Barnet FC have announced that the Rushden & Diamonds' assistant manager, Michael Stone has been appointed First Team Coach at Underhill, with "extra responsibilty for player development:".
Stone has had a varied coaching career. He gained his first coaching qualification at 17 from the London FA and spent three years at Loughborough University gaining a degree in sports and business management before joining Nottingham Forest as an academy coach. He later moved to Tottenham Hotspur working with the youth side. He also had a spell coaching the South Korea national side during the 2006 World Cup.
Stone joined Wingate & Finchley in September 2007, and the local side who play in the Ryman League Division One North almost made the play-offs that season. Stone left Wingate in February 2009 to join Rushden and the club made the Blue Square Premier play-offs this season, losing to Oxford United in the semi finals. As a player, Stone never played at a higher level than as a Sunday League player for Leytonstone Victoria.