William Alexander McKinlay

William James Alexander McKinlay (born 22 April 1969) is a Scottish football manager and former professional footballer who is currently assistant manager of Everton. As a player, he was a midfielder who notably played in the Premier League for Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City, Bradford City and Fulham. He also played in the Scottish Premiership for Dundee United, the Football League for Preston North End and the Scottish Football League for Clydebank. McKinlay appeared 29 times for Scotland and played at Euro 1996 and the 1998 World Cup. As a coach, he has worked for Fulham, the Northern Ireland national team and Watford. He was appointed Watford head coach in September 2014 but left the post after eight days. After a spell as assistant head coach with Real Sociedad in Spain, he joined Norwegian club Stabæk in November 2015, before being sacked in July 2016. He has since worked at Sunderland, Stoke City and West Ham United. In January 2025, McKinlay joined Everton as assistant head coach, working alongside head coach David Moyes. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

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Fulham	07
EPL 07/08	3

Fulham Asst	12/13

Northern Ireland Asst	12/14

Watford Asst	14

Watford	14
Championship 14/15	2

Real Sociedad Asst	14/15

Stabæk Fotball	15/16
Tippeligaen 16	14
Europa Qualif 16/17	2

Sunderland Asst	17

Sunderland	17
Championship 17/18	1
EFL Trophy 17/18	1

West Ham United Asst	17/18

West Ham United Asst	21/24