On 21st March 2025 Dunfermline Athletic were delighted to announce the appointment of Neil Lennon as First Team Manager on an initial short term deal, until the end of the season.
On 21st March 2025 Dunfermline Athletic were delighted to announce the appointment of Neil Lennon as First Team Manager on an initial short term deal, until the end of the season.

Neil Lennon has a seriously successful track record as a manager. He won five titles at Celtic, four Scottish Cups and one League Cup. He managed Celtic as manager and caretaker for 335 matches. At Hibernian he won the Championship and in Cyprus the national cup competition with Omonia.

His first taste of management was as Assistant at Celtic before taking charge of Celtic B for the 2009-2010 season. He took over as first team manager in March 2010 on the departure of Tony Mowbray. Neil took charge of Bolton Wanderers in October 2014 and his tenure there lasted 79 games until returning to Scotland to manage Hibs for the 2016-2017 season and a further 18 months. He managed the Easter Road side for 122 games.

Neil returned as Caretaker manager at Celtic in February 2019 taking over as manager for the start of the following season for 94 more matches. He went on to manage Omonia Nicosia to winning the Cypriot Cup and his last position was at FC Rapid Bucharest.

The 53 year old was born in Lurgan and as a player made over 700 senior appearances, initially making an impact at Crewe Alexandria, then at Leicester City and Celtic. A central midfielder, he won 40 international caps for Northern Ireland.

Joining Neil was coach Iain Brunskill. After serving as assistant Academy Technical Director at Liverpool for a decade, Iain spent time at Norwich, Blackpool, QPR and most recently Rapid București as assistant coach under Neil.