PFA Scotland Manager of the Year

The PFA Scotland Manager of the Year is awarded by the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland to the football manager in Scottish football who is seen to have been the best manager over the previous season. The award replaced, and is considered a direct continuation of,^[1][2] the SPFA Manager of the Year award which was awarded just once, in the 2006–07 season to Celtic boss Gordon Strachan.^[3]

PFA Scotland Manager of the Year
Gordon Strachan received two Manager of the Year awards.
Awarded for	The outstanding manager in each given Scottish football season
Country	Scotland
Presented by	PFA Scotland
First awarded	2007
Last awarded	2024
Manager of the Season	John McGlynn
Most awards	John McGlynn Ange Postecoglou Gordon Strachan (2 wins each)

List of winners

As of 2024, the award has been presented 17 times and won by 14 different managers. John McGlynn, Ange Postecoglou and Gordon Strachan have won the award twice, and McGlynn is the only manager to have won it with more than one club.

Season	Manager	Club	Notes	Ref
2006–07	Gordon Strachan	Celtic	Also won the SFWA award	[3]
2007–08	Billy Reid	Hamilton Academical
2008–09	Gordon Strachan (2)	Celtic
2009–10	Walter Smith	Rangers	Also won the SFWA award	[4]
2010–11	John McGlynn	Raith Rovers		[5]
2011–12	Derek Adams	Ross County		[6]
2012–13	Allan Johnston	Queen of the South		[7]
2013–14	Derek McInnes	Aberdeen	Also won the SFWA award	[8][9]
2014–15	John Hughes	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Also won the SFWA award	[10][11]
2015–16	Mark Warburton	Rangers		[12]
2016–17	Brendan Rodgers	Celtic	Also won the SFWA award	[13]
2017–18	Jack Ross	St Mirren		[14][15]
2018–19	Steve Clarke	Kilmarnock		[16]
2019–20	—	—	Due to the covid-19 pandemic, PFA Scotland cancelled their awards for the 2019–20 season.	[17]
2020–21	Steven Gerrard	Rangers	Also won the SFWA award	[18][19]
2021–22	Ange Postecoglou	Celtic	Also won the SFWA award	[20]
2022–23	Ange Postecoglou (2)	Celtic	Also won the SFWA award	[21]
2023–24	John McGlynn (2)	Falkirk		[22]

Winners by club

Club	Number of wins	Winning seasons
Celtic	5	2006–07, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23
Rangers	3	2009–10, 2015–16, 2020–21
Hamilton Academical	1	2007–08
Raith Rovers	1	2010–11
Ross County	1	2011–12
Queen of the South	1	2012–13
Aberdeen	1	2013–14
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1	2014–15
St Mirren	1	2017–18
Kilmarnock	1	2018–19
Falkirk	1	2023–24

See also

• SFWA Manager of the Year

References

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2. "McGeady happy with Hoops". www.teamtalk.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2008-04-24. The only other player to have claimed the PFA Scotland double was Shaun Maloney, the Celtic midfielder who went on to carve out a career in the Premier League with Aston Villa.
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