At Bridgewater Hall School, part of the Stantonbury Campus in Milton Keynes, he taught Physical Education and Geography between 1979 and 1987.
[1] As Under-19 head coach Hunter worked with some future full international players, including Joe Cole, Theo Walcott and Michael Carrick.
He applied for the permanent position but West Ham United assistant manager Peter Grant who was appointed on 16 October 2006.
On 18 June 2007, Chris Hutchings said that he wanted Hunter, his former colleague at Bradford City, to be his assistant at Wigan Athletic.
[2] Boothroyd was sacked on 3 November 2008 and Hunter subsequently worked alongside caretaker manager Malky Mackay.