Scottish Football Journalist Association Coach of the Year

The coach of the year according to the Scottish Football Writers' Association Manager of the Year is the annual award for the best coach of the year in Scottish football .

The award was first presented at the end of the 1986/87 season . The winner is determined by voting among members of the Scottish Association of Football Journalists (SCWF) ( English SFWA ), which includes more than a hundred press representatives working across the country ^[1] . The first winner of the award was Dundee United club mentor Jim Macklin , the first non-Scottish trainer to receive this prize was Jimmy Nicholl , a Northern Irishman who at that time was leading the Rovers . The current owner of the award is the mentor of Celtic Brendan Rogers ^[2] .

Content

Laureates

Dick Advocaat - Winner of the 1998/99 and 1999/00 Seasons Award

Martin O'Neill - was the winner of the award three times ( 2000/01 , 2001/02 and 2003/04 )

Season	Citizenship	Trainer	Club	Also won	Notes
1986/87	Scotland	Jim macklin	Dundee united		^[3]
1987/88	Scotland	Billy McNill	Celtic
1988/89	Scotland	Sunness graham	Rangers
1989/90	Scotland	Andy Roxburgh	national team of scotland		^[four]
1990/91	Scotland	Alex Totten	St. Johnstone
1991/92	Scotland	Walter Smith	Rangers
1992/93	Scotland	Walter Smith	Rangers		^[5] ^[6]
1993/94	Scotland	Walter Smith	Rangers		^[7] ^[8]
1994/95	Northern Ireland	Jimmy Nicholl	Rate Rovers		^[9]
1995/96	Scotland	Walter Smith	Rangers		^[ten]
1996/97	Scotland	Walter Smith	Rangers		^[eleven]
1997/98	Netherlands	Wim Jansen	Celtic		^[12]
1998/99	Netherlands	Dick Lawyer	Rangers
1999/00	Netherlands	Dick Lawyer	Rangers		^[13] ^[14]
2000/01	Northern Ireland	Martin O'Neill	Celtic
2001/02	Northern Ireland	Martin O'Neill	Celtic		^[13] ^[14]
2002/03	Scotland	Alex McLeish	Rangers
2003/04	Northern Ireland	Martin O'Neill	Celtic		^[15]
2004/05	England	Tony mowbray	Hibernian
2005/06	Scotland	Gordon Stracan	Celtic
2006/07	Scotland	Gordon Stracan	Celtic	SPFA	^[13] ^[14]
2007/08	Scotland	Walter Smith	Rangers		^[sixteen]
2008/09	Hungary	Laszlo Chaba	Heart of Midlothian
2009/10	Scotland	Walter Smith	Rangers	SPFA	^[17] ^[18]
2010/11	Finland	Miksu Paatelainen	Kilmarnock		^[nineteen]
2011/12	Northern Ireland	Neil Lennon	Celtic		^[20]
2012/13	Northern Ireland	Neil Lennon	Celtic		^[21]
2013/14	Scotland	Derek McInnes	Aberdeen	SPFA	^[22]
2014/15	Scotland	John Hughes	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	SPFA	^[23]
2015/16	Scotland	Jim McIntyre	Ross County		^[24]
2016/17	Northern Ireland	Brendan Rogers	Celtic	SPFA	^[2]

Country Winners

A country	Number of awards	Winning seasons
Scotland	18	1986/87 , 1987/88 , 1988/89 , 1989/90 , 1990/91 , 1991/92 , 1992/93 , 1993/94 , 1995/96 , 1996/97 , 2002/03 , 2005/06 , 2006 / 07 , 2007/08 , 2009/10 , 2013/14 , 2014/15 , 2015/16
Northern Ireland	7	1994/95 , 2000/01 , 2001/02 , 2003/04 , 2011/12 , 2012/13 , 2016/17
Netherlands	3	1997/98 , 1998/99 , 1999/00
England	one	2004/05
Hungary	one	2008/09
Finland	one	2010/11

Club Winners

Club	Number of awards	Winning seasons
Rangers	eleven	1988/89 , 1991/92 , 1992/93 , 1993/94 , 1995/96 , 1996/97 , 1998/99 , 1999/00 , 2002/03 , 2007/08 , 2009/10
Celtic	ten	1987/88 , 1997/98 , 2000/01 , 2001/02 , 2003/04 , 2005/06 , 2006/07 , 2011/12 , 2012/13 , 2016/17
Aberdeen	one	2013/14
Dundee united	one	1986/87
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	one	2014/15
Kilmarnock	one	2010/11
Ross County	one	2015/16
Rate Rovers	one	1994/95
Scottish team	one	1989/90
St. Johnstone	one	1990/91
Heart of Midlothian	one	2008/09
Hibernian	one	2004/05

