 Bodin was appointed a coach in Swindon Town's youth team set-up in 2001.In April 2011 he took over as caretaker manager of Swindon for the final two games of the 2011–12 season after the departure of Paul Hart.Following the arrival of Paolo Di Canio, Bodin rebuffed advances from Torquay United to become assistant manager under good friend Martin Ling, and opted to sign a new long term deal with Swindon Town following the revelations he had been working without a contract for three-and-a-half years.