Shaun McRae was born on 21 December 1959 and is a rugby league coach, who is a former director of rugby at Hull FC after a spell with the Salford City Reds.
13 Facts About Shaun McRae
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Shaun McRae was later appointed head coach with St Helens in the Super League, where he won the Coach of the Year award in 1996.
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Shaun McRae coached his team to victory in the 1996 Challenge Cup and Super League I championship.
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Shaun McRae then joined Hull in October 1999, staying there until 2004.
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Shaun McRae returned to Australia and joined the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2004.
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Shaun McRae moved upstairs to the position of director of rugby at the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
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Shaun McRae has worked on Sky Sports with Eddie Hemmings and Mike 'Stevo' Stephenson.
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Shaun McRae then took over from Karl Harrison at the Salford City Reds on 11 June 2007.
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In 2008 after failing to save the Reds from relegation from the Super League, Shaun McRae led the Salford side to triple success in the National League, winning the Northern Rail Cup, the League Leaders Trophy and the Grand Final and saw his team gain a licence for re-admittance to the Super League for 2009.
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Shaun McRae has been off with an undisclosed illness for most of the 2011 season and the club had announced that he will not be extending his contract after it finishes at the end of the current season.
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Shaun McRae has since agreed to terminate employment, in a mutual agreement with the club.
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Shaun McRae's arrival was followed by the unveiling of new head coach Peter Gentle, who took over from Richard Agar.
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Shaun McRae was involved in bringing in a number of new signings for the 2012 season, including; Andy Lynch, Brett Seymour, Wade McKinnon, Aaron Heremaia, Eamon O'Carroll, Martin Aspinwall, Tony Martin and Jamie Ellis.