ALLAN Coleman has not ruled out returning to coach Leigh Miners Rangers next season after leading them with joint boss Paul Whitworth to an historic treble.

The management duo, dubbed Cameron and Clegg by their players, had announced plans to step down at the end of this season following four years in charge together.

But after guiding Miners to a dramatic 22-20 victory over Siddal in the NCL Grand Final, to add to the Premier Division Leaders Shield and Conference Cup, Coleman admits he is having second thoughts.

“I think Paul is still going to call it a day but I am considering staying on,” said the 40-year-old former Leigh Centurions reserve team coach.

“I am going to speak with my family and give the committee my final decision next week.

“We have worked so hard to put a structure in place that has helped us achieve what we set out to do, which was to get the most highly respected club in amateur rugby league back winning trophies again.

“I know they don’t have a new manager in place yet, so I would find it very hard to walk away and leave the club to struggle, so we will see.”

Coleman, who started his playing career at the club as a junior, was brought back to Miners at the advent of summer rugby to be paired with Whitworth, the then second-team coach.

They had an instant impact, leading the club to the Conference Cup in their first season, a competition they went on to win twice more – in 2013 and earlier this year.

But the league and Grand Final titles eluded them until this season.

Miners beat second-placed Siddal by two points to win their first League Leaders’ Shield since 2008, but after losing to the Halifax club in the Grand Final play-offs they had to win the treble the hard way.

The Twist Lane men beat Rochdale Mayfield in the play-off decider then came from 20-6 down at half time in the Grand Final at Widnes to claim victory.

Committee member Jeff Gorse paid tribute to the team’s achievement.

“These players, and the management team, will go down alongside the great teams of the club’s 50-year history,” he said.

“We have won league and cup doubles in the past, but not in the 26 years since the National Conference League was founded have we ever achieved anything like this.

“To win the treble is a massive achievement, but the great thing about Allan and Paul is that their efforts have not just been reserved to the training pitch and match day.

“They are club men, who were already great friends and knew the club inside out before we brought them together.

“The trophies we have won this season have been as a result not just of this year’s efforts but of a process they have put in place over the past four years.

“They have thrown themselves into it, with Paul helping out with the website and programme, and Allan doing a lot of fundraising, while they both do a lot of work on the community side of things.

“I know, whatever happens, they want to stay on and be part of the committee, so I am sure we will see them in and around the club a lot next season, in what will be our 50th anniversary year.”