List of Rangers F.C. managers
This is a list of Rangers Football Club's managers and all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Rangers, since its formation in 1872.
Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record, honours won and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker or interim managers are included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge. As of the beginning of 2019–20 season, Rangers have had sixteen different permanent managers and ten interim managers.
Managerial history
Match secretaries
Prior to the club forming a corporate entity in June 1899, Rangers had a series of match secretaries who filled the role of what would have been the manager.Managers
The most successful and longest-serving Rangers manager is Bill Struth, who won eighteen Scottish league championships, ten Scottish Cups, two League Cups, seven war-time league championships, nineteen Glasgow Cups and seventeen Glasgow Merchant Charity Cups from 1920 to 1954.The club has, on average, appointed a new manager every seven and a half years. The club's directors have only dismissed three of their managers, namely David White, Jock Wallace and Pedro Caixinha. The others have left of their own accord or by mutual agreement, except for William Wilton, who died whilst still manager of the club.
Statistics
List of match secretaries
1875-1876 John Campbell1876-1883 Peter McNeil
1883-1885 John Wallace MacKay
1885-1889 James Gossland
1889-1899 William Wilton
List of managers
| Name | From | To | Tenure | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% | Honours |
 | 27 5 1899 | 20 5 1920 | 722 | 475 | 118 | 129 | 1724 | 743 | 8 1st-tier League titles 1 Scottish Cup | ||
| | 20 5 1920 | 15 6 1954 | 1179 | 788 | 228 | 163 | 2847 | 1144 | 18 First-tier League titles 10 Scottish Cups 2 League Cups | ||
| | 15 6 1954 | 1 11 1967 | 681 | 445 | 114 | 122 | 1719 | 773 | 6 First-tier League titles 5 Scottish Cups 4 League Cups | ||
| | 1 11 1967 | 27 11 1969 | 114 | 73 | 19 | 22 | 264 | 122 | |||
| '† | 27 11 1969 | 8 12 1969 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 100 | ||
| | 8 12 1969 | 7 6 1972 | 130 | 73 | 25 | 32 | 253 | 134 | 1 League Cup 1 Cup Winners' Cup | ||
| | 7 6 1972 | 23 5 1978 | 308 | 201 | 56 | 51 | 655 | 299 | 3 First-tier League titles 3 Scottish Cups 2 League Cups | ||
| | 24 5 1978 | 28 10 1983 | 288 | 150 | 71 | 67 | 514 | 302 | 2 Scottish Cups 2 League Cups | ||
| '† | 28 10 1983 | 10 11 1983 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |||
| | 10 11 1983 | 7 4 1986 | 124 | 55 | 36 | 33 | 191 | 131 | 2 League Cups | ||
| '† | 7 4 1986 | 16 4 1986 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| '† | 16 4 1986 | 1 5 1986 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| | 1 5 1986 | 16 4 1991 | 257 | 165 | 49 | 43 | 482 | 175 | 3 1st-tier League titles 4 League Cups | ||
| | 19 4 1991 | 31 5 1998 | 379 | 248 | 68 | 63 | 793 | 341 | 7 First-tier League titles 3 Scottish Cups 3 League Cups | ||
 | 1 6 1998 | 12 12 2001 | 195 | 131 | 34 | 30 | 427 | 158 | 2 First-tier League titles 2 Scottish Cups 1 League Cup | ||
| | 13 12 2001 | 8 5 2006 | 235 | 155 | 44 | 36 | 488 | 196 | 2 First-tier League titles 2 Scottish Cups 3 League Cups | ||
 | 9 5 2006 | 4 1 2007 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 28 | |||
| '† | 4 1 2007 | 10 1 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| | 10 1 2007 | 15 5 2011 | 245 | 154 | 53 | 38 | 461 | 193 | 3 First-tier League titles 2 Scottish Cups 3 League Cups | ||
| | 16 5 2011 | 21 12 2014 | 167 | 121 | 22 | 24 | 391 | 123 | 1 Fourth-tier league title 1 Third-tier league title | ||
| '† | 21 12 2014 | 12 3 2015 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| '† | 12 3 2015 | 15 6 2015 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 23 | |||
 | 15 6 2015 | 10 2 2017 | 82 | 54 | 15 | 13 | 183 | 74 | 1 Second-tier league title 1 Challenge Cup | ||
| '† | 10 2 2017 | 12 3 2017 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | |||
 | 13 3 2017 | 26 10 2017 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 30 | |||
| † | 26 10 2017 | 1 5 2018 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 61 | 38 | |||
 † | 1 5 2018 | 1 6 2018 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | |||
| | 1 6 2018 | Present | 113 | 68 | 27 | 18 | 224 | 80 |
† Denotes that the person was a caretaker manager.