 He retired from playing football following a knee injury and was engaged to coach the Parramatta SG Ball team in 1997.He had spent the 1997 season in Super League as Stuart Raper's assistant at Castleford Tigers before he was assistant coach for the Sydney Roosters for two years under Ricky Stuart.He has coached the Australian Schoolboys, was assistant coach for Australia in 2007, and was assistant coach under Craig Bellamy of New South Wales from 2007-2010.