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'{{For|the Australian comedian|Jim Jeffries (comedian)}} {{infobox Football biography 2 | playername = Jim Jefferies | image = [[File:JJefrisKillie.jpg|250px]] | fullname = James Jefferies | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}} | dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1950|11|22|df=y}} | cityofbirth = [[Musselburgh]] | countryofbirth = [[Scotland]] | currentclub = [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] ([[head coach|manager]]) | position = [[Defender (football)|Defender]] | youthyears1 = 1965–1967 | youthclubs1 = Gorgie Hearts | years1 = 1967–1981 | years2 = 1967–1968 | years3 = 1968–1969 | years4 = 1981–1983 | clubs1 = [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] | clubs2 = → [[Haddington Athletic F.C.|Haddington Athletic]] (loan) | clubs3 = → [[Gala Fairydean F.C.|Gala Fairydean]] (loan) | clubs4 = [[Berwick Rangers F.C.|Berwick Rangers]] | caps1 = 227 | goals1 = 5 | caps4 = 60 | goals4 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1983–1988 | manageryears2 = 1988–1990 | manageryears3 = 1990–1995 | manageryears4 = 1995–2000 | manageryears5 = 2000–2001 | manageryears6 = 2002–2010 | manageryears7 = 2010– | managerclubs1 = [[Gala Fairydean F.C.|Gala Fairydean]] | managerclubs2 = [[Berwick Rangers F.C.|Berwick Rangers]] | managerclubs3 = [[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]] | managerclubs4 = [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] | managerclubs5 = [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] | managerclubs6 = [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]] | managerclubs7 = [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] }} '''James "Jim" Jefferies''' (born 22 November 1950 in [[Musselburgh]]) is a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[association football|football]] former player, who is now the [[head coach|manager]] of [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]]. Jefferies played for Hearts for almost his whole playing career and enjoyed a successful first managerial spell with the club, winning the [[Scottish Cup 1997-98|1998 Scottish Cup]]. Jefferies has also managed [[Gala Fairydean F.C.|Gala Fairydean]], [[Berwick Rangers F.C.|Berwick Rangers]], [[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]], [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] and [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]]. ==Playing career== Jefferies played for [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] for almost his whole playing career, making more than 300 competitive appearances for the club.<ref>[http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/jefferiesjim.html Jim Jefferies], London Hearts Supporters' Club.</ref> The main highlight of his playing career was playing in the [[Scottish Cup 1975-76|1976 Scottish Cup Final]], which Hearts lost 3&ndash;1 to [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]].<ref name = "turbulent end">[http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/A-turbulent-end-to-otherwise.5973316.jp A turbulent end to otherwise tranquil and successful eight years for Jim Jefferies], ''[[The Scotsman]]'', 12 January 2010.</ref> Jefferies eventually left Hearts in 1981, and spent the last two seasons of his career with [[Berwick Rangers F.C.|Berwick Rangers]].<ref name = "turbulent end"/> ==Managerial career== Jefferies left [[Berwick Rangers F.C.|Berwick]] in 1983 to become a [[head coach|manager]] at [[East of Scotland Football League]] club [[Gala Fairydean F.C.|Gala Fairydean]], but returned to the club to begin his senior managerial career in September 1988.<ref name = "turbulent end"/> Despite a great deal of financial turmoil during that time, he turned the struggling team around to the extent that they set a club record of 21 games unbeaten in the league during season 1988–89.<ref name = "turbulent end"/> In the 1990 close season Jefferies took over at [[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]], guiding them to the [[Scottish Football League First Division|Scottish First Division]] title (and promotion to the [[Scottish Premier Division]]) in [[1990-91 in Scottish football|1991]] and [[1993-94 in Scottish football|1994]].<ref name = "turbulent end"/> Falkirk also won the [[Scottish Challenge Cup]] in [[Scottish Challenge Cup 1993-94|1993]].