Michael Oliver (born 16 November 1957) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.
He also worked as assistant manager to Gordon Dalziel at Ayr United, where he was building a growing reputation as a coach and especially in developing young players.
[1] Since leaving the latter of those positions, Oliver has built up a great reputation in the area of player identification and has worked as a scout for Dundee United, Wigan Athletic and Birmingham City.
[1] Oliver was hired by the Scottish Football Association after Craig Levein was appointed as national team manager.
[1] Levein explained at the time of Oliver's appointment that he wanted to inform his players about all of their opponents, which necessitated the hiring of a full-time scout.