Since the move to the SPFL, there have been 45 managerial departures across nine seasons of Scottish Premiership football. On average five managers move on during the season, whether that be due to a resignation, being sacked, mutual consent or moving to another club.
Each new season there is a morbid fascination as to who the identity of the first manager to leave their post, or simply be sacked.
Since the 2013/14 campaign, the first boss to depart has been: Pat Fenlon, Derek Adams, Ian Baraclough, Robbie Neilson, Ian Cathro, Kenny Miller, Craig Levein, Gary Holt and Steven Gerrard.
With a little over a week until the start of the 2022/23 Premiership season, Scottish bookmaker McBookie has released the odds on the ‘first maanger to leave post’ market and already there has been some movement across the first 24 hours or so.