List of Rangers F.C. managers


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.
Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record, 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. As of the beginning of 2019–20 season, Rangers have had sixteen 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 eighteen 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 three of their managers, namely David White, Jock Wallace and Pedro Caixinha. 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

1876-1883 Peter McNeil

1883-1885 John Wallace MacKay

1885-1889 James Gossland

1889-1899 William Wilton

List of managers

NameFromToTenurePWDLGFGAWin%Honours
27 5 189920 5 192072247511812917247438 1st-tier League titles
1 Scottish Cup
20 5 192015 6 195411797882281632847114418 First-tier League titles
10 Scottish Cups
2 League Cups
15 6 19541 11 196768144511412217197736 First-tier League titles
5 Scottish Cups
4 League Cups
1 11 196727 11 1969114731922264122
'†27 11 19698 12 1969220051100
8 12 19697 6 19721307325322531341 League Cup
1 Cup Winners' Cup
7 6 197223 5 197830820156516552993 First-tier League titles
3 Scottish Cups
2 League Cups
24 5 197828 10 198328815071675143022 Scottish Cups
2 League Cups
'†28 10 198310 11 1983410346
10 11 19837 4 19861245536331911312 League Cups
'†7 4 198616 4 1986100112
'†16 4 19861 5 1986201123
1 5 198616 4 199125716549434821753 1st-tier League titles
4 League Cups
19 4 199131 5 199837924868637933417 First-tier League titles
3 Scottish Cups
3 League Cups
1 6 199812 12 200119513134304271582 First-tier League titles
2 Scottish Cups
1 League Cup
13 12 20018 5 200623515544364881962 First-tier League titles
2 Scottish Cups
3 League Cups
9 5 20064 1 20073116874728
'†4 1 200710 1 2007100123
10 1 200715 5 201124515453384611933 First-tier League titles
2 Scottish Cups
3 League Cups
16 5 201121 12 201416712122243911231 Fourth-tier league title
1 Third-tier league title
'†21 12 201412 3 201510334914
'†12 3 201515 6 2015177642923
15 6 201510 2 201782541513183741 Second-tier league title
1 Challenge Cup
'†10 2 201712 3 20176312148
13 3 201726 10 20172614574930
26 10 20171 5 20182918296138
1 5 20181 6 2018312076
1 6 2018Present11368271822480

† Denotes that the person was a caretaker manager.