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Don Cowie

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— · Scotland Premiership

1566Last Elo (inactive)

57 matches tracked

Coach DNA

Playing style

direct · low-volume

Domestic cupInternational cup

Club record

League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.

Ross County

Feb 2024 – May 2025 · 57 matches

1.05 points per game in Premiership (57 matches).

Ross County with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.00 (110 matches, 3 coaches).

Line-up Elo: −90 below the league average under him, −104 under the others.

Most used

  1. C. Randall4,386' · Elo 1,414
  2. A. Wright3,600' · Elo 1,440
  3. J. White3,222' · Elo 1,361
  4. R. Leak2,716' · Elo 1,644
  5. Ronan Hale2,524' · Elo 1,764
  6. J. Nisbet2,468' · Elo 1,678
  7. K. Łopata2,464' · Elo 1,612
  8. G. Harmon2,453' · Elo 1,581
  9. M. Efete2,409' · Elo 1,466
  10. Elijah Xavier Campbell2,371' · Elo 1,749

Players under Don Cowie

Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.

Rose most

  1. N. Chilvers+185

    in 30 matches · Ross County

  2. G. Harmon+165

    in 37 matches · Ross County

  3. J. Reid+151

    in 19 matches · Ross County

  4. R. Leak+131

    in 33 matches · Ross County

  5. G. Wickens+130

    in 9 matches · Ross County

Fell most

  1. J. Nisbet−170

    in 38 matches · Ross County

  2. A. Wright−111

    in 40 matches · Ross County

  3. Z. Ashworth−92

    in 11 matches · Ross County

  4. A. Samuel−64

    in 23 matches · Ross County

  5. S. Allardice−37

    in 17 matches · Ross County

Opponents

Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite opponents

  1. C. Ndaba portrait

    C. Ndaba1674

    in 5 matches · Kilmarnock

    −52
  2. B. Lyons portrait

    B. Lyons1648

    in 3 matches · Kilmarnock

    −51
  3. J. Wright portrait

    J. Wright1711

    in 4 matches · Kilmarnock

    −49
  4. M. Watkins portrait

    M. Watkins1317

    in 5 matches · Kilmarnock

    −48
  5. S. Murray portrait

    S. Murray1492

    in 4 matches · Dundee

    −47

Nemeses

  1. J. Holt portrait

    J. Holt1679

    in 6 matches · ST Johnstone

    +175
  2. L. Neilson portrait

    L. Neilson1694

    in 3 matches · Heart Of Midlothian

    +112
  3. Adama Sidibeh portrait

    Adama Sidibeh1846

    in 4 matches · ST Johnstone

    +105
  4. S. Sprangler portrait

    S. Sprangler1672

    in 4 matches · ST Johnstone

    +103
  5. D. Wright portrait

    D. Wright1770

    in 4 matches · ST Johnstone

    +91

Coaches

Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite coaches

  1. Tony Docherty1430

    in 5 matches · Dundee

    −33

  2. D. McInnes2014

    in 5 matches · Kilmarnock

    −21

  3. N. Montgomery1628

    in 3 matches · Hibernian

    −17

  4. J. Thelin1731

    in 3 matches · Aberdeen

    −6

  5. Philippe Clement2048

    in 5 matches · Rangers

    −1

Nemesis coaches

  1. D. Martindale1489

    in 4 matches · Livingston

    +65

  2. J. Goodwin1700

    in 3 matches · Dundee Utd

    +52

  3. S. Valakari1767

    in 3 matches · ST Johnstone

    +46

  4. Stephen Robinson1686

    in 4 matches · ST Mirren

    +36

  5. D. Gray1793

    in 3 matches · Hibernian

    +35

Playing style

How Don Cowie's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)

Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.

direct · low-volume

One club since 2016 — lineup-coach attribution starts in 2016, so there's no cross-club comparison yet.