Starting his coaching career in Western Australia to augment his income, he managed North Perth Croatia, Spearwood Dalmatinac and Floreat Athena.
Between 1994 and 1997 he led the Western Australia State Team to historic victories over English clubs West Ham United and Nottingham Forest.
[1] His first involvement in Myanmar was when he was invited to build the basic structure of a football academy right next to the Yangon United training site.
[1][7] He is helping the Rhys Williams Foundation which supports children in Indonesia to play football.
[1] The coach has three sons, Rhys, Ryan and Aryn,[8] who were born in Australia and are all professional footballers.