Frank Endacott

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Frank Endacott
Personal information
Full name	Frank Morris Endacott
Nickname	Happy Frank
Playing information
Position	Stand-off
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
19??	Addington (CRL)
19??–1987	Hornby (CRL)
	Total	0	0	0	0	0
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1997–1998	Auckland Warriors	42	16	0	26	38
1999–2001	Wigan Warriors	31	25	1	5	81
2004–2005	Widnes Vikings	3	1	0	2	33
	Total	76	42	1	33	55
Representative
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1989–1993	Canterbury
1995–2000	New Zealand	13	4	0	9	31
As of 24 February 2009
Source: RLP

Frank Morris Endacott, ONZM, is a retired rugby league player and coach from New Zealand. His son, Shane, also played rugby league.

Playing career

Endacott played for Addington and Hornby in the Canterbury Rugby League competition. He made the Junior Kiwis in 1963, but after marrying and having a family of four sons decided not to take his rugby league playing career any further.^[1]

Coaching in New Zealand

Endacott started coaching Canterbury provincial sides in New Zealand before becoming involved with the Auckland Warriors, coaching the reserve side in the club's debut year in 1995. He continued with this role until John Monie was sacked as head coach halfway through the 1997 Super League season. He was the head coach of the Warriors for the rest of 1997 and the 1998 season, leaving after being dumped by the club's new owners prior to the 1999 season.^[2]

While coaching Canterbury he was twice named Canterbury Coach of the Year by The Sir Richard Hadlee Sports Trust.^[3]

Coaching in England

Endacott joined Wigan Warriors after the 1999 season,^[4] initially only on a one year contract. In 2000 he was named Super League's Coach of the Year. Endacott took the Wigan Warriors to the 2000 Super League Grand Final but lost against St Helens RLFC. He went on to coach the club until 2001.^[5] He won the Minor Premiership in 2000 and made the Grand Final but was sacked after a string of bad results in the 2001 season. However club chairman Maurice Lindsay said that Endacott had left the club in a better state than he'd found it.^[6]

In August 2004 Frank put his player management business on hold to act as an advisor to the Widnes Vikings.^[7] He helped the Vikings to avoid relegation at the end of the season and was subsequently appointed as head coach for the 2005 Season.^[8] He left at the end of the 2005 season after the Vikings were relegated from the Super League.^[9]

International

While coaching in Canterbury, Endacott led tours of both the Junior Kiwis and New Zealand Residents.

Endacott was appointed as head coach of the New Zealand Kiwis in 1994 and continued in this role until the end of the 2000 season. His spell as head coach included two World Cups, in 1995 and 2000.

In 2008 Frank was involved in his third World Cup, coaching the New Zealand Police team in the inaugural Police World Cup.^[10] The team lost the final 20-12.

Player Agent & Later life

Endacott is a well known player agent and, alongside his business partner Peter Brown, manages many professional rugby league players.^[11]

In 2002, his biography Being Frank was published.^[12]

On December 2006 Frank was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, as part of the New Year Honours 2007.

References

↑ Richard Becht. A New Breed Rising: The Warriors Winfield Cup Challenge. Auckland, HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN 1-86950-154-3. p.141.
↑ NZ HERALD, 30 January 1999
↑ Previous Winners The Sir Richard Hadlee Sports Trust
↑ "Super League Team-by-team guide". telegraph.co.uk (UK: Telegraph Media Group Limited). 1 March 2001. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
↑ 'Teddy bear' Endacott to coach Wigan The Independent, 3 December 1999
↑ Wigan sack Endacott BBC Sport, 14 May 2001
↑ Endacott relishes fight at Widnes The Guardian, 28 August 2004
↑ How the Engage Super League clubs will finish in 2005 The Times, 10 February 2005
↑ Endacott calls it a day at Widnes BBC Sports, 14 September 2005
↑ Kiwi Ferns and New Zealand Police both in World Cup Finals NZRL, 13 November 2008
↑ "Williams' dash 'a disgrace' - Endacott". The Press. 28 July 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
↑ Being Frank: A Biography of Rugby League Coach Frank Endacott (Paperback) amazon.co.uk

External links

Frank Endacott Wigan Coaching Career Page on the Wigan RL Fansite.

Preceded by Howie Tamati	Coach New Zealand Kiwis 1994-2000	Succeeded by Gary Freeman
Preceded by John Monie	Coach New Zealand Warriors 1997-1998	Succeeded by Mark Graham
Preceded by Andy Goodway	Coach Wigan Warriors 1999-2001	Succeeded by Stuart Raper

Wigan Warriors coaches

Jim Sullivan (1932–1952; 1961)
Maurice Hughes (1952–1953)
Ted Ward (1953–1956)
Joe Egan (1956–1961)
Johnny Lawrenson (1961)
Griff Jenkins (1961–1963)
Eric Ashton (1963–1973)
Graham Starkey (1973–1974)
Edward "Ted" Toohey (1974–1975)
Joe Coan (1975–1976)
Vince Karalius (1976–1979)
Kel Coslett (1979–1980)
George Fairbairn (1980–1981)
Maurice Bamford (1981–1982)
Alex Murphy (1982–1984)
Colin Clarke/Alan McInnes (1984–1986)
Graham Lowe (1986–1989)
John Monie (1989–1993; 1997–1999)
John Dorahy (1993–1994)
Graeme West (1994–1997)
Eric Hughes (1997)
Andy Goodway (1999)
Frank Endacott (1999–2001)
Stuart Raper (2001–2003)
Mike Gregory (2003–2004)
Denis Betts (2004–2005)
Ian Millward (2005–2006)
Brian Noble (2006–2009)
Michael Maguire (2009–2011)
Shaun Wane (2012–)

v t e New Zealand squad – 2000 Rugby League World Cup Finalists

Barnett (c) Blackmore Carroll Cayless Jellick Jones Kearney Lauitiiti Lavea H. Paul R. Paul Pongia Puletua Rua Swain Swann Talau Vaealiki J. Vagana N. Vagana Vainikolo Wiki Coach: Endacott

v t e New Zealand squad – 1995 Rugby League World Cup

Ridge (c) • Barnett • Blackmore • Eru • Freeman • Halligan • Hoppe • Horo • K. Iro • T. Iro • Jones • Kearney • Kemp Lomax • Lowrie • Ngamu • Okesene • Paul • Pongia • Stuart • Timu • Tuuta • Wiki • Williams • Coach: Endacott

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Name	Endacott, Frank
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