In 2015, he moved into scouting and backroom roles with Brentford, Watford, Swansea City, Nottingham Forest and Charlton Athletic.
[4] He joined the Bramall Lane club, then members of the Premier League, for a £50,000 fee in December 1992 and made the first professional appearance of his career as an injury time substitute for Brian Deane in a 1–1 Steel City derby draw on 21 April 1993.
[12] Scott was played on the left wing by new manager Ron Noades during 1998–99, but despite suffering a serious leg injury in November 1998,[13] he had the best season of his career so far,[10] scoring 11 goals in 40 appearances and winning the Third Division championship.
[10] Scott began the 2000–01 season in his regular left wing role, but deputised up front for the injured Lloyd Owusu and enjoyed the best goalscoring form of his career,[10] with 13 goals in a 21-match spell between late August 2000 and early January 2001.
[16] In a bid to balance the club's books, chairman Ron Noades sold Scott and teammate Rob Quinn in January 2001.
[2] Scott and Brentford teammate Rob Quinn joined Second Division strugglers Oxford United for a combined £150,000 fee on 12 January 2001.
[21][22][23] A 2005–06 pre-season friendly was played between Leyton Orient and Brentford to raise money for Scott after his premature retirement.
[24] After retiring from football in April 2005, Scott began coaching the Leyton Orient youth team,[25] replacing Dean Smith, who moved up to assistant manager.
[25] On 9 May 2007, Scott rejoined his former club Brentford, newly relegated to League Two, as assistant to incoming manager Terry Butcher.
[27] Following a poor run of results and with a relegation into non-League football a possibility, Butcher was sacked on 11 December 2007 and Scott was named caretaker manager.
[30] Scott signed a new five-year contract during the 2008 off-season and an overhaul of the squad and the shrewd loan signings of goalkeeper Ben Hamer,[26] centre back Alan Bennett and forwards Jordan Rhodes and Billy Clarke contributed to Brentford winning the 2008–09 League Two championship in Scott's first full season in management.
[33] Scott again overhauled the squad for the 2009–10 season in League One and he again showed prowess in the loan market, signing young Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny,[34] up-and-coming teenage attacker John Bostock and future stalwart Toumani Diagouraga.
[37] Scott's Brentford had a torrid start to the 2010–11 season and sat bottom of the table after just two wins from the opening 11 matches.
[46] Scott and his assistant Terry Bullivant were unable to save the Shots from relegation to the Conference Premier and the subsequent entry into administration.
[47] A 19th-place finish was achieved at the end of the 2013–14 season,[50] but with the club six points above the relegation zone, Scott and Bullivant were sacked on 21 January 2015.