He later had an extensive career in team management culminating in working as the Chief Operations Officer for the Tampa Bay Mutiny of Major League Soccer.
He is a 1970 graduate of the former Essex Catholic High School in Newark, N.J., where he played on two New Jersey Parochial A State Championship teams, 1969 and 1970.
Austin attended Hartwick College where he was a 1971 Honorable Mention (third team) All American soccer player.
He again won a league title as the Americans topped the Sacramento Spirits in the ASL championship game.
After working in the automotive industry, Austin returned to team management in 1996 when he became the Chief Operating Officer of the Tampa Bay Mutiny of Major League Soccer.