{"id":9896,"date":"2026-01-06T17:08:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=9896"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:08:49","slug":"kilmarnock-hand-rugby-park-reins-to-neil-mccann-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=9896","title":{"rendered":"Kilmarnock hand Rugby Park reins to Neil McCann \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Billy Dodds No. 2<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-161806.png\" alt=\"Neil McCann \" class=\"wp-image-188064 lazyload\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"972\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-161806.png\" alt=\"Neil McCann \" class=\"wp-image-188064 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-161806.png 972w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-161806-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-161806-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-161806-600x340.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 972px) 100vw, 972px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Experience: Neil McCann<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Struggling Kilmarnock have named Neil McCann as their new manager, handing him a contract until the summer of 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The former Dundee and Inverness Caledonian Thistle boss has brought Billy Dodds to Rugby Park as his assistant, with Premiership survival the duo\u2019s priority this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Ayrshire side currently sit second bottom of the table, four points ahead of basement club Livingston who they are due to meet on Saturday in West Lothian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In a club statement, the board said: \u201cWe fully understand how important it was to get this appointment right. After a thorough process, we are assured that Neil and Billy have the qualities, experience, and character required to lead Kilmarnock Football Club forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe have complete faith in their ability to do what needs to be done to keep this club competing in the Scottish Premiership. Both Neil and Billy know the Scottish league inside out, understand its demands, and share a vision that aligns strongly with the culture and values of this football club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The pair worked together last season as part of Barry Ferguson\u2019s interim management set-up at Rangers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Kilmarnock have been searching for a permanent manager since sacking Stuart Kettlewell in mid-December.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Kilmarnock #hand #Rugby #Park #reins #Neil #McCann #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Dodds No. 2 Experience: &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[266,265,2403,3730,7482,116,7479,1109,7481,7480,3729],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}