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James Craig Brown CBE (born 1 July 1940) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. After his playing career with Dundee and Falkirk was curtailed by a series of knee injuries, Brown entered management with Clyde in 1977. Brown then coached various Scotland youth teams until he was appointed Scotland manager in 1993. He held this position until 2001, the longest tenure for a Scotland manager, and they qualified for the UEFA Euro 1996 and 1998 FIFA World Cup tournaments. Brown later managed Preston North End, Motherwell and Aberdeen. He retired from management in 2013 and was appointed a non-executive director of Aberdeen. Brown was awarded the CBE in 1999 for services to football.^[1]

Early life

Brown was born in Glasgow, but brought up in Hamilton.

Playing career

Early career

Educated at the former Hamilton Academy, Brown played for the school in Scottish schools competitions^[2][3][4] and in youth and junior international teams, before joining Rangers in 1958 from Coltness United. He failed to find a regular first team place, and moved to Dundee on loan in January 1960.

Dundee

Brown was the first signing of Dundee manager Bob Shankly. The move was made permanent in the summer of 1960. Brown always traveled with the Dundee first team squad but this was before substitutes were commonly used. Thus he didn't make a competitive appearance until November 1961 when captain Bobby Cox was injured. Brown played in nine consecutive league games before becoming injured himself on 31 March in a 3–2 win against bottom placed Stirling Albion. Dundee won the Scottish league title that season and Brown's nine appearances entitled him to a medal. Brown stayed at Dundee for four and a half injury affected years making 78 appearances for the Dark Blues.

Falkirk

He signed for Falkirk in 1965 and went on to make 42 appearances at Brockville. He called time on his playing career in 1967 after five operations on his knee.

Managerial career

Clyde

Brown quickly showed a keen interest in being involved in the coaching side of football and he became assistant manager of Motherwell in 1974. He got his first managerial job as part-time manager of Clyde in 1977, where he spent ten seasons – winning the Second Division championship in his first season – whilst also working as a primary school head teacher then a lecturer in primary education.

Scotland

Brown returned to football full-time in 1986 when SFA Secretary Ernie Walker appointed him as assistant manager to the national men's senior team. Brown was also in charge of Scotland's youth teams. In 1989, he coached Scotland's Under-16s to the final of the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship and three years later coached the under-21s to the semi finals of the 1992 UEFA Under-21 Championship.

Brown was appointed as manager of Scotland in December 1993, having been caretaker manager for the games against Italy and Malta. Brown took Scotland to Euro 96 and the 1998 World Cup, but resigned in October 2001, having failed to take Scotland to Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup. He was replaced by German Berti Vogts.

Under Brown, Scotland beat England in the last ever Euro Championship qualifier at the old Wembley in 1999 by one goal to nil, although they lost the tie 2–1 on aggregate. He took charge of Scotland for 70 international matches, more than any other Scotland manager.

Preston North End

Brown then had a spell in club management when he was appointed as manager of Preston North End in April 2002, but left by mutual consent on 29 August 2004 after a poor start to the league campaign.^[5] He later had a brief spell as football consultant at Derby County under former protégé Billy Davies, helping them win promotion to the Premier League in 2006–07.

In October 2008, sixty eight year old Brown was linked to the vacant managerial position with Scottish First Division side Dundee, but the job went to Jocky Scott.^[6]

Motherwell

On 28 December 2009, it was announced that Brown would be taking charge of Motherwell, with Archie Knox as his assistant.^[7] Brown and Knox established Motherwell in the top six of the Scottish Premier League during their time in charge.^[8]

Aberdeen

Brown, who was working without a contract at Motherwell, rebuffed an initial approach by Aberdeen on 8 December 2010.^[8] He then had a change of heart after a second approach was made, and was appointed Aberdeen manager on 10 December.^[9]

On 14 March 2013, Brown announced he was retiring from football management at the end of the 2012–13 season.^[10] His retirement date was brought forward when Derek McInnes was appointed to the position on 5 April, with Brown accepting a position on the Aberdeen board.^[11]

Personal life

Brown's brother is commentator Jock Brown. His other brother, Bob Brown, was the Minister at Queen's Cross Parish Church in Aberdeen from 1984 until retirement in 2008.^[12] He was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Arts by Abertay University in 2001. ^[13]

Managerial statistics

As of 6 April 2013

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
Clyde		1977	1986
Scotland under 21		1986	1993
Scotland[14]		1 November 1993	30 October 2001	7001700000000000000♠70	7001320000000000000♠32	7001180000000000000♠18	7001200000000000000♠20	07001457100000000000♠45.71
Preston North End[15]		29 April 2002	29 August 2004	7002106000000000000♠106	7001360000000000000♠36	7001300000000000000♠30	7001400000000000000♠40	07001339600000000000♠33.96
Motherwell[15]		29 December 2009	10 December 2010	7001450000000000000♠45	7001210000000000000♠21	7001100000000000000♠10	7001140000000000000♠14	07001466700000000000♠46.67
Aberdeen[15]		13 December 2010	6 April 2013	7002113000000000000♠113	7001370000000000000♠37	7001330000000000000♠33	7001430000000000000♠43	07001327400000000000♠32.74

Honours

Player

Dundee

• 
  Scottish league champion: 1961–62
  

Manager

Clyde

• 
  Scottish Second Division (2): 1977-78, 1981-82
  

Personal

• 
  Scottish Premier League manager of the month (4): January 2010,^[16] February 2010, January 2012^[17] and October 2012^[18]
  

References

External links

• Clyde FC Hall of Fame profile


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  Craig Brown at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database


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  Craig Brown management career statistics at Soccerbase