Jock Brown

John Winton Brown (born May 1946) is a Scottish football commentator. He also served as general manager of Scottish club Celtic from 1997 to 1998.

Early life Brown was born in Kilmarnock in May 1946. He is the younger brother of former Scotland and Aberdeen F.C. manager Craig Brown.

He was a supporter of Hamilton Academical as a child, He later graduated in law from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He is a Cambridge University football Blue, having played three times against Oxford at Wembley, captaining the team on the third occasion. Brown was then involved in the appointment of Josef Venglos. Brown had a controversial time at Celtic, and he resigned in November 1998. On 4 November 2025, Brown announced he would be stepping down from his role as Chairman for health reasons.

Charity From 2013 to 2018 he was chairman of the board of trustees of CU Trust Scotland, which operates Children's University in Scotland; he remains on the board as a trustee.