 Pivac is employed on a four-year contract by the WRU from July 2019, with a transition planned following the 2019 Rugby World Cup.Pivac began coaching at Takapuna, before spending two seasons with North Harbour's second XV, then Northland, the province his father represented.Pivac coached Northland to National Provincial Championship Second Division success in 1997 and earned them promotion to the First Division the following year.