Career
Black"s main asset was his balletic heading ability and scoring goals. He joined George Hamilton and Billy Williamson, becoming the third Aberdeen player to score three or more goals in a single game against Celtic. He made 180 league appearances (30 as substitute) and scored 70 goals for Aberdeen between 1981 and 1986.
That same year, Black joined Metz in France.
In all, he made 85 appearances, scoring 26 goals. Since retiring as a player Black has coached and managed teams.
He was a coach and assistant manager at Celtic. Black was appointed manager of Motherwell in October 2001.
He was appointed Coventry City manager in January 2004, following the resignation of Gary McAllister.
This angered many fans who believed that Black had brought an attractive and highly effective style of football back to the club and was merely being moved-on for a bigger name (he was succeeded by Peter Reid, who proved to be a major disappointment). Black joined Birmingham City in July 2004 as assistant manager to Steve Bruce. He managed one game as caretaker manager, after Bruce joined Wigan Athletic, before leaving Street Andrew"s in November 2007.
He was assistant manager to Bruce at Sunderland from June 2009 and was appointed caretaker manager following the departure of Bruce.
In his only game in charge, Sunderland were beaten 2–1 by Wolverhampton Wanderers. Black left Sunderland on 6 December 2011.
He was appointed assistant manager to Steve Kean at Blackburn Rovers in January 2012. He was caretaker manager at Blackburn Rovers after the departure of Kean.
He was an advisor at Blackpool to caretaker manager Barry Ferguson in 2014.
Black was appointed as a coach at Wigan Athletic in July 2014. In July 2015, he was named as first team coach of Football League Championship side Rotherham United. Black was appointed caretaker manager of Rotherham in September 2015, after manager Steve Evans left the club
Black left Rotherham in January 2016 and was then appointed first team coach at Aston Villa.
Manager
As of 4 October 2015.