{"id":349056,"date":"2026-01-03T00:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/349056\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T00:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:37:09","slug":"neil-mccann-enters-next-kilmarnock-manager-fray-as-robbie-neilson-set-for-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/349056\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil McCann enters next Kilmarnock manager fray as Robbie Neilson set for talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Killie chiefs are on the hunt for a new boss after sacking Stuart Kettlewell\"NeilNeil McCann<\/p>\n

Neil McCann could be a shock contender for the Kilmarnock<\/a> job.<\/p>\n

The former Dundee<\/a> boss is one of the names being considered by the Rugby Park board.<\/p>\n

The Killie hierarchy are pushing ahead with final shortlist interviews over this weekend and at the start of next week.<\/p>\n

McCann<\/a> had a spell in charge of Dundee and was last as an interim at Inverness Caledonian Thistle back in 2021.<\/p>\n

Since then he has been working as a television and radio pundit.<\/p>\n

Record Sport broke the story earlier this week that they are set for talks with ex-Hearts and Dundee United boss Robbie Neilson.<\/a><\/p>\n

Neilson is currently No. 2 to Lee Johnson at SK Lommel.<\/p>\n

Aberdeen first-team coach Peter Leven is another who has strong admirers at his former club.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen if Leven would leave the Dons at this stage.<\/p>\n

Leven has had spells at Killie as a player and an assistant manager.<\/p>\n

Steve Bruce has also been linked with the job but that has been pushed by an agent.<\/p>\n

Kilmarnock have been looking for a boss since they sacked Stuart Kettlewell last month.<\/p>\n

Kris Doolan has been put in caretaker charge.<\/p>\n

He is expected to head up their under-19 team when a new manager is appointed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Killie chiefs are on the hunt for a new boss after sacking Stuart KettlewellNeil McCann Neil McCann could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,54403,86662,2714,54869,8058,11728,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-349056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-kilmarnock-fc","tag-neil-mccann","tag-rangers-fc","tag-robbie-neilson","tag-scottish-premiership","tag-scottish-professional-football-league","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}