James McDonaugh

James McDonaugh is a Scottish football manager, who is currently manager of Scottish League Two club Edinburgh City and a current UEFA Pro Licence holder. He began his career as Head of Academy Coaching at Hibernian and as assistant to Peter Houston at Falkirk. Whilst at Hibernian James coached the u19 team along with Alistair Stevenson who won the SPFL League and Scottish Youth Cup in 2009. Hibs also won 2 Foyle Cups, the East of Scotland League Cup and Division 1 title under James leadership whilst ofinishing 3rd in 3 consecutive years in the Development League. James is a current UEFA Pro Licence, SFA Youth Licence and SFA Advanced Children’s Licence holder. Whilst at Falkirk he was Assistant Manager to Peter Houston where in three years they led Falkirk to the Scottish Cup final in 2015, second place in SPFL Championship for two consecutive years in 2016 and 2017.

This article is about the football manager. For the musician, see James MacDonough.

McDonaugh was appointed to first managerial job succeeding Gary Jardine at Edinburgh City on 10 October 2017. He was awarded SPFL League 2 Manager of the Month in September 2018. In July 2019 his Edinburgh City team won the East of Scotland Cup beating East Kilbride in the final, the club's first win since 1948. [1][2]

McDonaugh again won the SPFL League 2 Manager of the Month award in December 2019, winning all four games and keeping three clean sheets.[3]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 10 January 2021
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Edinburgh City 10 October 2017 Present 141 77 26 38 054.61

References
  1. Temple, Alan. "Interview - New Edinburgh City boss James McDonaugh on pain of Falkirk exit, embarking on managerial career & drawing on Jim Jefferies and Peter Houston advice - Deadline News". www.deadlinenews.co.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. "Edinburgh City Appoint New Manager". theedinburghreporter.co.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  3. "Manager and Player of the Month awards double for Edinburgh City". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
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