After five years at the wheel, Neil Rush has stepped down from a bustling spell as head coach of Rotorua United.
Rush was the inaugural coach of the Rotorua United first team when the club was established in 2007.
During his coaching career, the well-known personality won the Federation Shield twice, finished one point off the Federation One title, and has been shown a red card five times for his input from the sideline.
"The best thing about [coaching] was just involvement with the team. You can't beat it, specially when you can't play," he said.
Rush took a break from the top coaching position in 2009, because his third child Adam was on the way, after which he famously returned in 2010 to help out the club. "The coach for that year pulled out two weeks before the season started so I decided to come back and coach.