coach under Peter Gentle. His first game in charge was a pre-season friendly against Doncaster, and his first competitive game was against the Catalans Dragons in Super League XIX. After a shaky start to his coaching career he found success in 2016 becoming the first Hull F.C. coach to lead the team to a challenge cup victory at Wembley Stadium, the victory coming in the 2016 Challenge Cup final. The win came against Warrington Wolves with a score of 12-10. Hull F.C. had previously lost 8 finals at the national stadium (despite having won the cup on 3 previous occasions at other venues). That year he would also lead his team to the Super League play-off semi-finals but would fail to reach the final after being defeated by the Wigan Warriors 28-18. Radford's coaching success would continue the following year when he once against led Hull F.C. to victory in the 2017 Challenge Cup final with an 18-14 win over the Wigan Warriors, having now led Hull F.C. to two Challenge Cup victories in a row. Immediately after their loss to the Warrington Wolves on 12 March 2020, Hull FC chief executive Adam Pearson told a live TV interview that Radford had been sacked, minutes after the 38-4 loss. Dallas Jackals In June 2020, it was announced that Radford had joined Major League Rugby side Dallas Jackals as defensive coach. Castleford Tigers On 27 April 2021 it was announced that he would take over the head coach role for the 2022 season, on a two-year deal, when Daryl Powell leaves at the end of the 2021 season. In round 1 of the 2022 Super League season, Radford coached his first game in charge of Castleford which ended in a 26-16 defeat against Salford. Honours Playing career Bradford Bulls Super League: (2) 2003, 2005 Runner-up: (1) 2004 Challenge Cup: (1) 2003 World Club Challenge: (1) 2004 Hull FC Super League Runner-up: (1) 2006 Challenge Cup Runner-up: (1) 2008 Coaching career Hull FC Challenge Cup: (2) 2016, 2017. References External links Hull FC profile (archived by web.archive.org) History → Coaches & Captains at hullfc.com 1979 births Living people Bradford Bulls players Castleford Tigers coaches England national rugby league team players English rugby league players Hull F.C. captains Hull F.C. coaches Hull F.C. players Rugby league second-rows Rugby league players from Kingston upon Hull Yorkshire rugby league team players