Derek Watt Adams (born 25 June 1975) is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is currently Director of Football at EFL League One club Plymouth Argyle. Adams became manager of Ross County in 2007, winning promotion from the Scottish Second Division in his first season, before reaching the Scottish Cup Final two years later. He joined Hibernian as assistant manager in 2010 before returning to Ross County the following year, where he won the Scottish First Division and was voted PFA Scotland Manager of the Year for the 2011–12 season. Adams then took on the managerial role at Plymouth Argyle in 2015 and led them to promotion from League 2 in 2017. Having been sacked by Plymouth in April 2019, he became manager of Morecambe in November. He would guide the club to promotion to League One in 2021, before leaving to take over at Bradford; after being sacked by Bradford, he returned to Morecambe. He left Morecambe in November 2023 to return to Ross County, but he resigned from that position in February 2024, and later started a third spell at Morecambe. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article TacticsPlayersComments (0)Country coaches Post your comment herePost Comment --- Today Top Games --- Atlas - Puebla Cameroon - Morocco Club Tijuana - América Eintracht Frankfurt - Borussia Dortmund Getafe - Real Sociedad NEC Nijmegen - FC Utrecht Preston North End - Wigan Athletic Ross County - Partick Thistle Wrexham - Nottingham Forest --- Tomorrow Top Games --- 1. FC Union Berlin - 1. FSV Mainz 05 Accrington Stanley - Barnet FC Algeria - Nigeria Atalanta - Torino Atromitos - Olympiacos CFP AZ Alkmaar - FC Volendam Bayer Leverkusen - VfB Stuttgart Bristol City - Watford Burnley - Millwall Cambridge United - Birmingham City Celtic FC - Dundee United FC Charlton Athletic - Chelsea Cheltenham Town - Leicester City Chivas Guadalajara - Pachuca Deportivo Cali - Once Caldas Doncaster Rovers - Southampton Egypt - Ivory Coast Everton - Sunderland FC Groningen - NAC Breda FC St. Pauli - RB Leipzig Fulham - Middlesbrough Hibernian FC - Motherwell FC Independiente - Alianza Lima Ipswich Town - Blackpool Leyton Orient - Cardiff City Livingston FC - Kilmarnock FC Luton Town - Stevenage Macclesfield FC - Crystal Palace Manchester City - Exeter City Mansfield Town - Reading Monterrey - Toluca Newcastle United - Bournemouth Oldham Athletic - Notts County Panetolikos - PAOK Perth Glory - Central Coast Mariners PSV Eindhoven - Excelsior Rotterdam Racing de Santander - Real Zaragoza Real Oviedo - Real Betis Roma - Sassuolo Santos Laguna - Necaxa SC Freiburg - Hamburger SV Sheffield Wednesday - Brentford St Mirren - Falkirk FC Stoke City - Coventry City Tottenham Hotspur - Aston Villa Twente Enschede - PEC Zwolle Udinese - Pisa Valencia - Elche CF Villarreal - Deportivo Alaves Werder Bremen - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Wolverhampton Wanderers - Shrewsbury Town --- Recent games --- England - FA Premier LeagueEngland - The ChampionshipFrance - Ligue 2Italy - Serie AItaly - Serie CSaudi Arabia - Saudi Pro LeagueScotland - Scottish PremiershipWales - Welsh Premier League------ - Africa Cup of Nations------ - Club Friendlies select match 06-Jan --- West Ham 1:2 Not.Forest07-Jan --- Bournemth 3:2 Tottenham07-Jan --- Fulham 2:1 Chelsea07-Jan --- Everton 1:1 Wolves07-Jan --- Man.City 1:1 Brighton07-Jan --- C Palace 0:0 A.Villa07-Jan --- Brentford 3:0 Sunderland07-Jan --- Newcastle 4:3 Leeds07-Jan --- Burnley 2:2 Man.Utd08-Jan --- Arsenal 0:0 Liverpool select match 05-Jan --- Leicester 2:1 West Brom select match 05-Jan --- Montpelr 1:3 Dunkerque select match 06-Jan --- Pisa 0:3 Como06-Jan --- Lecce 0:2 Roma06-Jan --- Sassuolo 0:3 Juventus07-Jan --- Napoli 2:2 H.Verona07-Jan --- Bologna 0:2 Atalanta07-Jan --- Lazio 2:2 Fiorentina07-Jan --- Torino 1:2 Udinese07-Jan --- Parma 0:2 Inter select match 05-Jan --- Triestina 1:2 Alcione05-Jan --- Benevento 2:1 Crotone05-Jan --- Cosenza 0:2 Monopoli05-Jan --- Altamura 0:2 Casertana select match 08-Jan --- Al-Hilal 3:0 Al Hazm08-Jan --- Al-Nassr 1:2 Qadsiah08-Jan --- Al-Najma 3:4 Ettifaq select match 06-Jan --- Rangers 2:0 Aberdeen select match 06-Jan --- TNS 2:1 Bala Town select match 05-Jan --- Egypt 3:1 Benin05-Jan --- Nigeria 4:0 Mozambique06-Jan --- Algeria 1:0 DR Congo06-Jan --- Ivory C. 3:0 Burkina F select match 06-Jan --- Salzburg 0:5 Bayern Stories Potential Bruno Fernandes exit Celebrate the World Cup 2026 EPL promoted clubs Club World Cup Qualification A-League 2025 ending Transfer talk Liverpool 2025 Season Liverpool Influence in the Champions League Sports-Themed Online Games