The assistant of doom

Employ him you get the sack


After retiring as a player, Craig was made assistant manager to John Blackley at Hibernian. He was then Billy McNeill's assistant manager at Celtic, where they won the championship in their centenary year. A spell at Aberdeen as assistant to Roy Aitken followed, before he took up the coaching role of Scotland's Under-21 team.
Craig spent time as a first team coach of Newcastle United, until he was released in September 2006.[1] He was then chosen by John Collins to be his assistant at Hibernian. Following Collins' resignation, Craig acted as the caretaker manager for four games, but he left the club following the appointment of Mixu Paatelainen as manager.[2] Craig joined Charleroi as assistant coach to John Collins in December 2008.[3] On 20 November 2009, he was appointed as head coach of Charleroi.[4] He signed a one year and a half contract.[4] Despite this contract, Craig was sacked by Charleroi on 14 April 2010.[5][6]
St. Mirren manager Danny Lennon appointed Craig as first team coach on 22 July 2011.[7]