John McCormack (Scottish footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername = John McCormack
fullname = John McCormack
dateofbirth = 1955-04-25
cityofbirth = Glasgow
countryofbirth = Scotland
height =
position = Defender
currentclub =
clubnumber =
years = 1976–1980
1980–1984
1984–1986
1986–1987
1987–1988
clubs = Clydebank
St Mirren
Dundee
Airdrieonians
Partick Thistle
caps(goals) = 114 (24)
109 0(6)
061 0(9)
044 0(0)
019 0(0)
pcupdate =
manageryears = 1997–1998
1999–2002
2002–2004
2007–2008
managerclubs = Dundee
Queen's Park
Greenock Morton
Albion Rovers

John McCormack (born 1955-04-25 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender for a number of Scottish clubs. He has also managed several sides and until 2008-09-01 was assistant manager of Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Premier League.

Career

McCormack began his playing career in 1976 with Clydebank, making over 100 league appearances and scoring 24 times before joining St Mirren in 1980. A similar length of service followed at Love Street before a 1984 move to Dundee, which saw McCormack spend a couple of years at Dens Park. In 1986, McCormack moved back to the west of Scotland, spending single seasons with Airdrieonians and Partick Thistle before retiring in 1988.

Following his retirement from playing, McCormack moved back to Dundee as assistant manager, becoming manager in 1997. Just months later, McCormack was sacked – despite Dundee leading the Scottish First Division – and went on to join Queens Park. In November 2002, McCormack was appointed manager of Morton, [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_3/2488855.stm|title=Morton appoint McCormack|date=2002-11-20|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-09-02] guiding the club to the Scottish Third Division title in his first season. After losing a large lead at the top of the Second Division near the end of the 2003-04 season, McCormack was sacked in September 2004. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/morton/3646368.stm|title=Morton sack McCormack|date=2004-09-10|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-09-02] He also had an assistant manager stint at Stenhousemuir [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stenhousemuir/4104024.stm|title=McCormack new assistant at Stenny|date=2005-06-17|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-09-02] but left within a month to become manager at Scottish Junior football side Bellshill. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stenhousemuir/4694943.stm|title=McCormack becomes Bellshill boss|date=2005-07-18|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-09-02]

McCormack was appointed manager of Scottish Third Division side Albion Rovers in May 2007, [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/albion_rovers/6709611.stm|title=Albion Rovers appoint McCormack|date=2007-05-31|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-09-02] guiding the side to seventh place in his first season. In June 2008, McCormack left his position to take up an assistant role at new Scottish Premier League side Hamilton Academical, [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hamilton_academical/7479161.stm|title=McCormack new Accies assistant|date=2008-06-28|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-09-02] only to leave two months later. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hamilton_academical/7592806.stm|title=Canning joins Hamilton from Hibs |date=2008-09-01|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-09-02]

References

External links

* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/johnmccormack1.htm Independent profile]