- Wayne Pivac
Wayne Pivac is a professional
rugby union coach. He is a former Northland and Auckland coach, and also a former policeman. Pivac coached Northland to NPC Second Division success in 1997 and earned them promotion to First Division the following year. Pivac coached Auckland to win the National Provincial Championship back to back in2002 and2003 .cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/4793411.stm |title=Pivac to coach Fiji at World Cup |publisher=bbc.co.uk |date=2006-08-15 |accessdate=2007-01-19] He was then hired by theFiji Rugby Union in February 2004 to replace former coachMac McCallion .cite news| url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=55524| title=Pivac quits to rejoin family |publisher=Fiji Times |date=2007-01-19 |accessdate=2007-01-19] On19 January Pivac quit Fiji Rugby as the Head coach citing family commitments. Following his move from Fiji, Pivac was appointed coach of North Harbour in January 2007.cite news| url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10420692 |title=North Harbour sign Pivac as coach |date=2007-01-24 |accessdate=2007-01-24 |publisher=NZPA]Personal life
Pivac is married with two children named Matthew and Bradley.
He has a Croatian background. His family came from Podgora (Dalmatia).
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