Michael Findlay (soccer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael George Findlay | ||
| Date of birth | November 6, 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | St. Boniface, Manitoba | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2008–2009 | Canada U17 (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Canada U20 (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2016 | Canada (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Canada U23 (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Canada (interim) | ||
Michael George Findlay (born November 6, 1963) is a Canadian soccer coach who is interim head coach of the Canadian men's national team, having previously served as an assistant under former head coach Benito Floro.
Career
Findlay arrived in Scotland as a 16 year-old and spent three years there trying to win professional deals with Celtic, the club he grew up supporting, and Partick Thistle but was ultimately unsuccessful.[1] While he resided in Scotland, he lived with David Moyes and his family in Bearsden, who played for Celtic at the time.[1]
Findlay first became involved with the Canadian men's national soccer programme in 2004, when he served as a coach under Stephen Hart at an U17 national team camp in Burnaby. For the next four years, Findlay served as a coach at camps at every level of Canadian men's programme, from the U15 team to senior team.
He served as an assistant coach in an official FIFA event for the first time in 2009, when he worked under Sean Fleming at the 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. He subsequently served as an assistant under Valério Gazzola at the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship and Phillip Dos Santos at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie.[2]
In November 2013, he joined newly-appointed Canadian senior team manager Benito Floro's staff as an assistant. In this capacity, he helped manage the team at the 2015 Gold Cup and in its 2018 World Cup qualification campaign. In 2015, he also served as an assistant for the Canadian U23 team in its 2016 Olympic qualifying campaign, before serving as head coach of that programme the following year for a friendly tour in the Caribbean.[2]
In September 2016, he was announced as interim head coach of the Canadian national team.[3]
External links
References
- 1 2 "I desperately wanted Celtic deal but eventually my dad told me to come home and get a real job - Canada coach Michael Findlay". Daily Record. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- 1 2 "Michael Findlay Canada Soccer profile". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ↑ "Former deputy Findlay to take over as interim coach of Canadian soccer men". Yahoo! Sports. September 19, 2016.