Billy Kirkwood

William Kirkwood (born 1 September 1958) is a Scottish coach and former

He also played for Hibernian,

Early life

Kirkwood was educated at

His time at Dundee United was punctuated by spending the early part of the 1986–87 season with Hibernian returning to United in January 1987. In 1987, after appearing in the Uefa Cup Final, he left United for Dunfermline before finishing his playing days with Dundee.

Coaching

After Ivan Golac was sacked in 1995, Kirkwood was appointed manager of Dundee United. Kirkwood could not prevent the Terrors from being relegated to the First Division. In the following season, Kirkwood guided United to a play-off victory and promotion back to the Premier Division. He was then sacked six games into the 1996-97 season and replaced by Tommy McLean, who would lead United to third place.

In January 1997, Kirkwood was appointed by

Kirkwood had a short caretaker manager role with St Johnstone in 2001, after Sandy Clark was sacked. He has also held the assistant manager position at Dundee, Dunfermline and St Johnstone, and coaching roles with Livingston and Rangers.

Honours

Player

Dundee United

• UEFA Cup
  • Runner-up (1):
    1986–87
• Scottish Premier Division
  • Winner (1): 1982–83
• Scottish Cup
  • Runner-up (3): 1980– 81, 1984– 85, 1986–87
• League Cup
  • Winner (2): 1979– 80, 1980–81
  • Runner-up (2): 1981–82, 1984–85
• Forfarshire Cup
  • Winners (3): 1975–76,^[4] 1976–77,^[5] 1979–80^[6]

Manager

Dundee United

• Scottish First Division
  • Play-offs: 1995–96^[7]
• Scottish Challenge Cup:
  • Runner-up:
    1995–96^[8]

• Scottish Youth Cup
  • Winners (2): 2006–07,^[9] 2007–08^[10]
  • Runners-up (3): 2008–09,^[11] 2009–10,^[12] 2010–11^[13]
• City of Glasgow Cup
  • Winners: 2011–12,^[14] 2012–13^{[citation needed]}
  • Runners-up: 2007–08,^[15] 2014–15,^[16] 2016–17^[17]

Individual

• DUFC Hall of Fame: 2012 inductee^[18]

See also

• Dundee United FC Season 1995-96
• Dundee United FC Season 1996-97

References