2007- Alex McLeish
Alex McLeish joined Blues as first team manager on November 28, 2007 a day after resigning from role as Scotland boss. McLeish signed a three-and-a-half year contract and was joined at St. Andrew's by coaches Roy Aitken and Andy Watson who worked alongside him with Scotland.

MANAGEMENT PROFILE
Alex McLeish
DOB: January 21, 1959
Born: Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Nickname: 'Big Eck'

Playing career
1976-1994 Aberdeen. 493 appearances (25 goals)
1994-1995 Motherwell. 3 appearances (0 goals)
1980-1993 Scotland. 77 appearances (0 goals)

McLeish enjoyed a successful domestic playing career during his time as a centre half at Aberdeen. At the Dons, McLeish won a host of trophies including the European Cup Winners' Cup, European Super Cup, Scottish Premier League (three times), Scottish Cup (five times) and Scottish League Cup twice. Much of this success came under the management of Sir Alex Ferguson who left the Dons in 1986 to join Manchester United.

Management career
1994-1998 Motherwell
1998-2001 Hibernian
2001-2006 Glasgow Rangers
January 2007 - November 2007 Scotland.

Motherwell
In his first season at Motherwell he led The Well to second place in the Premier League behind Walter Smith's Rangers. Unfortunately he wasn't able to repeat this achievement in the following two seasons and left to join Hibernian in 1998.

Hibernian
McLeish took over a struggling Hibernian side but was unable to prevent their slide in to the First Division. However he led the Edinburgh outfit back up at the first attempt by winning the First Division championship. Following a relatively successful time at Hibs, which included a third place finish in the SPL and a Scottish Cup Final appearance, McLeish attracted the attention of Glasgow Rangers.

Rangers
He joined Rangers in December 2001 and won the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup in his first season. In his second season he went one better by winning the domestic treble. Because of financial problems, McLeish was forced to sell a number of his top players in 2003, but his side bounced back to win the SPL in 2005. The following season they reached the last 16 of the Champions League, where they were defeated on the away goals rule by Villarreal. Following a disappointing finish to the season McLeish had his contract terminated.

Scotland
McLeish replaced Walter Smith as Scotland coach in January 2007. He came close to guiding the Scots to qualification for the 2008 European Championship in a group that included Italy and France. Scotland's Euro 2008 hopes were eventually dashed earlier this month when they were beaten 2-1 at home by Italy.

2001- 2007 Steve Bruce
1996-01 Trevor Francis
1993-96 Barry Fry
1991-93 Terry Cooper
1991 Lou Macari
1989-91 Dave Mackay
1987-89 Garry Pendrey
1986-87 John Bond
1982-86 Ron Saunders
1978-82 Jim Smith
1977-78 Sir Alf Ramsey
1975-77 Willie Bell
1970-75 Fred Goodwin
1965-70 Stan Cullis
1965 Joe Mallett
1960-64 Gil Merrick
1959-60 Albert 'Pat'Beasley
1954-58 Arthur Turner
1949-1954 Bob Brocklebank
1945-48 Harry Storer
1944-45 Ted Goodier
1939-45 William A. Camkin
1933-39 George Liddell
1928-33 Leslie Knighton

1923-27 Billy Beer
Billy Beer had previously played for the club during an eight year spell before taking over at the managerial helm in 1923. Beer looked after the playing side of things, with Frank Richarsd dealing with the administration. At the end of his first season in charge the club finished in 14th place and in the following year they climbed up to 8th place in the table, before slipping back to 14th position at the end of the following season. Beer remained at Blues until March 1927 before deciding to step down from the role. Richards took over as caretaker boss before the appointment of the next full time manager, Leslie Knighton.


1915-23  Frank Richards
Club secretary Frank Richards took over at the helm following McRoberts departure. He held the role throughout WW1 and right  up until 1923. 


1910-15  Bob McRoberts
Bob McRoberts was the first full time manager of the club. Prior to 1910 the team had been selected by committee. The Scotsman had been a former player at the club  from 1898-1905, but left to join Chelea after the Pensioners were admitted to the Football League. When he returned  to the club they were struggling, having just finished bottom of Division Two. In his first season, Roberts (who was assisted by former England goalkeeper Billy George) finished in 16th place. The next season they finished 12th and the following season missed out on promotion by just four points. Their form dipped slightly the next year as they finished 14th. In his final year in charge Blues finished fifth. He eventually retired from the club following the outbreak of World War 1.