He moved into coaching initially back in his roots in West Auckland with the Massey club which he guided to back-to-back club titles before moving to Nelson where he won a championship with the Marist club.
He then assisted Tasman in the NPC before being recruited by current Georgia Head coach Milton Haig and then Tana Umaga in a successful stint at Counties Manukau, where they were promoted to the NPC Premiership and won the Ranfurly Shield for the first time.[2] After his success with Counties Manukau he was then approached to be Head Coach for North Harbour where he was Head Coach for the 2015 and 2016 where he successfully managed to gain North Harbour promotion to the Premiership.[3]
In 2017 Steve was promoted as the Blues Forwards coach after spending 3 years at the Franchise coaching development teams.[4] In 2018 Jackson took over as Samoa head coach from previous coach Fuimaono Titimaea Tafua.[5]