Jim Jefferies

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Personal information
Jim Jefferies
Full name	James Jefferies
Date of birth	November 22, 1950 (age 56)
Place of birth	Musselburgh, Scotland
Height	6'
Playing position	Manager (Former Defender)
Club information
Current club	Kilmarnock
Youth clubs
1965-1967	Gorgie Hearts
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1967-1981 1967-1968 1968-1969 1981-1983	Hearts → Haddington Athletic (loan) → Gala Fairydean (loan) Berwick Rangers	227 (5)
Teams managed
1983-1988 1988-1990 1990-1995 1995-2000 2000-2001 2002-present	Gala Fairydean Berwick Rangers Falkirk Hearts Bradford City Kilmarnock
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jim Jefferies (born November 22, 1950 in Musselburgh, East Lothian) is the Scottish football manager of Kilmarnock F.C..

Also a former player, whose defensive versatility often counted against him in the attacking Hearts team in the 1970s, Jefferies has enjoyed considerably greater success as a manager than during his playing career.

He began his senior managerial career with Berwick Rangers in September 1988, despite a great deal of financial turmoil during that time he turned the struggling team around including a club record breaking 21 game unbeaten league run in season 1988-89. In the 1990 close season he took over at Falkirk guiding them to the Scottish Division One title (and promotion to the Scottish Premier Division) in 1994.

In August 1995, Jefferies moved to Hearts. He was manager of the Hearts team which won the Scottish Cup in 1998, undoubtedly his greatest success in the game.

Jefferies moved south of the border in November 2000 to replace Chris Hutchings as manager of Premiership strugglers Bradford City, but was unable to prevent them from going down and quit in December 2001 after a poor start to the season left them with no hope of a promotion challenge. In February 2002, he returned to management back in his native Scotland with Kilmarnock. He has kept Kilmarnock in a respectable position despite the necessity of drastically reducing the club's wage bill, reaching the final of the CIS Insurance Cup in 2007.

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Jim Jefferies management career stats at Soccerbase

Preceded by Jimmy Thomson	Berwick Rangers F.C. manager 1988-1990	Succeeded by Ralph Callaghan
Preceded by ?	Falkirk F.C. manager 1990-1995	Succeeded by John Lambie
Preceded by Tommy McLean	Heart of Midlothian F.C. manager 1995-2000	Succeeded by Craig Levein
Preceded by Chris Hutchings	Bradford City A.F.C. manager 2000-2001	Succeeded by Nicky Law
Preceded by Bobby Williamson	Kilmarnock F.C. manager 2002–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Kilmarnock F.C. - Current Squad
1 Combe \| 2 Fowler \| 3 Hay \| 4 Lilley \| 5 Greer \| 6 Ford \| 7 Naismith \| 8 Locke \| 9 Nish \| 10 Wales \| 11 Invincibile \| 12 Johnston \| 13 Smith \| 14 Wright \| 15 G. Murray \| 16 Dodds \| 17 Barrowman \| 18 Di Giacomo \| 19 S. Murray \| 20 Fernández \| 21 O'Leary \| 22 Leven \| 23 Hamill \| 25 Adams \| 26 Bell \| 27 Sylla \| 28 Campbell \| 29 Quinn \| 30 Noble \| 44 Harpur \| 46 Koudou \| Manager: Jefferies