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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 02/11/24. 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	5	3	1	1	60.00		'Head Coach'

External links

• Hearts Manager Profiles
• Hearts Managers Records

Notes

1. Win% is rounded to two decimal places

References

1. "Sandy Clark's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
2. "Tommy McLean's managerial statistics". londonhearts. Retrieved 12 July 2008.
3. ^ "Jim Jefferies Managerial Statistics". Retrieved 19 June 2011.
4. ^ "Peter Houston's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
5. "Craig Levein's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
6. "John Robertson's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
7. "George Burley's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
8. "John McGlynn's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
9. "Graham Rix'smanagerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
10. ^ "Valdas Ivanauskas's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
11. "Anatoly Korobochka's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
12. "Eugenijus Riabovas' managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
13. "Anatoly Korobochka's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
14. "Stephen Frail's managerial statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 July 2008.

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