Coaching_career Nathan_Brown_(rugby_league,_born_1973)




1 coaching career

1.1 st. george illawarra dragons
1.2 huddersfield giants
1.3 st. helens
1.4 melbourne storm
1.5 newcastle knights





coaching career
st. george illawarra dragons

brown appointed coach of dragons 2003 season, becoming youngest non-playing coach in years in nrl @ age 29. during first season, @ match on sunday, 13 april 2003 against manly @ win stadium, frustrated nathan brown berated skipper trent barrett, brett firman , lance thompson on sideline in 53rd minute scores locked @ 12-all. brown slapped barrett across cheek , grabbed jerseys of barrett , thompson. incident seen crowd , other players on big screen , proved decisive turning point manly ran in 5 second half tries win 38-12. after match, brown apologetic barrett , later fined $5,000 nrl.


after finishing second in 2005 competition, brown s team lost preliminary final eventual premiers, wests tigers. following many injuries , team losses throughout 2007 season, under pressure keep job heading 2008 season.


on 1 april 2008, announced brown not coach dragons in 2009 season, ended association club stretches start of joint venture. replaced wayne bennett. on 18 july 2008 announced brown had signed 3-year deal english super league team, huddersfield, same club tigers superstar brett hodgson joined.


huddersfield giants

in first season @ huddersfield took team 2009 challenge cup final.


st. helens

he left huddersfield @ end of 2012 season take control of st helens. in first season coach, brown guided st helens 5th place in super league. however, defeated 11-10 leeds rhinos in play-offs stage of competition.


in second season, brown guided st helens 1st place in super league , victory in grand final, after defeating wigan warriors 14-6. in october 2014, announced brown leave club return native australia, citing family reasons . st. helens reached 2014 super league grand final in defeated wigan warriors 14-6.


melbourne storm

in february 2015, melbourne storm announced brown had joined club coaching consultant . based in sydney, brown worked on scouting assignments , provided specialist coaching club s hookers. on 9 september 2015, brown signed 3-year contract coach newcastle knights.


newcastle knights

the 2016 nrl season brown s first head coach of newcastle knights.








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