Mike Dodds

Mike Dodds (born 3 June 1986) is an English football coach, who was most recently interim head coach of Sunderland.

Coaching career
At the age of 18, Dodds joined Coventry City as a youth coach, after acquiring his UEFA B License whilst still at college. In 2009, Dodds joined Birmingham City's academy in a coaching capacity. In 2020, Dodds made the step up to academy manager at Birmingham. During Dodds' time at Birmingham, he was credited with having a positive impact on the development of Birmingham academy graduates Nathan Redmond, Demarai Gray and Jude Bellingham.

In August 2021, Dodds left Birmingham to join Sunderland as head of individual player development. On 2 February 2022, Dodds was appointed interim manager of Sunderland, following the sacking of Lee Johnson and again following the sacking of Tony Mowbray. On 19 February 2024, he was once again appointed interim manager until the end of the season following the sacking of Michael Beale.