Michael Findlay

Michael George Findlay (born November 6, 1963) is a Canadian soccer coach who was the head coach of the Bermuda men's national team. Career 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. 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. Following his unsuccessful attempt at a long term professional football career Findlay entered the business world where he worked in sales, finance, real estate development and the sports marketing industry with API International and the BC Sports Hall of Fame as executive director. Michael returned to his roots and passion when he joined the NSSDC as an assistant coach for the BC (Canadian) based regional soccer centre. This was followed by his appointment as a staff coach at the British Columbia Soccer Association which was closely followed by his promotion to Director of Football Development for BC Soccer at which time he was responsible for all soccer development matters within the region while also being a member of Canada Soccer's Technical Committee.