Michael Findlay

In September 2016, he was announced as interim head coach of the Canadian national team. During his leadership Canada's FIFA ranking improved by 8 places and posted a 2 w 2 L 1 T record before returning to his role as assistant coach of the senior team.

In November 2013, he joined newly-appointed Canadian senior team manager Benito Floro's staff as an assistant. In this capacity, he helped manage the team at the 2015 Gold Cup and in its 2018 World Cup qualification campaign. In 2015, he also served as an assistant for the Canadian U23 team in its 2016 Olympic qualifying campaign, before serving as head coach of that programme the following year for a friendly tour in the Caribbean.

He served as an assistant coach in an official FIFA event for the first time in 2009, when he worked under Sean Fleming at the 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. 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.

As Director of Football Development Findlay became involved with the Canadian men's national soccer programme in 2004, when he served as a coach under Stephen Hart at an U17 national team camp in Burnaby. For the next four years, Findlay served as a coach at camps at every level of Canadian men's programme, from the U15 team to senior team.

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. While he resided in Scotland, he lived with David Moyes and his family in Bearsden, who played for Celtic at the time.

Michael George Findlay (born November 6, 1963) is a Canadian soccer coach who was the interim head coach of the Canadian men's national team, having previously served as an assistant under former head coach Benito Floro.