Former Celtic and Scotland midfielder Scott Brown has stood down as Ayr United manager “by mutual consent”, the Scottish Championship membership has introduced.
The 40-year-old exits Somerset Park together with assistant Steven Whittaker, the previous Rangers and Scotland defender, after a run of 9 video games with no victory.
Ayr slipped to sixth in Scotland’s second tier after Saturday’s 3-0 loss against Raith Rovers, a defeat that meant their hosts leapfrogged Brown’s aspect into fifth.
The Honest Men have dropped out of the promotion play-off locations and path 5 factors behind fourth-placed Dunfermline Athletic, who even have a recreation in hand.
Brown took cost of Ayr in January 2024 and lifted them away from relegation hassle earlier than a third-place end in his first full season in cost, however the momentum has shifted in the wrong way in latest weeks.
Having began his teaching profession as player-coach with Aberdeen after leaving Celtic, Brown had a spell in control of Fleetwood Town, however after a Thirteenth-place end in his first season with the League One membership, he was sacked in September 2023 after a poor begin to his second marketing campaign.
Veteran winger Jamie Murphy, together with first-team coach Tommy Tait and goalkeeper coach Dave Timmins, have taken Ayr coaching earlier than “further communication regarding an interim position in due course”.
