Overall, he made over 200 appearances in professional and semi-professional football, before retiring at age 26 to pursue a full-time career in coaching.
In 1998, Brunskill began his coaching career Liverpool as Assistant Academy Technical Director, a role he held for ten years.
[2] After leaving Anfield, Brunskill became reserve-team manager and first-team coach at Blackburn Rovers, working with Paul Ince initially, then Sam Allardyce.
[3] Brunskill next joined Bolton Wanderers' player development department,[3] before beginning a two-year role as the Under-23s coach of the Jordan national team.
[2][3] On 9 February 2022, Brunskill was appointed assistant head coach to Neil Critchley at Blackpool, replacing Stuart McCall, who left for Sheffield United three months earlier.