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Brown set to retire

SoccerNews in Scottish Premier League 14 Mar 2013

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Aberdeen manager Craig Brown has announced he will retire at the end of the season.

The 72-year-old coached Scotland between 1993 and 2001 after being appointed as Andy Roxburgh’s assistant with the national team in 1986.

Brown went on to manage Preston and Motherwell before landing with Aberdeen but will call time on a 36-year coaching career in the off-season in favour of a non-executive director role on the board, with assistant manager Archie Knox also leaving the club.

“Having reflected long and hard on the situation, I felt the time was right for me to step down as manager,” he told Aberdeen’s website.

“I feel it is important this is out in the public domain as I do not want anything to distract from the playing side over the next few weeks.

“Archie and I are determined to do whatever we can to help the team finish 2012/13 on a high and we strongly believe we will be leaving a solid base for the next management team to build on.”

Brown will aid the board in their search for a new boss, which will begin immediately in order to ensure that his successor is in place in time to prepare for the 2013/14 campaign.

“Craig and Archie have worked tirelessly to turn the club around over the last 27 months,” chairman Stewart Milne said.

“They are very much a team, as everyone is aware, and the contribution they have made in taking the club forward is immense.

“The staff throughout the club hold them in such high regard and they will certainly be a difficult act to follow.

“When Craig indicated that he would step down I asked him to become a non executive director and I am delighted to say this will take effect immediately.

“Craig will have input to all areas of the club like any other board member and will be a fantastic ambassador for Aberdeen Football Club.

“As a board member he will play a full role like the rest of the board in choosing his successor.”

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