The South African has been working on his coaching badges for many years and gained valuable experience with United's Under-23s before taking up a post at Championship club Reading in September 2020.
It has been a long road for the 44-year-old but he is determined to put all of his education to good use in the game.
“Why I've been so happy about it is because I started back in 2003/04,” he told us. “I remember Neil Bailey coming to the Aon Training Complex with a guy called Joe Joyce and we went into the Academy building.