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James Yuill "Jim" McLean (born 21 April 1937) is a Scottish former football player and manager, best known for his 22-year spell as manager of Dundee United between 1971 and 1993. He is the longest-serving and most successful manager in the club's history, winning three major honours. He led the club to their only Scottish Football League title in 1982-83, following on from consecutive Scottish League Cup wins in 1979 and 1980. Under McLean, the club also lost in a further eight domestic cup finals. In European football, McLean's teams won a number of notable victories, reaching the European Cup semi-finals in 1984 and the UEFA Cup final in 1987. In addition to his Dundee United duties, he was part-time assistant manager to Jock Stein with the Scotland national team for four years, including at the 1982 World Cup. A member of a prominent footballing family, McLean's brothers Tommy and Willie were also successful as players and managers. His own playing career included spells with Hamilton Academical, Clyde, Dundee and Kilmarnock as an inside forward. McLean became a Dundee United director in 1984 and served as chairman between 1988 and 2000, when he resigned following an assault on a reporter. His involvement with the club finally ended in 2002 when he sold his majority shareholding. McLean's achievements saw him win the first ever SFWA Manager of the Year award in 1987. He was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2005. == Early life == Jim McLean was born into a working-class family in Larkhall, Lanarkshire in 1937, the second of three sons of Tom and Annie McLean, and grew up in the nearby village of Ashgill. His maternal grandfather William Yuille had been a professional footballer, playing for Rangers before the First World War. Tom McLean, a baker, had been a promising junior footballer before joining the Plymouth Brethren when he married. The three brothers, Willie, Jim and Tommy, who all went on to become professional football players and managers, had a strict religious upbringing. After leaving school, McLean served an apprenticeship as a joiner, a career he continued to pursue part-time for much of his football career. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim McLean」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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