Kevin Paul McNaughton (born 28 August 1982) is a Scottish professional football player and coach who is currently a co-manager of SJFA Midlands League club Dundee North End.

He retired from playing football in 2017, after a year with Inverness Caledonian Thistle, but reversed this decision in December 2017 after an injury crisis at Forfar Athletic, where he had joined as a coach the previous month.

[7] McNaughton quickly became an important part of manager Dave Jones's plans as he played in the left full-back position, and his form once again earned him a recall to the Scotland national team, although injury robbed him of the chance to take his place in the squad.

On 23 November McNaughton was sent to have a scan on the back injury,[10] which the club's medical staff believed to have caused the problem and resulted in him being out for two weeks.

He was later cleared when the FA ruled the incident an accident though it attracted hits and comments on YouTube, with some suggesting the player had deliberately barged into the official.

In 2011–12, McNaughton was named as stand-in captain in Mark Hudson's absence starting on 22 November against Coventry City.

[14] On 5 July 2013 it was announced on the official Cardiff City website that McNaughton had signed a new one-year contract extension with the Bluebirds.

[16] On 5 May 2015, it was announced after nine years for playing for Cardiff City, McNaughton was to be released at the end of the season upon his contract expiry.

[24] McNaughton's first call-up for the Scotland squad came in 2002 when he was told by manager Berti Vogts that, at the age of 19, he would earn his first cap in a match against France.

[25] His move to Cardiff reignited his international career, winning his fourth cap in a match against Czech Republic in May 2008 and being called-up several times.

In November 2017, McNaughton joined Forfar Athletic as first-team coach,[26] later registering himself as a player after an injury crisis at the club.