Michael John Brown (born 11 July 1939) is an English retired football player and coach.
Despite having limited success with the Us, Brown impressed enough to be offered a job at West Bromwich Albion as Ron Atkinson's assistant.
His replacement, Alex Ferguson, brought his own assistant manager with him, and Brown was no longer required at the club.
He then took up a similar position at Blackburn Rovers in 1997, but only stayed for one season before moving back to Manchester United as Chief Scout.
West Brom re-signed Brown in the summer of 2005, and he stayed there for almost two years before linking up with the former Manchester United captain, Roy Keane, at Sunderland, joining fellow United old-boys Neil Bailey, Raimond van der Gouw and Michael Clegg.