Wayne Pivac is a professional rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 coach

Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...

. He is a former Northland

Northland Rugby Union

The Northland Rugby Football Union is the governing body of rugby union in the Northland region of New Zealand.-History:Rugby was first played in Northland in the 1870s, and the first union was set up in the province in 1895, known as the Marsden Football Union. The Northland union was founded in...

 and Auckland

Auckland Rugby Football Union

The Auckland Rugby Football Union is the governing body of rugby union in the Auckland Region, in the North Island of New Zealand. Its colours are navy blue and white in a hoop design. Auckland's top representative team have won New Zealand's top provincial rugby competition 16 times, more than...

 coach, and also a former policeman. Pivac coached Northland to NPC Second Division success in 1997 and earned them promotion to First Division the following year.
Pivac coached Auckland to win the National Provincial Championship

Air New Zealand Cup

The ITM Cup is New Zealand's annual professional domestic Rugby union competition, taking place from late July through October . It was founded in 2006 with 14 teams, after the National Provincial Championship was split into two separate competitions. The other 12 provincial teams from the NPC...

 back to back in 2002 and 2003 as well as the Ranfurly Shield

Ranfurly Shield

The Ranfurly Shield, colloquially known as the Log o' Wood, is a trophy in New Zealand's domestic rugby union competition. First played for in 1904, the Ranfurly Shield is based on a challenge system, rather than a league or knockout competition as with most football trophies...

. He was then hired by the Fiji Rugby Union

Fiji Rugby Union

Fiji Rugby Union is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Fiji. It is divided into over 30 provincial unions. The Fiji Rugby Union is a member of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance , along with Samoa and Tonga. There are approximately 80,000 registered players from a total population...

 in February 2004 to replace former coach Mac McCallion

Mac McCallion

Mac McCallion is a rugby union coach who formerly led the Fiji national team. He was appointed Fiji’s national coaching director in March 2002. He was named New Zealand coach of the year in 1996 and 1997 for his work with the NPC Division One outfit Counties...

. He coached Fiji to win the Pacific Tri-Nations

Pacific Tri-Nations

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 in his first year as coach and helped coach the Fijian Sevens team

Fiji national rugby union team (sevens)

The Fiji Sevens side is one of the most popular and successful Sevens teams in the world and has won the Hong Kong Sevens a record nine times since its inception in 1976. Fiji has also won the Sevens World Cup twice, winning that event in 1997 and 2005...

 to win the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens

2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens

-The winning team::Fiji national rugby sevens team*Waisale Serevi*Sireli Bobo*Vilimoni Delasau*William Ryder*Marika Vunibaka*Semisi Naevo*Nasoni Roko*Ifereimi Rawaqa*Jone Daunivucu*Lepani Nabuliwaqa*Norman Ligairi*Viliame Satala*Apolosi Satala...

.

On 19 January Pivac quit Fiji Rugby

Fiji Rugby Union

Fiji Rugby Union is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Fiji. It is divided into over 30 provincial unions. The Fiji Rugby Union is a member of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance , along with Samoa and Tonga. There are approximately 80,000 registered players from a total population...

 as the Head coach citing family commitments. Following his move from Fiji, Pivac was appointed coach of North Harbour

North Harbour Rugby Union

The North Harbour Rugby Union , commonly referred to colloquially as North Harbour or simply Harbour, is a provincial rugby team which competes in the ITM Cup , the successor to the country's former domestic competition, the National Provincial Championship .-Area:Harbour Rugby encompasses a...

 in January 2007. After a disappointing season with North Harbour Wayne Pivac stepped down as coach in 2008 and was replaced by Craig Dowd

Craig Dowd

Craig Dowd born 26 October 1969 in Auckland, New Zealand is a former rugby union player and current coach. He played 60 test matches for New Zealand between 1993 and 2000, spending his entire provincial career with Auckland. He spent his entire Super 12 career, 64 matches, with the Auckland Blues,...

 and Jeff Wilson

Jeff Wilson

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who were also replaced the next year after a further disappointing season.

Wayne Pivac now coaches Pakuranga.

Personal life

Pivac is married with two children named Matthew and Bradley.

He has a Croatian background. His family came from Podgora (Dalmatia).