Since retirement in 2001, Moody has coached, been an Australian cricketer's representative and for several years held the post of director of cricket with Worcestershire since 2001. He also served as the President of
Australian Cricketers' Association for a brief stint. In 2005, he was in contention of coaching Indian team but the role was accepted by
Greg Chappell. In May 2005, he was appointed coach of the
Sri Lankan national team and he led them to the
final of the
2007 Cricket World Cup before leaving the post. Moody was also in the frame again to become the head coach of Indian team replacing Greg Chappell for the 2007 World Cup but the speculations were later rubbished. He was also in contention to become the head coach of Australian cricket team replacing
John Buchanan in 2007 but he pulled out of the race as he was not initially ready to return to Australia. On 14 May 2007, the
WACA announced Moody's appointment as manager and head coach of the
Western Australia cricket team for the next three years until 2010. He coached
Kings XI Punjab for the first three seasons of
Indian Premier League in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Trevor Penney, England's fielding coach during the
2005 Ashes series and assistant to Moody in Sri Lanka joined as assistant coach. However Moody announced in March 2010 that he would not seek a new contract after the 2009–2010 season. Under Moody,
Western Australia qualified for one final in three seasons, in the
KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, in his first season which it lost to Victoria. He then began cricket commentary around the world as well as covering some Australian Test and ODI Cricket for Channel Nine and the Big Bash League for Channel Ten. Moody still regularly commentates on both television and radio throughout the Australian international and domestic season. In December 2012, it was announced that Moody would coach the
Sunrisers Hyderabad team which was newly included in
IPL ahead of the
2013 IPL season. Over the course of 2013–2019, Sunrisers Hyderabad have reached the qualifier rounds five times and won the IPL title in 2016. Moody had coached the SRH franchise for seven consecutive years. He had also coached the
Rangpur Riders team in the
Bangladesh Premier League. Moody's long involvement in the game has been recognised over the recent years with appointments to two significant consultancy roles. The first being appointed as the International Director of Cricket for the
Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and the second being appointed in 2014 as Director of Cricket with the
Melbourne Renegades in the
Big Bash League. On 22 September 2017, it was announced that Moody would be appointed as the head coach of the newest team
Multan Sultans in the
Pakistan Super League for the
2018 season. . In June 2019, he was named as the coach of the Montreal Tigers franchise team for the
2019 Global T20 Canada tournament. Moody was replaced with
Trevor Bayliss as the head coach of
Sunrisers Hyderabad for the
2020 Indian Premier League. However, on 15 December 2020, Moody was appointed as the Director of Cricket of
Sunrisers Hyderabad ahead of the
2021 IPL season. In February 2021, he was appointed as the director of cricket of Sri Lanka cricket with the influence of Technical Advisory Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket led by
Aravinda de Silva. He also became the first director of Sri Lanka cricket, a role which was newly created by SLC to uplift the standards of cricket in Sri Lanka. He was handed over a contract spanning three years and his job role includes analysis of future tour programmes, domestic structure, performance based contracts to Sri Lankan players, player welfare, education, training and development. In May 2021, he was appointed as the consultant coach of the Sri Lankan team for the
white ball series against England. ==References==