He also stayed in touch with the game through his involvement with the South African Rugby Legends Association (SARLA).
In 2013 Ian McIntosh became the first South African and the first Durban North resident to win the IRB’s Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service, recognising his achievement in changing the face of rugby in South Africa.
The year before the 1995 World Cup, he was sacked as national coach following a series defeat to the All Blacks in New Zealand in mid-1994.
The Sharks have named their main entrance gate at Kings Park after former coach Ian McIntosh.
The Ian McIntosh Story is a Supersport documentary available on Showmax, 'In bestowing the prestigious Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service in 2013, World Rugby lauded Ian for his outstanding coaching and management, this is his story'.