In November 2009, he was appointed as the head coach of the Ghana women's national under-20 football team (the Black Princesses). He coached the side to win the 2010 African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women, joint with Nigeria, to qualify them to the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup for the first time in the country's history. The team put up an impressive showdown by drawing and picking up a point against United States, losing to South Korea by 4–2 and winning against Switzerland to pick up the countries first win at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. However the four points they managed to pick was not enough to send them to the quarter-finals. Upon their return from the world cup, his team, the U20 side were charged to serve as Ghana's team for the qualifiers for the 2011 All-African Games. The team beat Liberia 11–0 on aggregate in the preliminary round and women's powerhouse Nigeria on 3–2 on aggregate in the final round to qualify for the 2011 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament. During the competition, he led the team to the finals, with an unbeaten record before losing to Cameroon in the final by a lone goal.