| 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 award | 2007 |
| Manager of the Season | John McGlynn |
| Most awards | John McGlynn (3 wins) |
ThePFA Scotland Manager of the Year is awarded by theProfessional Footballers' Association Scotland to the football manager inScottish 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] theSPFA Manager of the Year award which was awarded just once, in the2006–07 season toCeltic bossGordon Strachan.[3]
As of 2025, the award has been presented 18 times and won by 14 different managers.John McGlynn has won the award three times and 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 theSFWA award | [3] |
| 2007–08 | Billy Reid | Hamilton Academical | ||
| 2008–09 | Gordon Strachan (2) | Celtic | ||
| 2009–10 | Walter Smith | Rangers | Also won theSFWA 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 theSFWA award | [8][9] |
| 2014–15 | John Hughes | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Also won theSFWA award | [10][11] |
| 2015–16 | Mark Warburton | Rangers | [12] | |
| 2016–17 | Brendan Rodgers | Celtic | Also won theSFWA award | [13] |
| 2017–18 | Jack Ross | St Mirren | [14][15] | |
| 2018–19 | Steve Clarke | Kilmarnock | [16] | |
| 2019–20 | — | — | Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, PFA Scotland cancelled their awards for the2019–20 season. | [17] |
| 2020–21 | Steven Gerrard | Rangers | Also won theSFWA award | [18][19] |
| 2021–22 | Ange Postecoglou | Celtic | Also won theSFWA award | [20] |
| 2022–23 | Ange Postecoglou (2) | Celtic | Also won theSFWA award | [21] |
| 2023–24 | John McGlynn (2) | Falkirk | [22] | |
| 2024–25 | John McGlynn (3) | Falkirk | [23] |
Celtic winger Aiden McGeady has pulled off an awards double by winning the PFA Scotland Player Of The Year and Young Player Of The Year awards... McGeady follows in the footsteps of former Parkhead team-mate Shaun Maloney, who won both awards in a single season in 2006.[dead link]
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.