Scott Lindsey

Coaching career Lindsey rejoined Folkestone Invicta as a player/coach but left the club in January 2009 to become Technical Development Coach at Gillingham where his role was to set up Development Centres in and around Kent for young children while also working at the club's Centre of Excellence in Canterbury with the Under 9s right through to the Under 16s.

Following the appointment of Chris Sutton as manager of Lincoln City at the end of September 2009, Lindsey was appointed first-team coach at the club and would later serve as caretaker manager. On 18 May 2011 he departed Sincil Bank with his contract being cancelled by mutual consent following the club's relegation from The Football League.

He was appointed as the under 18s manager at Swindon Town in the summer of 2014. In June 2016 though he left Swindon to take on the role of assistant manager at Forest Green Rovers.

On 22 July 2021, Lindsey left Chatham Town and rejoined Swindon Town as assistant manager and was announced as the club's new head coach in June 2022 following the departure of Ben Garner for Charlton Athletic.

On 11 January 2023, when Swindon were eighth in League Two, Lindsey was appointed manager of another League Two side, Crawley Town, on an initial two-and-a-half-year contract. In his first season he kept the club up after a strong run of form towards the end of the season with survival confirmed after a 0–0 draw against Walsall. The club finished 22nd, their lowest finish since relegation from League One in 2015.

Lindsey was nominated for the EFL's September Manager of the Month for League Two following a successful month for Crawley with five wins and a draw with the team ending the month in second. In October 2023, Lindsey was linked with a move to manage former club Gillingham. Crawley reached the play-offs at the end of the season and defeated Milton Keynes Dons 8–1 on aggregate in the play-off semi-finals; delivering the club's first ever visit to Wembley Stadium and recording the largest play-off victory in Football League history. Lindsey led Crawley Town to promotion to League One after they won the League Two play-off final with a 2–0 win against Crewe Alexandra.

On 25 September 2024, Lindsey left Crawley Town to become manager of League Two club Milton Keynes Dons. He left Crawley with the club in 18th position in League One.

Lindsey was re-appointed as Crawley manager on 21 March 2025, with Lindsey signing a contract until June 2028. He was sacked just over a year later, on 22 March 2026, after a 10-match winless streak left Crawley one point and two places above the League Two relegation places.

Lindsey was appointed as head coach of York City on 27 July 2026 following the sacking of Stuart Maynard.

Personal life Scott Lindsey is the son of the former Gillingham right-back Keith Lindsey and was described as "a chip off the old block in the same position and for the same club".

He was married to Hayley for 16 years until her death from cancer at the age of 44 in November 2019. The couple had three daughters. His brother Matthew died when crashing his motorcycle in November 1995 on his way back from watching Lindsey play in a match. Former England under-21 goalkeeper Alan Nicholls also died in the accident.

Honours As a manager Crawley Town EFL League Two play-offs: 2024