Ian Millward
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| Personal information | ||||||
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| Nickname | Basil, Minibus | |||||
| Born |
22 August 1960 Wollongong, Australia |
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| Coaching information | ||||||
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| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1998–00 | Leigh Centurions | |||||
| 2000–05 | St Helens | 95 | 71 | 2 | 22 | 75 |
| 2005–06 | Wigan Warriors | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 25 |
| 2008 | North Queensland Cowboys | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 14 |
| 2009–11 | Leigh Centurions | |||||
| 2012–13 | Castleford Tigers | 25 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 24 |
| 2015- | St George (Assistant coach) | |||||
| Total | 146 | 82 | 2 | 62 | 56 | |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Ian Millward (born 22 August 1960) is an Australian rugby league coach and former player as well as a former TV pundit for the Super League Show broadcast on the BBC. Millward is now the assistant coach of St George in the NRL
Millward is the former head coach of Wigan, St Helens, Leigh and Castleford. He was in charge at Wigan from May 2005, his appointment coming just two weeks after an acrimonious departure from the club's fiercest rivals, St Helens. He was sacked by Wigan on 11 April 2006 for their poor start to 2006's Super League XI season - having won just one of eight league games. In October 2006 he returned to Australia. Millward lasted one and half seasons at Castleford before leaving half-way through the 2013 season.
Millward was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, and played rugby league for Illawarra Steelers lower grades in his youth, after impressing for the state's schoolboys team. His hopes of a successful playing career were ended when he was forced to retire in 1983 after suffering a serious neck injury.
He turned to coaching, taking up a position with Illawarra Western Suburbs. He also had spells with Wollongong University. In 1997, he was coach of the Steelers reserve grade team, as well as an assistant coach with the first grade Illawarra Steelers side. His first senior appointment came in 1998 when he took charge of struggling English side Leigh, who had then come close to relegation to the game's third tier. He soon transformed Leigh from relegation candidates to promotion contenders, catching the eye of a number of Super League clubs in the process. He moved to St Helens in March 2000 after the sacking of Ellery Hanley. Having won the 1999 Championship, St Helens under Millward contested in the 2000 World Club Challenge against National Rugby League Premiers the Melbourne Storm and lost.
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