During his playing days, he was also a teacher at Hoërskool Ermelo between 1984 and 1997 and achieved success coaching their first team,[2] guiding them to the Quarter Finals of the Director's Trophy in 1992 and to the Semi-Finals of the same competition in 1993.
During this time, he also coached the Russia Under-19 team that participated at the FIRA European U19 Tournament in France, guiding them to victory in the Plate competition.
He was appointed as head coach of the Russia national team, but returned to South Africa shortly afterwards for family reasons.
[6] In 2004, Stonehouse joined club side Pretoria Harlequins in the Blue Bulls' Carlton League competition,[7] guiding them to the Semi-Finals in 2006, the first time in 22 years they achieved that feat.
He also had short spells coaching sides on a short-term basis; he was one of the coaches of the Royal XV that played against the British & Irish Lions during the 2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa, the South African Barbarians (North) side that faced England during the 2012 England rugby union tour of South Africa and of the South Africa President's XV side that won the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup.