made full-time on 14 May 2009, when Schofield agreed a two-year contract. On 20 October 2009, he became caretaker manager of the club after Allen was placed on gardening leave whilst an alleged incident involving Allen at a nightclub was investigated. Although Allen was subsequently cleared by an internal club investigation, on 11 December 2009 he left the club by mutual consent with Schofield remaining in temporary charge. Although he was interviewed for the permanent manager's role, his erstwhile Lincoln teammate Mark Yates was appointed with Schofield reverting to his role as assistant manager. His spell as caretaker manager had consisted of nine matches with just a single victory: a 5–1 defeat of Barnet. A restructuring of the backroom team saw Schofield depart Whaddon Road after fifteen months at the club. Cambridge United On 6 July 2010 he joined Cambridge United on a trial basis to assist manager Martin Ling with the club's pre-season preparations. Having impressed, he joined the club on a two-year contract to become first team coach. Following a run of four successive defeats, he and Ling were sacked by Cambridge on 1 February 2011. Notts County On 11 April 2011, Notts County appointed Martin Allen as manager on a one-year rolling contract and he quickly appointed Schofield as first-team coach. Although Allen steered the club clear of relegation in 2010–11, he was sacked on 18 February 2012 with the club occupying 11th place in League One. Two days later, following the appointment of Keith Curle as manager, Schofield also departed Meadow Lane. Gillingham In July 2012, he linked up with Martin Allen for a third time, when he became his assistant at Gillingham. Although Allen led the club to the League Two title in 2012–13, after winning just two of their first eleven league games in 2013–14, he was sacked on 13 October 2013. Schofield was placed in caretaker charge before Peter Taylor was appointed interim manager a day later. He remained part of the backroom staff under Taylor, before leaving his role on 6 May 2014. Scunthorpe United and York City On 23 June 2014, Schofield was appointed assistant manager at Scunthorpe. He had played with the club's manager Russ Wilcox at Doncaster whilst the two also completed their coaching badges and pro-licence on the same courses. On 8 October 2014, Schofield and Wilcox were sacked by Scunthorpe, after the team started 2014–15 with two