 He then returned to Camperdown and steered his former club to back to back premierships in 1999 and 2000, the former as captain-coach.St Kilda acquired his services as an assistant coach in 2001 but the following year he took up the role of senior coach of Bell Park in the Geelong Football League and oversaw a premiership in 2003.He resumed his AFL coaching career in 2004, as an assistant to Mark Thompson at Geelong.