Billy Brown (footballer, born 1950) explained

Billy Brown
Birth Date:1950 12, df=y
Birth Place:Musselburgh, Scotland
Position:Defender
Youthyears1:1966–1970
Youthclubs1:Hull City
Years1:1970–1973
Clubs1:Motherwell
Caps1:28
Goals1:1
Years2:1973–1978
Clubs2:Raith Rovers
Caps2:92
Goals2:5
Years3:1978–1979
Years4:1979–1984
Totalcaps:101
Totalgoals:5
Manageryears1:1988–1990
Managerclubs1:Berwick Rangers (assistant)
Manageryears2:1990–1995
Managerclubs2:Falkirk (assistant)
Manageryears3:1995–2000
Managerclubs3:Heart of Midlothian (assistant)
Manageryears4:2000–2001
Managerclubs4:Bradford City (assistant)
Manageryears5:2002–2010
Managerclubs5:Kilmarnock (assistant)
Manageryears6:2010–2011
Managerclubs6:Heart of Midlothian (assistant)
Manageryears7:2011
Managerclubs7:Hibernian (caretaker)
Manageryears8:2011–2012
Managerclubs8:Hibernian (assistant)
Manageryears9:2012–2013
Managerclubs9:East Fife
Manageryears10:2013–2014
Managerclubs10:Heart of Midlothian (assistant)
Manageryears11:2017
Managerclubs11:Cowdenbeath

Billy Brown (born on 20 December 1950) is a Scottish football coach and former player. He has managed East Fife and Cowdenbeath and played in the Scottish Football League for Motherwell and Raith Rovers. He then became a football coach, working at Berwick Rangers, Falkirk, Hearts, Bradford City and Kilmarnock with longtime colleague Jim Jefferies.

Club career

Brown was born in Musselburgh and began his career at Hull City. He later played for Motherwell and Raith Rovers. His senior playing career was Cut short at age 28 due to a cruciate ligament injury. Brown continued to play at junior level with Newtongrange Star and Musselburgh Athletic where he became a coach

Manageel career

Billy Brown became the assistant manager to Jim Jefferies an old school friend from Musselburgh Grammar School, at Berwick Rangers in 1988. Since then, he followed Jefferies to Falkirk, Hearts, Bradford city and Kilmarnock. After leaving Kilmarnock with Jefferies in January 2010,[1] Brown and Jefferies returned to Hearts soon afterwards.[2] Jefferies anhortly own were sacked by Hearts on August 1, 2011.[3]

In September 2011, Brown was appointed as the assistant manager at Hibernian .[4] He was made the caretaker manager of the club after the dismissal of Colin Calderwood in November[5] and was interviewed for the job.[6] Pat Fenlon was appointed manager, but Brown remained the assistant manager[7] until June 2012, when his contract expired.[8]

Brown was appointed manager of East Fife in November 2012.[9] Although East Fife struggled during the 2012–13 season, the club won the Scottish Second Division play-offs to stay in the third tier.[10] On 5 June 2013, it was reported that Brown had parted ways with East Fife,[11] one month after a widely publicised post-match interview where he angrily criticised the club's fans following a defeat to Stenhousemuir FC.[12]

Brown then returned to Hearts, working as an unpaid assistant to manager Gary Locke.[13] Hearts had recently entered administration and could not afford to offer a salary to an assistant coach.[13] Brown was given a paid short-term contract in September 2013.[14] In January 2014, Brown was informed that his contract would not be renewed.[15] However, after a delegation of Hearts' players met the club administrators, Brown was subsequently given another contract.[16] Brown and Locke left Hearts at the end of the season, after Ann Budge took control of the club.[17]

In 2017, Brown assisted Gary Locke during his time as manager of Cowdenbeath. When Locke left Cowdenbeath in July 2017 to take an ambassadorial role with Hearts, Brown was appointed as the manager of Cowdenbeath.[18] However, with the side 10th in the league after one win in 10 matches, Brown resigned from his position on 31 October 2017.[19]

Manager

TeamNatFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
East FifeNovember 20125 June 2013
Cowdenbeath1 July 201731 October 2017
Total

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Notes and References

  1. News: Kilmarnock part company with boss Jim Jefferies . 9 October 2020 . BBC Sport . 11 January 2010.
  2. News: Hearts confirm deals for Billy Brown and Gary Locke . 25 June 2011 . BBC News . 12 February 2010.
  3. News: Jim Jefferies and Billy Brown sacked on day of drama at Hearts . The Guardian . 1 August 2011 . 15 September 2011.
  4. Web site: Hibs confirm Brown as assistant . British Broadcasting Corporation . BBC Sport . 15 September 2011 . 15 September 2011.
  5. Web site: Billy Brown given Hibs caretaker role . BBC . BBC Sport . 7 November 2011 . 7 November 2011.
  6. Web site: Hibs interview Billy Brown for manager's post. BBC . BBC Sport . 17 November 2011 . 17 November 2011.
  7. Web site: Brown stays as assistant as two coaches leave Hibernian. BBC . BBC Sport . 28 November 2011 . Brian. McLauchlin. 28 November 2011.
  8. Web site: Hibernian and assistant boss Billy Brown part company . BBC Sport . BBC . 29 June 2012 . 29 June 2012.
  9. Web site: Club Appoints Billy Brown as Manager . eastfifefc.info . East Fife FC . Eugene . Clarke . 5 November 2012 . 5 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140102193608/http://eastfifefc.info/component/content/article/1-latest-news/740-club-appoints-billy-brown-as-manager . 2 January 2014.
  10. Web site: East Fife: Manager Billy Brown considers future . BBC Sport . BBC . 19 May 2013 . 19 May 2013.
  11. Web site: East Fife part company with boss Billy Brown . The Courier . DC Thomson . Craig . Smith . 5 June 2013 . 5 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130727074548/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/football/div-2-2.194/east-fife-part-company-with-boss-billy-brown-1.99596 . 27 July 2013.
  12. Web site: Red-faced East Fife gaffer Billy Brown left embarrassed by his post-match rant . dailyrecord.co.uk . 24 November 2020.
  13. News: Hearts: Billy Brown returns as unpaid assistant manager. BBC . BBC Sport . 1 July 2013. 1 July 2013.
  14. Web site: Hearts short-term deal for assistant manager Billy Brown . BBC Sport . BBC . 11 September 2013 . 1 January 2014.
  15. Web site: Hearts: Assistant manager Billy Brown to stay until 31 January . BBC Sport . BBC . 19 January 2014 . 19 January 2014.
  16. Web site: Hearts extend Billy Brown's short-term deal for Cup semi-final . BBC Sport . BBC . 27 January 2014 . 27 January 2014.
  17. Web site: Hearts: Craig Levein lands lead role as manager Gary Locke exits . Brian . McLauchlin . BBC Sport . BBC . 2 July 2017 . 12 May 2014.
  18. Web site: Brown replaces Locke at Cowdenbeath . SPFL . 1 July 2017 . 2 July 2017.
  19. Web site: Billy Brown . Cowdenbeath FC . 31 October 2017 . 31 October 2017.