[2][3][4][5][6] He had a brief stint whilst still a player in the United States as chairman of Górnik Konin, but was hugely unpopular and widely blamed for the club's demise.

[citation needed] After playing at Bakirkoyspor (Turkey) and Young Boys Bern (Switzerland), Nowak moved to Germany to join Bundesliga side Dynamo Dresden.

[citation needed] In 1998, Nowak moved to the United States and joined the Chicago Fire for the team ’s inaugural MLS season.

His last match for the national team was against England played on 31 May 1997 as part of the 1998 World Cup qualifiers.

It then turned out that in the second half of the season plans to relocate the team to Bydgoszcz were put in place, and played under the name Zawisza SSA.

In the end the relocation never came to fruition, but the team, which only amassed 8 points the entire season, was disbanded, with the club management and the chairman Piotr Nowak widely held responsible.

Following their relegation, many of the Aluminium players were involved in the large corruption scandal in Polish football which shook the country that season, which had a major impact on the club sponsors who all withdrew.

This meant that the new club couldn't even afford to play in the then regional Third Division, and the senior team was disbanded.

[citation needed] In three years with United, Nowak led the club to win the Supporters ’ Shield and was elected twice as a Head Coach of MLS All Star team (2004, 2006)[citation needed] He moved on to become an Assistant to US Men’s National Team Head Coach Bob Bradley.

Nowak also served as Head Coach of the U-23 National Team, advancing to 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

In December 2011 Nowak was named Executive Vice President / Team Manager for the Philadelphia Union.

[14] In February 2014, he was hired as a technical and personal advisor to the president of the Caribbean Football Union, which contains 31 countries as a part of CONCACAF.

In September 2014, his duties were grown to include technical director and head coach of Antigua and Barbuda Football Association, overseeing all National Team Programs including FIFA Grass Roots and Female Programs.