Jocky Scott

John Alexander Scott (born 14 January 1948) is a Scottish football coach and former player.

Jocky Scott

Scott as Dundee manager, 2009
Personal information
Full name	John Alexander Scott
Date of birth	(1948-01-14) 14 January 1948 (age 77)
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1975	Dundee	275	(113)
1975–1977	Aberdeen	52	(17)
1977–1978	Seattle Sounders	39	(9)
1978–1981	Dundee	27	(4)
Total		393	(143)
International career
1971	Scotland	2	(0)
Managerial career
1986–1988	Dundee
1988–1991	Aberdeen (co-manager)
1991–1993	Dunfermline Athletic
1994	Arbroath
1996	Hibernian (caretaker)
1998–2000	Dundee
2000–2001	Notts County
2002	Raith Rovers
2005	Plymouth Argyle (caretaker)
2008–2010	Dundee
2011	Stirling Albion
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

During his playing career he played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Seattle Sounders and Scotland.

An extensive management career followed with spells at Aberdeen, Dundee (three separate spells), Arbroath, Dunfermline Athletic, Notts County, Raith Rovers and Stirling Albion. He also had coaching jobs at other various clubs in both Scotland and England.

Club career

Scott played club football for Dundee and Aberdeen,^[1] winning the Scottish League Cup with both clubs. He memorably scored a hat-trick when Aberdeen beat Rangers 5–1 in the competition's semi-final in October 1976.^[2] He was capped twice for the Scotland national team in 1971. He was Soccer Bowl 1977 finalist with the Seattle Sounders (lost 1–2 to the New York Cosmos) in the North American Soccer League.

Managerial career

After his playing career, Scott moved into management. He managed Aberdeen, Dundee (on three separate occasions), Arbroath, Dunfermline Athletic,^[2] Notts County, Raith Rovers and Stirling Albion.

He also had coaching roles at Sunderland, Plymouth Argyle and Hibernian. The latter two he also had spells as manager on a caretaker basis.

Aberdeen appointed Scott to their coaching team in September 2012.^[3]

Personal life

His father Willie played for Aberdeen and Newcastle United in the 1930s.^[4][5][6]

Managerial stats

As of 24 February 2013 (UTC)^[7]

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Dundee[8]		August 1986	May 1988	108	45	25	38	041.67
Aberdeen[9]		August 1988	September 1991	151	83	40	28	054.97
Dunfermline[10]		23 September 1991	31 May 1993	90	28	19	43	031.11
Arbroath[11]		January 1994	April 1994	14	1	5	8	007.14
Dundee		8 February 1998	28 June 2000	95	35	18	42	036.84
Notts County		28 June 2000	10 October 2001	71	28	19	24	039.44
Raith Rovers		2 January 2002	1 May 2002	17	5	4	8	029.41
Dundee		30 October 2008	20 March 2010	65	31	13	21	047.69
Stirling		19 January 2011	5 December 2011	38	5	8	25	013.16
Total				649	261	151	237	040.22

• Caretaker spells not included.
• Jocky Scott co-managed with Alex Smith at Aberdeen.
• Statistics based on soccerbase information.

Honours

Player

Dundee

• Scottish League Cup: 1973–74

Aberdeen

• Scottish League Cup: 1976–77

Manager

Aberdeen (as co-manager with Alex Smith)

• Scottish Cup: 1989–90
• Scottish League Cup: 1989–90
  • runners-up: 1988–89

Dunfermline Athletic

• Scottish League Cup:
  • runners-up: 1991–92

Dundee

• Scottish First Division: 1997–98
• Scottish Challenge Cup: 2009-10
• Tennents' Sixes: 1988^[12]