[citation needed] Santrac was born in Adelaide, South Australia,[1] on 29 June 1958.
[2] A midfielder,[2] Santrac played 170 games in the National Soccer League.
[4] When Santrac retired from playing, he was assistant coach of West Adelaide Sharks in the men's National Soccer League for four years, after which he became head coach of the West Adelaide Sharks for two years.
He was the assistant coach of the Australia U23 national team from 1998 and into the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
In December 2004, he was replaced as the Australian women's national football coach by Tom Sermanni.