Jack Ross (footballer, born 1976), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jack Ross (footballer, born 1976)

Scottish footballer

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1976

Place of Birth: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Scotland

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

John James Ross (born 5 June 1976) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player, who is the head coach of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian. During his playing career, Ross played as a defender and midfielder.
From 1992 to 1995 he played for youth sides at Dundee and Forfar Athletic, before dropping to the Scottish Junior leagues for first team action at Camelon Juniors.
He then returned to the Scottish Football League in 1999 with Clyde, before a short stint in England with Hartlepool United in 2004.
He returned to Scotland a year later and played for Falkirk, St Mirren, Hamilton Academical and Dunfermline Athletic until he retired in 2011 due to a knee injury.
He also played once for a Scotland B team, in 2009. Upon retiring, Ross started as a coaching career at Dumbarton, as assistant manager for both Alan Adamson and later Ian Murray, and was caretaker manager between them.
He became the coach of the Heart of Midlothian under-20 team in July 2014.
Ross was appointed Alloa Athletic manager in December 2015.
In October 2016, he was appointed manager of St Mirren, leading them to the 2017–18 Scottish Championship title and was named PFA Scotland Manager of the Year, before leaving to become manager of Sunderland in May 2018.
Ross was sacked by Sunderland in October 2019, and was then appointed by Hibernian a month later.