The favorite candidate for vacant Hibernian manager’s job revealed

Ian Murray, manager of Raith Rovers, is the 7/4 favourite to take over as manager of his former club Hibernian, according to betting odds.

According to Gambling.com, who claim to have assessed the leading candidates and put together odds and analysis on who will be the next manager at Easter Road, there is a 36.4% probability rating that Murray – who led Raith to an excellent second-place finish in the Scottish Championship this season before losing the Scottish Premiership play-off final to Ross County – will replace Nick Montgomery, who was given his marching orders after a 4-0 home defeat to Aberdeen.

That Dons defeat dropped Hibs to ninth in the table, and while they were never seriously threatened with relegation, it was a miserable season at Easter Road. Indeed, this was Edinburgh’s lowest result since 2013/14.

The full odds: Ian Murray 7/4 (36.4%), David Gray 2/1 (33.3%), Alex Neil 5/1 (16.7%), Ronny Deila 6/1 (14.3%), Jaap Stam 8/1 (11.1%), John Kennedy 9/1 (10%), Billy McKinlay 10/1 (9.1%), and Damien Duff 12/1 (7.7%).

The Fife Free Press recently questioned Murray if he would be interested in becoming Hibernian’s manager one day. He responded, “I don’t give it much thought if I’m being truthful.

“I’ve mentioned it several times before: I don’t really have a career path. “Some individuals will disagree, while others will agree with it.

“I just think football is such an unpredictable and dangerous game to play.

“I never imagined myself as an assistant manager in Norway for a few years, then moving on to Airdrie and finally Raith Rovers.

“So this is a difficult one. There’s no doubt that huge jobs will always lure and pique your curiosity, but it’s not something I dream about or lose sleep over.”

Murray, 43, spent the majority of his playing career at Hibernian, making 271 games for his boyhood club between 1999 and 2005, and 2008 to 2012.