He also served as national team Assistant Coach to Ante Buselic and took charge of the team on occasion, as well as leading the Zambia ‘B’ side to the country’s first ever East and Central Africa tournament in 1973, where the team failed to reach the knock-out round after losing a play-ff to Uganda national football team. He was part of the technical bench when Zambia participated in the CAN for the first time in Egypt in 1974 and they went all the way to the final only to lose to Zaire after a replay. He also took charge of the full national side at ECA 1974 where they reached the semi-finals.