| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Archibald Gall Knox[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1947-05-01)1 May 1947 (age 78)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Tealing,[1] Angus, Scotland | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965 | Alloa Athletic (trialist) | 2 | (0) |
| 1965–1970 | Forfar Athletic | 173 | (52) |
| 1970–1972 | St Mirren | 49 | (11) |
| 1972–1976 | Dundee United | 57 | (13) |
| 1976 | Montrose | 13 | (3) |
| Total | 412 | (87) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1976–1980 | Forfar Athletic | ||
| 1983–1986 | Dundee | ||
| 1986 | Aberdeen (co-manager) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Scotland U21 | ||
| 2007 | Bolton Wanderers (caretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Archibald Gall Knox (born 1 May 1947) is a Scottishfootball player and coach. He was most recently the assistant manager ofAberdeen until leaving the club in March 2013.
Knox worked withAlex Ferguson as an assistant manager at Aberdeen andManchester United, and withWalter Smith atRangers andEverton.
As a player, Knox played in his native Scotland, featuring forForfar Athletic (twice),St Mirren,Dundee United and a short spell withMontrose. During his time with Dundee United, Knox was a runner-up in the 1974Scottish Cup final, his only honour as a player.
Knox's first managerial role came in aplayer-manager capacity when he returned to first club Forfar in 1976, spending four years in the dual role. In 1980, Knox became assistant toAlex Ferguson atAberdeen, helping the team to two Scottish Cups, theEuropean Cup Winners' Cup and subsequentEuropean Super Cup in his three years with the Dons. In 1983, Knox returned to management withDundee, where he would spend two-and-a-half years, with a best finish of sixth place in 1984–85 and 1985–86, narrowly missing out on UEFA Cup qualification. There then followed a short spell back at Aberdeen, where he was made co-manager so Ferguson could fulfil his duties as Scotland manager. He went on to join Ferguson atManchester United in 1986, where he stayed until April 1991.[2] At this point, Knox came back to Scotland, becoming assistant toWalter Smith atRangers,[2] where the pair would enjoy six titles over the next seven years together. In July 1998, both men moved south toEverton, although their time was ended by March 2002.
It was at this point that Knox's association with the national team began, with a three-year spell assisting then-managerCraig Brown. Short spells followed atMillwall andCoventry City (as assistant toMark McGhee andEric Black respectively) before returning to Scotland asRichard Gough's assistant atLivingston in November 2004. Knox again assisted the national team as a coach, helping at theKirin Cup in May 2006. Knox was appointedScotland under-21 manager in July 2006 followingRainer Bonhof's departure. In August 2007 he was appointed as Bolton's Assistant Manager by Wanderers managerSammy Lee.[3] When Lee left Knox was made caretaker manager for two games (againstArsenal and in the UEFA Cup againstS.C. Braga) beforeGary Megson took over. Knox remained at the club under Megson.
Two days afterBolton Wanderers secured their premiership status he was axed by Megson with six other members of the coaching staff at the club. The club denied it was due to cost-cutting measures and stated it was due to Megson wanting to bring in his own staff.[4]
On 4 July 2008 Knox was appointed as the first-team coach of Blackburn Rovers byPaul Ince. They had previously worked together at Manchester United. He became the second member of the backroom staff to be appointed by Ince; his appointment followed that ofRay Mathias as assistant manager.[5] On 18 December 2008, Knox was relieved of his duties along withRay Mathias following the sacking ofPaul Ince and the subsequent arrival ofSam Allardyce as the new Rovers manager.[6]
On 29 December 2009, he was appointed as the assistant manager toCraig Brown atMotherwell.[7] On 10 December 2010, after Brown moved to Aberdeen, Knox followed him back to his former club.[8] After three years with Brown, it announced that he and Brown would leave the club at the end of the season.[9] Though leaving the club, Knox reversed his decision to retire, insisting he "not retiring now. I still feel young and I've plenty to offer."[10]
In October 2013, Knox returned to Scottish Championship side Dundee as a playing scout role.[11] Knox will be reunited with managerJohn Brown, whom he signed whilst manager at Dundee.[12]
In November 2017, he was one of four inductees into the AberdeenHall of Fame.[13]
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