<ref name = "turbulent end"/> In August 1995, Jefferies returned to [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]]. He was manager of the Hearts team that won the [[Scottish Cup]] in [[Scottish Cup 1997-98|1998]], his greatest success in the game to date. <ref name = "turbulent end"/> Jefferies moved south of the border on 20 November 2000 to replace [[Chris Hutchings]] as manager of then [[Premier League]] side [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/1027129.stm "Jefferies is new Bradford manager"] BBC Sport website (20 November 2000)</ref> He was given the task of selling players by chairman [[Geoffrey Richmond]] and was unable to prevent them from going down.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/1105960.stm "Bradford ready to off-load stars"] BBC Sport website (8 January 2001)</ref> He resigned in December 2001 after a poor start to the season left them with no hope of a promotion challenge.<ref name = "turbulent end"/> On 28 February 2002, he returned to management back in his native [[Scotland]] with [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/1840275.stm "Jefferies made new Killie boss"] BBC Sport website (28 February 2002)</ref> He kept Kilmarnock in a respectable position despite the necessity of drastically reducing the club's wage bill, reaching the [[2007 Scottish League Cup Final]].<ref name = "turbulent end"/> Following [[Alex McLeish]]'s departure from Rangers at the end of the 2005–06 season, Jefferies was the longest-serving manager in the Scottish Premier League.<ref>[http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/news/34669/jefferies-muss-gehen.html Jefferies muss gehen]</ref> He left Kilmarnock by "mutual consent" on 11 January 2010.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/8453200.stm | title = Killie part with boss Jefferies| publisher = BBC Sport|accessdate=2010-01-11|date=2010-01-11}}</ref> On 29 January 2010, Jim Jefferies was announced as manager of Hearts only a few hours after Csaba Laszlo was sacked from the position.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/heart_of_midlothian/8488308.stm | title = Jim Jefferies replaces Csaba Laszlo as Hearts manager| publisher = BBc Sport|=2010-01=29|date=2010-01-29}}</ref> ==Personality== Jim is knows as a bit of a joker in Scottish football and for his sunny, cheerful persona. He's particularly reknowed for being upbeat after matches, even going to such lengths as dressing as a clown and telling jokes to television interviewers after defeats. ==Honours== ===Player=== ;Heart of Midlothian *Runners-up **[[Scottish Cup]]: (1) [[Scottish Cup 1975-76|1975–76]] ===Managerial=== ;Falkirk *Winners **[[Scottish Football League First Division|Scottish First Division]]: (2) [[1990-91 in Scottish football#Scottish League Division One|1990–91]], [[1993-94 in Scottish football#Scottish League Division One|1993–94]] *Winners **[[Scottish Challenge Cup]]: (1) [[1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final|1993]] ;Heart of Midlothian *Winners **[[Scottish Cup]]: (1) [[Scottish Cup 1997-98|1997–98]] *Runners-up **[[Scottish Cup]]: (1) [[Scottish Cup 1995-96|1995–96]] **[[Scottish League Cup]]: (1) [[1996-97 in Scottish football|1996–97]] ;Kilmarnock *Runners-up **[[Scottish League Cup]]: (1) [[Scottish League Cup 2006-07|2006–07]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{soccerbase (manager)|1528|Jim Jefferies}} *[http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/man/jimjefferies.html London Hearts profile of Jefferies as Hearts manager] {{Scottish Premier League managers}} {{Heart of Midlothian F.C. squad}} {{Navboxes |title= Jim Jefferies managerial positions |list1= {{Berwick Rangers F.C. managers}} {{Falkirk F.C. managers}} {{Heart of Midlothian F.C. managers}} {{Bradford City A.F.C. managers}} {{Kilmarnock F.C. managers}} }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jefferies, Jim}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Musselburgh]] [[Category:Scottish footballers]] [[Category:Association football defenders]] [[Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. players]] [[Category:Berwick Rangers F.C. players]] [[Category:Scottish Football League players]] [[Category:Scottish football managers]] [[Category:Berwick Rangers F.C. managers]] [[Category:Falkirk F.C. managers]] [[Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. managers]] [[Category:Bradford City A.F.C. managers]] [[Category:Kilmarnock F.C. managers]] [[Category:Premier League managers]] [[cy:Jim Jefferies]] [[lt:Jim Jefferies]] [[pl:Jim Jefferies]] [[simple:Jim Jefferies]] [[fi:Jim Jefferies]]'