| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1980-10-18)18 October 1980 (age 44) | ||
| Place of birth | Aylesbury, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Notts County (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1999 | Watford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | St Albans City | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Wealdstone | 9 | (1) |
| 2000 | St Albans City | 2 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Aylesbury United | 65 | (10) |
| 2002–2003 | Enfield | 34 | (2) |
| 2003–2005 | Hitchin Town | 40 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | Dunstable Town | ||
| 2006–2007 | Chesham United | ||
| 2007–2008 | Barton Rovers | ||
| 2008 | Halesowen Town | 4 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Aylesbury United | 7 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Aylesbury | 11 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Hemel Hempstead Town | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021–2024 | Wealdstone | ||
| 2024– | Notts County | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Stuart Maynard (born 18 October 1980) is an Englishfootball manager and former player who is the head coach ofEFL League Two clubNotts County.
Maynard started off his career as an apprentice atWatford, before being released in 1999 after the Hertfordshire based side reached thePremier League. He then went on to have brief spells withFC Groningen andSt Albans City, before joiningWealdstone.[1] Maynard made 11 appearances for the Stones, scoring once away toWorthing in December 1999, before returning to St Albans in 2000. Maynard would then go on to spend two years atAylesbury United,[2] before spending another 9 years in non league football.
In May 2012, Maynard was appointed as assistant manager atHemel Hempstead Town, with former teammateDean Brennan being appointed as manager.[3] The pair guided Hemel to the Southern League title in2013–14, and to the First Round of theFA Cup the following season, where they lost 3–1 toBury.[4] Maynard helped the club to reach the National League South playoffs in2017–18, where they were eliminated on penalties byBraintree Town in the semi-final.
On 18 September 2018, Maynard and Brennan were appointed by ownerGlenn Tamplin as the managerial team atNational League South sideBillericay Town.[5] However, they both had their contracts terminated by Tamplin after less than four months in the job on Wednesday 16 January 2019.[6]
On 12 February 2019, the pair joinedIsthmian League Premier Division sideKingstonian. However, on 16 March 2019, following a breakdown in relations with a club director over player liaison and team strategy, Maynard and Brennan re-evaluated their position and resigned after just five games in charge.[7]
On 21 May 2019, Maynard and Brennan joinedNational League South sideWealdstone, with Maynard initially the assistant manager.[8] In the shortened2019–20 season, the duo led the club to automatic promotion to theNational League, as champions of the National League South. On 2 February 2021, Brennan resigned from his role at Wealdstone, with Maynard remaining at the club.[9]
Following Brennan's departure, Maynard was initially appointed as Wealdstone's interim manager, before being appointed permanently on 11 March 2021, withMatthew Saunders as his assistant manager.[10] The back end of the2020–21 season saw the club struggle, a number of first team players werefurloughed[11] which contributed to Wealdstone suffering multiple heavy defeats at the start of Maynard's tenure. In spite of this, the club still finished in 19th, clear of what would have been the relegation zone.
Maynard'sfirst full season as Wealdstone manager saw the club finish 16th, their highest league finish in 35 years.[12] They finished 19 points clear of the bottom three, in a season which also saw Maynard help Wealdstone to a league double over local rivalsBarnet and his former colleagueDean Brennan.[13] On 12 May 2022, Maynard and Saunders were both given two year contract extensions.[14]
In the2022–23 season, Maynard bettered his previous efforts by taking Wealdstone to 13th, their highest league finish in 36 years. The season included notable victories againstOldham Athletic[15] andGateshead, the latter taking them to the top of theNational League table.[16] Maynard and Saunders signed further two year extensions in July 2023, lengthening their tenure at the club until the end of the 2025–26 season.[17]
On 18 January 2024, Maynard was appointed head coach ofLeague Two clubNotts County, following the departure of Luke Williams. Maynard is joined by both Matthew Saunders and first-team coach Craig Saunders.[18] Prior to taking on the role at County, Maynard had also worked full-time as an engineer forBT for nineteen years.[19]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
| Wealdstone |  | 2 February 2021 | 18 January 2024 | 168 | 51 | 39 | 78 | 030.36 | [20] |
| Notts County | | 18 January 2024 | Present | 63 | 25 | 15 | 23 | 039.68 | [21] |
| Total | 231 | 76 | 54 | 101 | 032.90 | ||||