Career
His playing career spanned with clubs Celtic, Nottingham Forest, Coventry City, Dundee United (two spells), Raith Rovers, Dundee (two spells), Sligo Rovers and East Fife. He was also a Scotland international. His management career began with a player-manager role at Sligo Rovers F.C. and after his playing retirement took charge of both Greenock Morton and East Stirlingshire before his current role.
Jim was transferred to Nottingham Forest in 1984 and joined Coventry City for £80,000 18 months later.
McInally then joined Dundee United from Coventry in the summer of 1986 in a joint transfer with Dave Bowman after just five games for the Sky Blues and it was here where the pair of them both excelled and played the best football of what would become a glittering career. In 1995, following United"s relegation to the Scottish Football League First Division, McInally remained in the Premier Division by joining newly promoted Raith Rovers as player/coach.
In early 1996, McInally was due to join Aberdeen in a swap deal for former Rover Peter Hetherston, and was paraded at a Pittodrie news conference. Hetherston failed a medical, however, and the move failed to proceed.
A few weeks into the following season, McInally moved back to Tannadice and made sixteen appearances before moving back to Dundee as a player-coach at Dens Park.
Sligo Rovers
McInally joined Sligo Rovers as manager at the start of the 1999-2000 season but early results did not go his way and he left the club for personal reasons. He returned to Scotland and joined the coaching staff of Celtic, working with the club"s youth teams. Greenock Morton
McInally moved back into management as he was appointed manager of Scottish Second Division side Greenock Morton.
In the 2005-2006 season, he led Morton to 2nd place in the Division after which they were subsequently denied promotion by losing to Peterhead in the play-offs.
He resigned in February 2008 after a run of poor results allowed Morton to slip into ninth place in the First Division. East Stirlingshire
On 13 March 2008, McInally was named the new manager of Third Division strugglers East Stirlingshire, succeeding Gordon Wylde who resigned a month earlier.
McInally was named November 2008 Manager of the Month for the Third Division by the Scottish Football League. Peterhead
McInally was appointed manager of Peterhead in October 2011.
He led the Blue Toon to its first trophy as a football league club by winning the Scottish League Two title in season 2013-2014.
Manager
Greenock Morton
Scottish Second Division (third tier): 2006-2007
Peterhead
Scottish League Two (fourth tier): 2013-2014.