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• Tony Docherty

  Took charge on Monday May 29th, 2023

  

• Gary Bowyer

  Took charge on Wednesday June 8th, 2022

  

• Mark McGhee

  Took charge on Thursday February 17th, 2022

  

• James McPake

  Took charge on Monday May 13th, 2019

  

• Jim McIntyre

  Took charge on Wednesday October 17th, 2018

  

• Neil McCann

  Took charge on Tuesday April 18th, 2017

  

• Paul Hartley

  Took charge on Wednesday February 5th, 2014

  

• John Brown

  Took charge on Saturday February 23rd, 2013

  

• Barry Smith

  Took charge on Friday October 15th, 2010

  

• Gordon Chisholm

  Took charge on Monday March 22nd, 2010

  

• Jocky Scott

  Took charge on Thursday October 30th, 2008

  

• David Farrell (Caretaker)

  Took charge on Monday October 20th, 2008

  

• Alex Rae

  Took charge on Wednesday May 24th, 2006

  

• Bobby Mann (Caretaker)

  Took charge on Thursday April 20th, 2006

  

• Barry Smith

  Took charge on Thursday April 20th, 2006

  

• Alan Kernaghan

  Took charge on Friday September 2nd, 2005

  

• Gerry Britton (Caretaker)

  Took charge on Wednesday August 24th, 2005

  

• Gordon Wallace

  Took charge on Wednesday August 24th, 2005

  

• Jim Duffy

  Took charge on Tuesday June 4th, 2002

  

• Ivano Bonetti

  Took charge on Friday June 23rd, 2000

  

• Jocky Scott

  Took charge on Monday February 9th, 1998

  

• John McCormack

  Took charge on Monday December 30th, 1996

  

• Jim Duffy

  Took charge on Thursday August 26th, 1993

  

• Simon Stainrod

  Took charge on Friday February 21st, 1992

  

  Caretaker manager from 21st February to 8th May, when he was officially appointed as manager.

• Iain Munro

  Took charge on Monday October 7th, 1991

  

  Ian Munro enjoyed an illustrious career as a player with St Mirren, Hibs, Rangers, Stoke City. Sunderland and Dundee United, before retiring in 1985-86 during his third spell at Easter Road.Munro was only manager at Dens for only a very short

• John Blackley (Caretaker)

  Took charge on Thursday October 3rd, 1991

  

• Gordon Wallace

  Took charge on Monday February 20th, 1989

  

• John Blackley (Caretaker)

  Took charge on Saturday January 21st, 1989

  

• Dave Smith

  Took charge on Monday July 4th, 1988

  

• Jocky Scott

  Took charge on Wednesday June 18th, 1986

  

• Archie Knox

  Took charge on Thursday December 15th, 1983

  

  Archie replaced Donald Mackay as manager in season 1983-84. Knox had a tremendous pedigree, coming from Aberdeen who had recently won the Cup Winners Cup. In his two seasons in charge he took Dundee to the brink of European football only to l

• Donald Mackay

  Took charge on Sunday June 1st, 1980

  

  Accepted job, 19th May 1980. Joined Dundee 1st July, during the Danish League mid season break.

• Hugh Robertson (Caretaker)

  Took charge on Friday April 25th, 1980

  

• Tommy Gemmell

  Took charge on Sunday June 12th, 1977

  

• David White

  Took charge on Saturday January 1st, 1972

  

  Davie White became Dundee manager on January 1st 1972, taking over from John Prentice and as a new breed of tracksuit manager, he brought the League Cup to Dens Park in 1973 – the last major honour to be won by the club. For a spell the Dark

• John Prentice

  Took charge on Saturday October 5th, 1968

  

• Bobby Ancell

  Took charge on Monday March 29th, 1965

  

  As a player Bobby Ancell arrived at Dens as football restarted towards the end of the war. Like many of his era, the war cut deeply into his career, hostilities commencing just as he was at the peak of his footballing life. Indeed, the stylish left-b

• Sammy Kean (Caretaker)

  Took charge on Wednesday February 17th, 1965

  

  Although he never played for Dundee, Sammy will be remembered as one of Shankly's back room staff when the league title was won. He was the trainer-coach for the team prior to Shankly's arrival, having been appointed by Willie Thornton in May

• Bob Shankly

  Took charge on Thursday October 8th, 1959

  

  1910 was an historic, even seminal year in the history of Dundee Football Club. It was the year in which Dundee won the Scottish Cup for the first and to date only time and it was also the year in which Bob Shankly, the architect of Dundee's Scottish

• Sammy Kean (Caretaker)

  Took charge on Wednesday September 23rd, 1959

  

  Although he never played for Dundee, Sammy will be remembered as one of Shankly's back room staff when the league title was won. He was the trainer-coach for the team prior to Shankly's arrival, having been appointed by Willie Thornton in May

• Willie Thornton

  Took charge on Thursday July 1st, 1954

  

• George Anderson

  Took charge on Friday May 5th, 1944

  

  Once conscription was introduced during the First World War in 1916, clubs often struggled to field eleven players and were allowed to use guest players. League football during The Great War was still considered official by the authorities who were k

• Andy Cunningham

  Took charge on Friday June 11th, 1937

  

• Billy McCandless

  Took charge on Tuesday June 6th, 1933

  

• James Bissett

  Took charge on Friday July 6th, 1928

  

• Sandy MacFarlane

  Took charge on Tuesday December 27th, 1927

  

• Alec McNair

  Took charge on Friday June 5th, 1925

  

• Sandy MacFarlane

  Took charge on Sunday March 9th, 1919

  

• William Wallace

  Took charge on Friday March 31st, 1899

  

  Mr William Wallace took up the reigns as Dundee Football Clubs first ever manager around March/April of 1899. The club had been facing some trouble on and off the park and were in the middle of moving from their home ground of Carolina Port to Dens P