[1] He also worked in Myanmar developing a full-time Academy for Yangon United before returning to Western Australia alongside Gareth Naven with Perth Glory in the National Youth League.
With the club unexpectedly challenging for the title and into the quarter finals of both cup competitions expectations soared and in a major coup for the league he attracted ex-Real Betis captain Arzu.
[5] Ord took some time off, spending two months in Spain to study the coaching of Diego Simeone at Atlético Madrid, the academy system of Villarreal CF and the recruitment and scouting policies of Sevilla FC.
[8][circular reference] On 20 December 2013, Ord returned to Australia with Perth Glory as assistant coach to Kenny Lowe, after a player revolt had led to the sacking of Alistair Edwards.
[9] With the club in crisis it was reported that Ord had a heated dressing room exchange with temperamental Frenchman William Gallas[10] but this proved to be a turning point with a late season surge seeing them climb off the bottom of the table.
In August 2015, Ord was responsible for the capture of La Liga winger Diego Castro, from Getafe[11] who helped them reach the 2015 FFA Cup final for a second year running.
[13] On 18 May 2017, Ord reportedly signed a one-year contract to be the next head coach of the Bangladesh national team and was officially unveiled by SAFF president Kazi Salahuddin on 7 June 2017.
Tasked with rebuilding the ageing squad he worked with Technical Director Paul Smalley to restructure the Men's National Team program, down to Under 15 level.