 Moving to the Manly-Warringah club two years later, Freier managed a handful of first grade appearances in 1975 and 1976 before retiring.Freier coached Western Suburbs in the lower grades, winning the reserve grade premiership in 1981.In his initial year of first-grade coaching, with Eastern Suburbs, Freier was named coach of the year for the 1983 NSWRFL season.