 In his second season, he took Galway from the First Division into the Premier League.He had what was seen by the Galway fans as a very successful four years in charge of the club and as well as achieving promotion by reaching the semi final of the FAI Cup twice and he sustained Galway's Premier League status for two seasons after their promotion before mutually agreeing to leave at the end of the 2000/01 season because of the financial difficulties encountered by the club.During his time in charge he was responsible for implementing a youth policy at United, which had no existed before his arrival.