Brisbane Broncos hand coach Ivan Henjak a two-year contract extension
Brisbane Broncos handed Ivan Henjak a two-year contract extension, keeping him in the top coaching post until at least 2012.
The significant contract upgrade, determined during a Broncos board meeting at Red Hill on Tuesday, is a big endorsement of Henjak's impressive first season at the helm of the glamour club.
Henjak, who took the reins from 21-year foundation coach Wayne Bennett last season on an initial two-year deal, has immediately accepted the two-year extension.
A rookie NRL coach last season, Henjak guided Brisbane to a roller-coaster preliminary final finish in the six-time premiers' first season without Bennett.
The rookie head coach's poise in steadying a sinking Broncos to salvage the club's 18th straight finals berth - with a young playing squad at his command - impressed.
"The board were very pleased with Ivan's first season as head coach with a somewhat inexperienced staff and a young squad," Cullen said.
It means Henjak will oversee the post-Darren Lockyer era with the club's champion skipper due for retirement after the 2011 NRL season.
"A lot of our young players are signed until 2012 and it gives Ivan a chance to work with them throughout that period," Cullen said.
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