In 2003, he became the club's boys' director of coaching.

He was director of coaching of Queensland, from 1978 to 1988.

He was appointed Fiji's national coaching director in March 2002.

On 29 January, he was confirmed as the Ospreys' new director of coaching.

The snag is, though, that coaching directors, no matter how eminent they are, do not win matches.

In 2000 he was named as the national coaching director for the program Soccer in the Streets.

In 1989, he became the director of coaching of the Colorado Rush soccer club.

He will be working alongside the union's director of coaching, assisting coaches and coaching coordinators through to U21 level.

He is also the current coaching director of the Central Districts Stags cricket team.

He was helped by John Halpin and Wilkes himself, who were both directors of coaching.