Mohammad Mayeli Kohan

Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (Persian: محمد مایلی کهن, born 5 June 1954) is an Iranian football coach and former player.

He resigned two months later to become the head coach of Iran Pro League side Saipa.

Foolad were relegated to Azadegan League a sharp decline from their previous season's 8th place finish.

He was returned to Saipa in 2008 after Ali Daei became head coach of Iran national football team.

in a game held in April 2009, threatened Esteghlal's chance of winning the Iranian title.

After the game, because of fan clashes between the two teams and fan insults towards Mayeli Kohan and his family, Mayeli Kohan sent a letter to Esteghlal manager Amir Ghalenoei which reportedly included harsh references to Ghalenoei's height, facial appearance and background.

After one of Saipa's games, when one of the reporters asked him about his great winning streak with Saipa 4 games in a row, Mayelikohan started to cry and couldn't give the reporter any answer He was assigned as the new coach of Iran National football team on 7 April 2009 replacing Ali Daei who had been sacked a week earlier and was released on 21 April 2009.

As a result of conflicts with Amir Ghalenoei, an angered Ghalenoei, along several other Esteghlal players and officials including Fabio Januario, Farhad Majidi and Arash Borhani, stormed the IRIFF headquarters demanding an action to be made against Mayeli Kohan.

[3] On 27 August 2012, Mayeli Kohan was appointed as head coach of Gahar Zagros, replacing with Mehdi Tartar who resigned last month.

Mayeli Kohan as technical manager with Iran U-23 team
Mayeli Kohan in Iran national under-23 football team training in 2015