Michael Oliver (born 16 November 1957) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.

Oliver had successful spells at QOS and Albion Rovers, winning the Division 2 championship.^[1] After retiring as a player, Oliver was appointed manager of Albion Rovers^[1] in 1991. He also worked as assistant manager to Gordon Dalziel at Ayr United, where he was building a growing reputation as a coach and especially in developing young players. Oliver then moved to be general manager at Clydebank.^[1]

Since leaving the latter of those positions, Oliver has built up a great reputation in the area of player identification and has worked as a scout for Dundee United, Wigan Athletic and Birmingham City.^[1] Oliver was hired by the Scottish Football Association after Craig Levein was appointed as national team manager.^[1] Levein explained at the time of Oliver's appointment that he wanted to inform his players about all of their opponents, which necessitated the hiring of a full-time scout.^[1]

• Mike Oliver at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database