1. Dean Pay was born on 3 June 1969 and is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer and former head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League, a professional player who played in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Dean Pay played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Parramatta Eels.
Dean Pay was an Australia and State of Origin representative for the NSW Blues.
Widely regarded as "one of the greats", he was instrumental in the Bulldogs' success during the early 1990s, Pay was a skillful ball-playing forward and an especially strong defender.
Dean Pay was born in Dubbo New South Wales on 3 June 1969.
Dean Pay played his junior rugby league for St Johns JRL.
Dean Pay made his first grade debut for Canterbury-Bankstown against Eastern Suburbs in Round 21 1989 at Belmore Oval.
Dean Pay was first selected to play for the New South Wales Blues in Game 2 of the 1994 State of Origin series at second-row forward, retaining his spot for Game 3.
Dean Pay was then selected to go on the 1994 Kangaroo tour.
Dean Pay was appointed the club's captain for the 1997 and 1998 seasons.
Dean Pay captained Parramatta to their first finals campaign in 11 years when the club finished 3rd in the 1997 ARL season.
Dean Pay was selected to play for Australia from the interchange bench in the 1998 Anzac Test.
In 2002, Dean Pay was inducted into the Parramatta Eels hall of fame.
Dean Pay launched his coaching career in 2007, at the helm of Dubbo CYMS who went on to claim the Group 11 Rugby League premiership title.
Dean Pay coached CYMS again in 2008 before being named as the Catalans Dragons' new assistant coach in 2009 under Kevin Walters.
In 2010, Dean Pay started coaching the Melbourne Storm's under-20 side in the NYC competition.
In 2014, Dean Pay coached the NSW Under-20s to their third consecutive victory.
In September 2017, Dean Pay signed a two-year deal as Head Coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
Dean Pay went on to say "it's like we're not supposed to win".
On 19 July 2018, Dean Pay came under fire yet again when Canterbury were defeated by arch rivals Parramatta in what the media dubbed the "Spoon Bowl".
In March 2019, Dean Pay signed a 12-month contract extension to remain as Canterbury coach until the end of 2020.
Canterbury had started the 2019 season suffering heavy defeats against the New Zealand Warriors and arch rivals Parramatta and there was speculation that Dean Pay might be relieved of his duties.
Dean Pay was credited with the late season revival as the side focused heavily on defence.
On 14 July 2020, Dean Pay quit as head coach of Canterbury-Bankstown.
Dean Pay left the club sitting bottom of the table with just one win after the first nine matches of the 2020 NRL season.