 He coached a Gundagai side to success in a country competition in 1926 and coached the Balmain Tigers in 1932.He remained involved with the Balmain club in the 1950s and 1960s as a talent scout and lived at Dock Road, Balmain with wife Veronica for the rest of his long life.He told Tom Goodman in the Sun Herald in 1978, "I'm 85 but I'm still a fan.