Millward was born in
Wollongong,
New South Wales, and played rugby league for
Illawarra Steelers lower grades in his youth, after impressing for the state's schoolboys team. His hopes of a successful playing career were ended when he was forced to retire in 1983 after suffering a serious neck injury. He turned to coaching, taking up a position with Illawarra Western Suburbs. He also had spells with
Wollongong University. In 1997, he was coach of the Steelers reserve grade team, as well as an assistant coach with the first grade
Illawarra Steelers side. His first senior appointment came in 1998 when he took charge of struggling English side
Leigh, who had then come close to relegation to the game's third tier. He soon transformed Leigh from relegation candidates to promotion contenders, catching the eye of a number of
Super League clubs in the process. He moved to St Helens in March 2000 After
Graham Murray resigned in May 2008, Millward took over as a head coach for the remainder of the season. Millward was appointed as assistant coach to
David Furner at the
Canberra Raiders on a two-year contract from 2009. On 30 June 2009 it was announced that Millward would be re-joining Championship side
Leigh Centurions in England from 2010. Millward signed a three-year contract after Canberra agreed to release Millward from his contract. He took over from
Terry Matterson as the coach of
Castleford starting for the 2012 season he has signed a 3-year deal to stay with the club. Millward was released by Castleford Tigers by mutual consent on 9 April 2013 after a very poor run of just one win in 18 games and with the team at the bottom of the Super League table at the time. In 2014, Millward returned to Australia to coach the Illawarra Cutters NSW Cup team, replacing former Steelers centre
Paul McGregor as coach. In 2015 he became assistant coach of the St George illawarra dragons to assist new coach Paul McGregor Millward has worked as a TV pundit for the
Super League Show broadcast on the
BBC and also has featured as a summariser at televised games. ==External links==