Ivan Henjak may return to coaching with Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles BACK in harness? Ivan Henjak has been linked to Sunshine Coast job. ALMOST three years after being sacked by the Broncos, Ivan Henjak is eyeing a return to high-level coaching to help resurrect Intrust Super Cup battlers Sunshine Coast. Henjak has been in negotiations with Sea Eagles hierarchy for the past fortnight following the resignation of embattled coach Dave Cordwell. The Sea Eagles finished last this season after 19 straight losses and are desperately hoping Henjak will formally agree to take charge of the cash-strapped club. A resolution is expected in the next 48 hours, but Henjak may yet spurn the opportunity because of the demands of regular travel to the Sunshine Coast from his family home in Brisbane. Sunshine Coast CEO Chris Flannery, the former Roosters and Queensland Origin forward, confirmed yesterday Henjak is at the top of their hit list. The Sea Eagles, who were at the time a feeder club for Manly in the NRL, were Queensland Cup premiers in 2009 but have gone from the penthouse to the outhouse in the past two years, winning just six of 44 games. Now Henjak, who confronted his own personal crisis after being axed by Brisbane on the eve of the 2011 season, shapes as the man to rescue the Sea Eagles. Ex-Broncos Coach Ivan Henjak at home at Forest Lake story Robert Craddock Pic Jamie Hanson "We're in discussions with Ivan and we're keen to have him on board," Flannery said. We're expecting an answer in the next few days, so hopefully we can work something out. Ivan is a coach with NRL experience and it would be great to see him back coaching at this level, he was a first-grader himself and could really help our younger guys. Henjak, by virtue of his rollercoaster two-year stint at Brisbane, has become a figure of fascination. The Broncos dropped a bombshell by sacking him following a scathing player review and Henjak was left so shattered he virtually disappeared from the NRL fraternity. He changed his mobile phone number, cut communication with Broncos types and when bush club Toowoomba were keen to employ Henjak in 2011, it fell through because they couldn't find him. The Croatian-born 50-year-old eventually agreed to help coach his son Jimmy's under-15s Wests Centenary side last year. To pay the bills, Henjak has taken up full-time work as a sales rep for a mattress manufacturer in Brisbane. The cash-strapped Sunshine Coast can offer a prospective coach only around $50,000 a year, which explains why Henjak is reluctant to quit work and relocate his family. Wayne Bennett's successor at Red Hill, Henjak had a respectable record, winning 27 of 51 games and steering the Broncos to the 2009 grand final qualifier. Henjak has experience in Queensland's premier league competition, coaching Toowoomba Clydesdales to the 2000 grand final with a side containing Justin Hodges, Brent Tate, Chris Walker and Corey Parker. For that reason, Flannery believes Henjak can restore credibility to the Sea Eagles. "It may not go ahead, there's a few issues for us to work through, but if Ivan is keen we'd certainly love to have him," he said.