Findlay arrived in Scotland as a 16 year-old following being identified in the 1981 NASL High School Draft 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] Findlay returned to North America where he spent trial periods with the Montreal Manic of the NASL and had stints with Canadian based CPSL teams.
Michael returned to his roots and passion when he joined the NSSDC as an assistant coach for the BC (Canadian) based regional soccer centre.
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.
On January 21, 2021, Findlay was named head coach of the Grenadian senior men's national team by the Grenada FA.