He established his reputation as a manager when winning promotion in the lower leagues at Rotherham and Sheffield United, before working in his homeland at Aberdeen in the mid 1980s.

• 做为教练，起初他先后带领低级别联赛球队罗斯汉姆和谢联升级，确立了自己的名声。后来到了上世纪80年代中期，他返回苏格兰执教阿伯丁。