After coaching the Raiders in their fifth season in 1986, McMahon was the first coach of the Knights, who joined the NSWRL in 1988. He resigned during the 1991 season, and later coached the Illawarra Steelers. Despite signing a three-year contract, he was sacked at the end of the 1996 season, his first at the club.
Allan McMahon died in May 2003, at his home in Wollongong, aged 48.[2]
Sources
Gary Lester, ed. (1983). The Sun Book of Rugby League – 1983. Sydney, New South Wales: John Fairfax Marketing. p. 16. ISBN0-909558-83-3.