Current Wigan Athletic boss Gary Caldwell is on Aberdeen’s shortlist to become Stephen Robinson’s successor.
The forty-four-year-old has been managing since April 2015, starting at Wigan Athletic, the club where he spent the final five years of his playing career. During his first spell as Wigan Athletic boss, Caldwell managed a total of seventy-one games, winning twenty-nine, drawing twenty-one and losing the other twenty-one. In addition, the former Celtic and Hibernian player led them to the League One title; however, after a total of eighteen months in charge, he was relieved of his duties after a poor start to the 2016/17 campaign.
The Scotsman then took the Chesterfield job just two months after losing his job at Wigan. Caldwell was unable to keep Chesterfield in League One, and after a dismal start to their League Two campaign, finding themselves in the drop zone after one win in ten, Caldwell was sacked after eight months in charge.
After one year out of a job, Caldwell took the managerial position at Partick Thistle. Caldwell took charge in October 2018 after the departure of Alan Archibald. Despite steering Thistle away from the drop in 2018/19, after a tricky start to the 2019/20 campaign, with two draws and three losses in the opening five league games, the former Scotland International was sacked.
In October 2022, Caldwell was appointed Exeter City boss. In his three-and-a-half years at the Grecians, Caldwell helped Exeter become an established League One club and guided them to some memorable FA Cup runs. In 2024, Caldwell became the first Exeter City manager since 1981 to make it to the fourth round of the FA Cup, where his side lost on penalties to Premier League outfit Nottingham Forest. However, in February 2026, Wigan Athletic reached an agreement on a suitable compensation sum with Exeter City to bring him back.
Since rejoining Wigan Athletic, Caldwell has managed thirty-three matches, twelve of which have ended in a win, six ending in a draw and the other fifteen ending in a defeat. After fourteen matches in League One so far this season, the Tics find themselves in the relegation zone after winning only three league matches.
