Nas Bashir

Bashir was Assistant Academy Manager at Reading between 2001 and 2009. Whilst at the club, he gained his UEFA Pro Licence and worked with Stuart Pearce coaching the England U21 side. He was also responsible for running courses at Charters School and the John Madejski Academy. After founding the FAB academy based at Bisham Abbey, Bashir moved to Beaconsfield SYCOB in the summer of 2014 as Director of Football/General Manager, alongside Andy Hurley and Lee Togwell who assumed the manager and player/coach roles respectively. Bashir stepped in as manager for the final weeks of the season following the departure of Gary Meakin in March 2015 on a caretaker basis. After stepping aside as caretaker manager, Bashir assumed his previous role as Director of Football.