IT has generated interest on both sides of the globe, but the man to replace Super League’s longest-serving coach has finally been revealed.

Former St George Illawarra boss Steve Price will take up Tony Smith’s mantle as Wolves look to make their way back to Super League’s higher reaches.

But what can Wire fans expect from their new coach?

He arrives having been relieved of his duties in his only top-level head coaching position so far when he left St George in 2014 after two full seasons in charge.

Price had been tasked with the unenviable task of succeeding Wayne Bennett, still to this day the only coach to bring an NRL Premiership to the joint venture, at Jubilee Oval.

Two brief spells in charge of the Samoan national team are also listed on his CV.

Like his Wolves predecessor, Price was a half-back in his playing days but had his career cut short by injury having played for the St George Dragons and Balmain Tigers.

His association with the St George club continued in his early coaching days, building his reputation by taking the club’s Toyota Cup team to the finals series during his two years in charge in 2008 and 2009.

This brought him to the attention of Wayne Bennett, who promoted him to be his assistant coach for the Dragons’ first-grade side to replace Adrian Lam.

They won the NRL’s big prize together in 2010, beating Sydney Roosters 32-8 in the Grand Final to give St George their first Premiership since 1979.

Price has the briefest of experiences of coaching a side in England, indeed it lasted just one game, but it was a game that ended in victory.

When Bennett’s mother-in-law fell ill to force a return to Australia, Price took charge of the Dragons in their 2011 World Club Challenge clash with Wigan at the DW Stadium, a game they won 21-15.

Bennett moved to Newcastle Knights for the 2012 season, handing Price his first, and only, head coaching role with a first-grade club side.

Finishes of ninth in 2012 and 12th in 2013 followed by an inconsistent start to 2014 saw him leave St George Illawarra 10 games into the 2014 campaign.

Since then, he has been working as assistant to Shane Flanagan at Cronulla Sharks, with whom he won another Premiership last year.

Sport runs in the family for Wolves' new head coach as brother Danny is a former world cruiserweight boxing champion.