11 Facts About Ivan Henjak

Ivan Henjak was born on 9 March 1963 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach.

Ivan Henjak later became head coach for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League, the second ever, having taken over from Wayne Bennett in 2009.

In 1987 Ivan Henjak, while playing for Canberra, was involved in a publicised dispute over an agreement he made to negotiate playing for Newcastle, despite having signed a contract to stay with the Raiders.

Ivan Henjak then moved to St George for 1992 when they lost the grand final against the Brisbane Broncos, but he did not play that day.

Ivan Henjak became the Brisbane Broncos' reserve grade coach in 1994.

Ivan Henjak was later promoted to assistant coach under Wayne Bennett.

Ivan Henjak was vocal about the alcohol culture of young players and their clubs after his nephew Matt Ivan Henjak and teammate Haig Sare were involved a drunken pub brawl which left Sare with a broken jaw.

Ivan Henjak was interviewed for the position of head coach at the Broncos in 2009 following Bennett's departure and was selected to take over the coaching reins for the 2009 season after Wayne Bennett left to head up St George Illawarra Dragons.

Ivan Henjak's coaching career began well, with wins in all of his first three matches until the Broncos played against Wayne Bennett's Dragons in round four and lost.

On Monday 21 February 2011, it was announced by the Brisbane Broncos that Ivan Henjak had been sacked as head coach, and that his assistant coach Anthony Griffin would be taking over the reins of the club.

In 2014, Ivan Henjak was coach of the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the Queensland Cup, but quit the job after just ten games in charge amidst speculation he would be replaced.