 The club reached the play-offs in his first season, narrowly losing to Birmingham City who eventually won promotion the Premiership.After leaving Millwall, McLaughlin returned to Greenock Morton to be Head of youth Academy and also had 6 games as caretaker manager.Joe currently runs a successful Soccer Scholarship business Soccer Icon USA, a company that specialises in sending top young footballers to play soccer and study at some of the best USA Colleges.