 In June 2015 Brass was appointed Head of Football Operations.On 16 November 2016, Brass and Ryan Kidd took over as caretaker managers, following the sacking of David Flitcroft.On 15 December 2016, Brass was named the head coach of Bury until the end of 2016–17 season, but on 15 February 2017, Brass was replaced by Lee Clark.