After playing he coached Super League clubs in Australia (the Western Reds and the Adelaide Rams) and in England (the Leeds Rhinos).
In 1989 the captaincy of the club was handed over to Mal Meninga, but Lance played in his second grand final, this time winning the premiership.
The club was shut down at the end of that season so he signed as coach of the Adelaide Rams in the first year of the National Rugby League competition following Rod Reddy's dismissal.
He moved to England and became coach of the Leeds Rhinos club in the Super League in November 1999,[4] succeeding fellow Australian Graham Murray.
[5] After returning to Australia, Lance took on a football manager's role at the Melbourne Storm club, working with coach and former Canberra teammate, Craig Bellamy.