 MacPherson as St Mirren manager | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Angus Ian MacPherson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-10-11)11 October 1968 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1989 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1990 | Rangers | 0 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | →Exeter City (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 1990–2001 | Kilmarnock | 354 | (15) |
| 2001–2003 | Dunfermline Athletic | 39 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | St Mirren | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 413 | (16) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2010 | St Mirren | ||
| 2011–2012 | Queen of the South | ||
| 2014–2018 | Queen's Park | ||
| 2021 | Greenock Morton | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Angus Ian MacPherson (born 11 October 1968) is a Scottishfootball coach and former player.
MacPherson's playing career saw spells atRangers,Exeter City,Kilmarnock,Dunfermline Athletic andSt Mirren.
His management career began at his final playing clubSt Mirren (initially as aplayer-manager), who he guided to promotion in 2006. MacPherson has since managedQueen of the South andQueen's Park who he guided to promotion in 2016. He returned to St Mirren in September 2018 in an advisory role, a position he held until August 2020. MacPherson then had a stint as manager ofGreenock Morton.
MacPherson started his career as a youth player withRangers, but was unable to break into the first team, spending a period on loan to English sideExeter City.
In 1991, he moved toKilmarnock, where he would enjoy the most successful period of his career becoming a regular fixture in the Rugby Park first team. He went on to play over 350 games at Kilmarnock and also was in the side that won theScottish Cup with a 1–0 win overFalkirk atIbrox Stadium.
MacPherson left Kilmarnock in 2001 to joinDunfermline Athletic for two seasons before moving to St Mirren as player/assistant manager in 2003.
MacPherson was then appointed as player/manager on 18 December 2003 after the resignation ofJohn Coughlin. He retired from playing to concentrate solely on management at the end of the2003–04 season.
MacPherson guided St Mirren to second in2004–05 finishing behindFalkirk. This was a significant improvement for the club having finished seventh the previous season. In thefollowing season MacPherson guided St Mirren back to theScottish Premier League having finished top of the First Division. He also guided the team to a 2–1 win in theScottish League Challenge Cup final againstHamilton Academical withSimon Lappin andJohn Sutton netting the goals, becoming the only St Mirren manager to win a domestic double.
In the2006–07 season he retained St Mirren's place in the SPL, following a brief relegation fight. In the second last game of the season St Mirren's place in the SPL was confirmed courtesy of a 3–2 win overMotherwell despite having been 2–0 down. This coupled with other results saw one of MacPherson's former clubs, Dunfermline relegated to the First Division.[2]
Inthe following season and being continually challenged with budgetary constraints, MacPherson became the first St Mirren manager to be knocked out of both theScottish League Cup andScottish Cup by teams from a lower league in the same season. Despite these set-backs he retained St Mirren's SPL status with 10th place in the division. This was St Mirren's highest finish sincethe 1990–91 season, finishing one place above MacPherson's former club Kilmarnock and relegatedGretna.
In the2008–09 season he led St Mirren to a win overRangers atLove Street withStephen McGinn netting the only goal of the game.[3] Also in the same season he led St Mirren on a run of four unbeaten games, resulting in him receiving theSPL manager of the month award for December 2008. He also guided them to the semi-finals of theScottish Cup, beatingCeltic 1–0 in the quarter-finals.[4] This result came just a week after a 7–0 defeat atCeltic Park.[4] St Mirren were in a five club relegation battle, but a penultimate weekend win away to Falkirk, almost guaranteed safety. St Mirren stayed in the top flight on goal difference, two goals better off than Inverness.
In January 2010, afterJim Jefferies left Kilmarnock, MacPherson became the longest serving manager in the SPL. On 11 May 2010, St Mirren announced that they had parted company with MacPherson.
In June 2011, MacPherson was announced as the new manager ofDumfries club,Queen of the South on a one-year contract.[5] His assistant manager was announced asAndy Millen.[6] MacPherson left the club after they were relegated to the Second Division in April 2012.[7]
MacPherson was appointed manager ofScottish League Two sideQueen's Park in January 2014.[8] He led the "Spiders" to promotion toScottish League One through the play-offs in his second full season in charge beatingClyde over two legs in the playoff final.[9] The club enjoyed two seasons in the third flight before relegation via play-offsin May 2018.
MacPherson left Queen's Park on 18 September 2018 to become the St Mirren technical director.[10][11] He left St Mirren in August 2020.[12]
In March 2021, MacPherson was appointed manager ofScottish Championship sideGreenock Morton until the end of the 2020–21 season.[13] He led the Ton to safety after winning theScottish Championship play-offs beatingAirdrieonians in the two-legged final in May 2021. McPherson parted company with Greenock Morton on 4 December 2021,[14] with the team sitting in 8th place (ahead of the relegation places on goal difference).[15]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| St Mirren | 18 December 2003 | 11 May 2010 | 289 | 101 | 83 | 105 | 034.95 |
| Queen of the South | 10 June 2011 | 30 April 2012 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 023.81 |
| Queen's Park | 22 January 2014 | 18 September 2018 | 211 | 72 | 57 | 82 | 034.12 |
| Greenock Morton | 10 March 2021 | 4 December 2021 | 37 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 024.32 |
| Total | 579 | 191 | 168 | 220 | 032.99 | ||
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