As a player, he played for Celtic, Portadown, St Mirren, Derry City, Albion Rovers and Cowdenbeath.
After coaching at Celtic and Albion Rovers, Connor moved to Cowdenbeath in 1974 as player-manager, before a spell as assistant manager at Morton.
After leaving Raith Rovers in 1990, Connor had a spell at Hearts as assistant to manager Joe Jordan.
[3] In June 1993, Connor returned once again to Celtic, this time as part of Liam Brady's new backroom team.
He was in charge for two Scottish Premier Division matches (one win, one draw) a UEFA Cup tie first leg (won 1–0 against Sporting CP),[5] and he picked the team to face Rangers (a 2–1 Premier Division Celtic win) three days after Lou Macari's arrival.