Brian Clough, who coached Nottingham Forest to European Cup titles in 1979 and 1980, died of stomach cancer on Monday at the age of 69. The outspoken Clough, who retired from coaching in 1993, won English League titles with Derby in 1972 and with Forest in 1978. He was nicknamed ''Old Big Head'' and once said, ''I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.'' When ask how he would like to be remembered, Clough, who underwent a liver transplant in 2003, recently said, ''I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed — I would hope they would say that, and I would hope somebody liked me.''