Michael James Barron was born on 22 December 1974 and is a former professional footballer and coach.
16 Facts About Michael Barron
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Michael Barron would spend time on loan with local club Hartlepool United before signing permanently there in 1997.
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Nevertheless, Michael Barron won his second promotion with the club the following year.
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Michael Barron later moved into first-team roles with the club as a first-team coach, assistant manager and as a caretaker manager on two separate occasions before leaving the club in 2013.
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Michael Barron was born in Chester-le-Street, but started his career at Middlesbrough.
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Michael Barron looked elsewhere for game time and he was allowed to go on loan to Hartlepool United.
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Michael Barron made his debut for Hartlepool against Carlisle United and made 14 appearances during his loan spell.
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Michael Barron was voted Supporters' Player of the Year in both 1998 and 1999.
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Michael Barron was in the Hartlepool side that had three consecutive Football League Third Division play-off semi-final defeats.
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Michael Barron made 374 appearances for Pools, ranked 9th in the all-time list for the club, scoring 4 times.
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Michael Barron kept up this role before being the club's assistant manager to Mick Wadsworth whilst undertaking the role of reserve team coach; John Hewitson was then put in charge of Barron's previous role of youth team coach.
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Michael Barron was appointed first-team coach under John Hughes, before he was sacked along with Hughes in May 2013 which allowed Colin Cooper and Craig Hignett to replace to pair later on that month.
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Michael Barron took on first-team duties as caretaker manager on 6 December 2011, following the sacking of previous manager Mick Wadsworth.
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Michael Barron's role is to coach the first-year students at who, as part of a partnership with the college, play for Chester-le-Street United U18s.
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Since May 2020, Michael Barron co-hosts Switch of Play which is a podcast of interviews with former Hartlepool players, alongside the club's former media manager Mark Simpson.
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In May 2024, Michael Barron revealed that he had been diagnosed with heart failure.