Notes

↑ Jim Black. Fifty years of passion and prose (unopened) (inaccessible link - history ) . Sunday Herald . Date of treatment April 11, 2008. (unavailable link) (English)
↑ ¹ ² Cheri Burns. Celtic stars celebrate as they pick up trio of SFWA awards . Daily Record (May 21, 2017). Date of appeal October 25, 2017.
↑ First Prize Winner
↑ First Award Winner Coaching Scotland's National Team
↑ First Twice Award Winner
↑ First prize winner to receive a prize for two consecutive seasons
↑ First Three Times Award Winner
↑ First prize winner to receive a prize for three consecutive seasons
↑ First non-Scot laureate
↑ First Four Times Award Winner
↑ First Award Winner to receive a prize five times
↑ First non- UK state laureate
↑ ¹ ² ³ Won the second time.
↑ ¹ ² ³ Won the second season in a row.
↑ Won the third time.
↑ First Prize Winner to Receive Six Prizes
↑ Davis crowned player of the year (neopr.) . BBC Sport (May 2, 2010). Date of treatment May 3, 2010. Archived on April 19, 2012. (eng.)
↑ First Award Winner to receive a prize seven times
↑ More awards for Izaguirre, Goodwillie and Paatelainen , BBC Sport (May 15, 2011). Date of appeal May 16, 2011. (English)
↑ Title just the start for Lennon (neopr.) . Herald Scotland (May 6, 2012). Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived on August 8, 2012. (eng.)
↑ Andrew Smith. Lennon says winning manager of year 'a privilege' (neopr.) . The Scotsman (12 May 2013). Date of treatment December 17, 2014. (English)
↑ Roddy Forsyth. Derek McInnes hits the heights with Aberdeen after suffering pain of failure at Bristol City (neopr.) . The Telegraph (4 May 2014). Date of treatment December 17, 2014. (English)
↑ Moira Gordon. John Hughes still inspired by tragic Craig Gowans (neopr.) . The Scotsman (23 May 2015). Date of treatment May 26, 2015. (English)
↑ Euan McArthur. Paatelainen's fate not lost on McIntyre as Ross County manager counts his blessings (neopr.) . Herald Scotland (May 13, 2016). Date of appeal May 17, 2016. (English)

[passion-1] Jim Black. Fifty years of passion and prose (unopened) (inaccessible link - history ) . Sunday Herald . Date of treatment April 11, 2008. (unavailable link) (English)

[current-2] ¹ ² Cheri Burns. Celtic stars celebrate as they pick up trio of SFWA awards . Daily Record (May 21, 2017). Date of appeal October 25, 2017.

[3] First Prize Winner

[4] First Award Winner Coaching Scotland's National Team

[5] First Twice Award Winner

[6] First prize winner to receive a prize for two consecutive seasons

[7] First Three Times Award Winner

[8] First prize winner to receive a prize for three consecutive seasons

[9] First non-Scot laureate

[10] First Four Times Award Winner

[11] First Award Winner to receive a prize five times

[12] First non- UK state laureate

[autogenerated1-13] ¹ ² ³ Won the second time.

[autogenerated2-14] ¹ ² ³ Won the second season in a row.

[15] Won the third time.

[16] First Prize Winner to Receive Six Prizes

[17] Davis crowned player of the year (neopr.) . BBC Sport (May 2, 2010). Date of treatment May 3, 2010. Archived on April 19, 2012. (eng.)

[18] First Award Winner to receive a prize seven times

[19] More awards for Izaguirre, Goodwillie and Paatelainen , BBC Sport (May 15, 2011). Date of appeal May 16, 2011. (English)

[20] Title just the start for Lennon (neopr.) . Herald Scotland (May 6, 2012). Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived on August 8, 2012. (eng.)

[21] Andrew Smith. Lennon says winning manager of year 'a privilege' (neopr.) . The Scotsman (12 May 2013). Date of treatment December 17, 2014. (English)

[22] Roddy Forsyth. Derek McInnes hits the heights with Aberdeen after suffering pain of failure at Bristol City (neopr.) . The Telegraph (4 May 2014). Date of treatment December 17, 2014. (English)

[23] Moira Gordon. John Hughes still inspired by tragic Craig Gowans (neopr.) . The Scotsman (23 May 2015). Date of treatment May 26, 2015. (English)

[24] Euan McArthur. Paatelainen's fate not lost on McIntyre as Ross County manager counts his blessings (neopr.) . Herald Scotland (May 13, 2016). Date of appeal May 17, 2016. (English)