Quote: wire-quin "Wasn't he asst at Leeds, then came to us, then went back as the head coach?'"
As I recall, and I'm happy to be corrected he had been on the staff at Leeds ( and possibly Hudds) after he stopped playing but came to us for his first job in full charge of a SL team in 2006.
He left at the end of the 2010 season, returning to Leeds as Brian McClennan's assistant. Shortly afterwards McClennan resigned and returned to NZ, McDermott was promoted to first team coach.
As I say happy to be corrected but that's what I thought happened.