Champions 1972–73 | |
| Stan Anderson | Scotland | 31 August 1973 | 29 March 1977 | | |
| Billy McNeill | Scotland | 1 April 1977 | June 1977 | | |
| Craig Brown | Scotland | July 1977 | 1986 | Second Division Champions 1977–78 and 1981–82 | |
| John Clark | Scotland | 30 July 1986 | 1992 | | |
| Alex Smith | Scotland | 1992 | 9 September 1996 | Second Division Champions 1992–93 | |
| Gardner Speirs | Scotland | 12 September 1996 | 7 July 1998 | | |
| Ronnie McDonald | | 7 July 1998 | February 2002 | | |
| Allan Maitland | Scotland | 1998 | 7 February 2002 | Second Division Champions 1999–2000 Keyline Cup Winners 1999, 2000, 2001 | |
| Alan Kernaghan | Ireland | 1 March 2002 | 16 June 2004 | First Division Runners-up 2002–03 and 2003–04 SPFA First Division Manager of the Year: 2002–03 | |
| Billy Reid | Scotland | 8 July 2004 | 27 April 2005 | | |
| Graham Roberts | England | 19 May 2005 | 22 August 2006 | Tommy McGrane Cup Winners 2006 | |
| Joe Miller | Scotland | 22 August 2006 | 25 May 2007 | Challenge Cup Runners-up 2006–07 | |
| Colin Hendry | Scotland | 11 June 2007 | 18 January 2008 | | |
| John Brown | Scotland | 26 January 2008 | 21 November 2009 | First Division Play-off Winners 2007–08 | |
| John McCormack | Scotland | 30 November 2009 | 5 April 2010 | | |
| Stuart Millar | Scotland | 27 April 2010 | 1 February 2011 | | |
| Jim Duffy | Scotland | 7 February 2011 | 19 May 2014 | | |
| Barry Ferguson | Scotland | 13 June 2014 | 26 February 2017 | League One Play-off Runners-up 2015–16 | |
| Jim Chapman | Scotland | 20 May 2017 | 31 October 2017 | | |
| Danny Lennon | Scotland | 13 November 2017 | 25 October 2022 | League One Play-off Winners 2018–19 Broadwood Cup Winners 2020 SPFL League Two Manager of the Season: 2018–19 | |
| Jim Duffy | Scotland | 7 November 2022 | 24 May 2023 | | [26] [27] |
| Brian McLean | Scotland | 2 June 2023 | 22 October 2023 | | [28] [29] |

## Caretaker managers

| Name | Nat | From | To | Ref |
| Jim Rowan | Scotland | | | |
| Mike Clinton | Scotland | 24 September 1976 | 31 December 1976 | |
| Bobby Waddell | | 1 January 1977 | 31 March 1977 | |
| Billy Reid | Scotland | | | |
| Stuart Balmer Gary Bollan | Scotland Scotland | | | |
| Dougie Bell | Scotland | | | |
| Neil Watt | Scotland | | | |
| Neil Watt Gordon Wylde | Scotland Scotland | | | |
| Bob Malcolm | Scotland | 26 February 2017 | Feb / Mar 2017 | |
| Jon-Paul McGovern Peter MacDonald | Scotland Scotland | 2 March 2017 | May 2017 | |
| Tony McNally | Scotland | 2 November 2017 | 13 November 2017 | [nb 22] [33] |
| Allan Moore | Scotland | 25 October 2022 | 7 November 2022 | [nb 23] [34] |
| Chris Millar | Scotland | 22 October 2023 | 15 November 2023 | [nb 24] [35] |