| Name | From | To | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Vallance | 1876 | 1882 | 6 years |
| David Mitchell | 1882 | 1894 | 2 years |
| John McPherson | 1894 | 1898 | 4 years |
| Robert Hamilton | 1898 | 1906 | 8 years |
| Robert Campbell | 1906 | unsure | 4 years |
| Tommy Cairns | 1916 | 1926 | 10 years |
| Bert Manderson | 1926 | 1927 | 1 year |
| Tommy Muirhead | 1927 | 1930 | 3 years |
| David Meiklejohn | 1930 | 1938 | 8 years |
| Jimmy Simpson | 1938 | 1940 | 2 years |
| Jock Shaw | 1940 | 1957 | 13 years |
| George Young | 1953 | 1957 | 4 years |
| Ian McColl | 1957 | 1960 | 3 years |
| Eric Caldow | 1960 | 1962 | 2 years |
| Bobby Shearer | 1962 | 1965 | 3 years |
| John Greig | 1965 | 1978 | 13 years |
| Derek Johnstone | 1978 | 1983 | 5 years |
| John McClelland | 1983 | 21 September 1984 | 1 year |
| Craig Paterson | 21 September 1984 | 1 August 1986 | 1 year, 314 days |
| Terry Butcher | 1 August 1986 | 23 September 1990 | 4 years, 53 days |
| Richard Gough | 23 September 1990 | 31 May 1997 | 6 years, 255 days |
| Brian Laudrup | 1 June 1997 | 18 October 1997 | 139 days |
| Richard Gough | 18 October 1997 | 31 May 1998 | 225 days |
| Lorenzo Amoruso | 1 June 1998 | 31 October 2000 | 2 years, 152 days |
| Barry Ferguson | 31 October 2000 | 29 August 2003 | 2 years, 302 days |
| Craig Moore | 3 January 2003 | 8 July 2004 | 1 year, 187 days |
| Stefan Klos | 17 July 2004 | 7 July 2005 | 1 year, 10 days |
| Barry Ferguson | 7 July 2005 | 1 January 2007 | 1 year, 178 days |
| Barry Ferguson | 13 January 2007 | 30 April 2009 | 2 years, 80 days |
| David Weir | 3 April 2009 | 20 January 2012 | 2 years, 292 days |
| Steven Davis | 20 January 2012 | 6 June 2012 | 168 days |
| Lee McCulloch | 1 September 2012 | 31 May 2015 | 2 years, 272 days |
| Lee Wallace | 25 July 2015 | 6 July 2018 | 2 years, 346 days |
| James Tavernier | 6 July 2018 |
