Roy Masters

Our Great Coach on this episode is Roy Masters. Roy is an Australian sports journalist and former rugby league football coach.He started life as a schoolteacher in the NSW countryside coaching school sides and by 1974 had been appointed as the Australian coach of the Australian School boys’ team. He then became coach of a youth team at the professional club Penrith Panthers before becoming the Head Coach of the Western Suburbs Magpies in 1978. He was a Head Coach for 10 years, and on three occasions, he was coach of the year and twice runner-up on Grand Final Day. He then walked away from Coaching and started life as a journalist. In 2012, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for services to sport and journalism. If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you; please contact us at [email protected] or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.