[3] He was in the Meadowbank side that were runners-up to Hamilton Academical in the First Division in 1987–88, although he scored a hat-trick against the Accies in a 5–1 win earlier in that season.
[6] Having worked with his brother at Camelon, McGonigal served as Brian Fairley's assistant manager at Senior clubs Stenhousemuir (2000 to 2001),[1] Bo'ness United[5] (2001 to 2003), Dumbarton (2003 to 2004),[7] and Forfar (2004 to 2005)[1] before becoming manager of Sauchie[8] and Camelon in the Juniors,[1] prior to a short unsuccessful period at Berwick Rangers in the 2008–09 Scottish Third Division.
[1] He reunited with Brian Fairlie for another spell at Linlithgow Rose (2008 to 2009) and was then persuaded to return to Bo'ness United as manager.
[1] He resumed managerial duties at Bo'ness in 2012 until resigning in January 2018 for personal reasons,[12] with successes including the 2013–14 East Superleague and a subsequent run to the Fourth Round in the 2014–15 Scottish Cup.
[12] In December 2018, following the appointment of Allan Maitland as chairman of Hamilton Academical, McGonigal was brought back to the club as director of football;[13] they soon replaced struggling manager Martin Canning with Brian Rice whose remit was to be head coach working alongside McGonigal.