Clydebank, Morton and Airdrie His spell at Clydebank took place against the backdrop of an abortive scheme to relocate the club to
Dublin. In 17 games in charge at
Morton, McCall achieved five wins and 9 defeats. This was followed by a move to
Airdrieonians. Airdrie challenged for promotion to the
Scottish Premier League before the club's extinction in 2002, making McCall the last manager in the club's history. McCall won 23 of his 65 games in charge.
Falkirk and Dundee United A spell, at Falkirk, with the best win rate of his managerial career, led to McCall twice being offered the manager's job at
Dundee United, which he finally accepted in January 2003. In McCall's first top flight managerial season the Tayside club achieved a top-6 finish, but in the following season with the club in a relegation battle he was sacked in March 2005.
Queen of the South In November 2005, Ian McCall returned to management with his home town club
Queen of the South. After a less than auspicious start to his reign as
Queens manager, the Palmerston outfit enjoyed somewhat of a resurgence in the early months of 2006, finally securing eight position in the league and thus avoiding having to play-off to maintain first division status. 2006/07 provided a second relegation battle.
Allan Jenkins scored the Stranraer winner on a 2 January South West relegation derby leaving Queens firmly in the play off spot that was ninth place. However Jenkins was sold to Gretna 10 days later. Stranraer's league form imploded immediately recording only one other league win from then until the season's end. McCall's departure from Queens was at the season's end. In 70 games in charge McCall notched 19 wins.
Partick Thistle He became manager of
Partick Thistle in May 2007. He led the "Honest Men" to promotion to the
Scottish Championship through the play-offs in
May 2016. They were relegated the following season in
May 2017. McCall then led an instant promotion back to the second tier in
the following season by winning the
Scottish League One title. Ayr reached the promotion playoffs in 2018–19. McCall left the club in September 2019 to rejoin Partick Thistle.
Partick Thistle (second spell) During his second stint as Thistle manager, McCall won promotion to the Championship in
2020–21. This had followed their relegation in the
2019–20 season, which had been curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. McCall left the club on 12 February 2023, following a Scottish Cup defeat against
Rangers.
Clyde McCall was appointed
Clyde manager in November 2023. He led the club to League Two survival despite being once ten points adrift in February. In October, amid a winless run of seven matches which left the Bully Wee second bottom of the league, McCall departed the club by mutual consent. ==Media work==