Alain Michel (born 30 August 1948) is a French football coach, amateur goalkeeper, assistant professor and current manager.

He found work as a coach at Beaugency, Bourges, and Louhans-Cuiseaux, (where he met Christian Larièpe).

He returned to Grenoble within a few months, following the dismissal of Marc Westerloppe, and remained there until 2004, providing annual maintenance of the club in Division 2.

In 2004, he was hired as athletic director by FC Rouen, and, at the end of the first season, he became coach following the sacking of Eric Dewilder.

[citation needed] In 2006, he left Normandy and went on Championship UAE, first working at Al-Ahli Dubai, and then Baniyas Club, where he was dismissed in March 2008.