NIGEL Wright is unsure of his future after leaving Wolves.

The former Wigan and Wakefield player found surplus to requirements as assistant coach when the season ended last week.

Appointed as assistant to Jimmy Lowes at the start of the 2009 season, Wright was effectively demoted when Ton Smith arrived as head of coaching and rugby.

With Jimmy Lowes staying at the club as Smith's number two, there are no more coaching spots left in the current set-up.

But Wright has no hard feelings about his departure from The Halliwell Jones Stadium and will take a short break before making a decision on his next step.

He could even return to Australia, where he learnt his trade as a coach, to work within the setup at an NRL club.

"Tony spoke to me a few weeks ago and told me the situation," he said.

"I’m disappointed to be leaving but I’m leaving on good terms.

"Obviously with Tony coming in and Jimmy still being there, everyone more or less took a step backwards, so it was understandable there was not much left for me to do.

"I’m going to take a couple of weeks on holiday and chill out and then I’ll regroup and check my options. I have got a couple of ideas but nothing concrete and there’s a chance I could head back to Sydney where I have a house and a business or maybe I could look at a head coach’s role at a lower level.

"All the assistants’ jobs are pretty much taken in Super League, so there's nothing available there."

Despite the abrupt end to his short stay at Wolves, Wright insists his time at the club has been vital to his development as a coach.

"I’ve learnt so much and it’s advanced me as a coach a couple of years but maybe I’m not ready for that level yet," he said.

"As an aspiring coach you will go into it with enthusiasm but you will make fundamental errors and it’s about how you bounce back from that. You actually reap the rewards from failure."

The Yorkshireman experienced one of the best moments of his career during his 12 months at Warrington, playing a part in the club's Challenge Cup Final victory against Huddersfield.

It was something Wright never experienced during his playing career, missing out on selection for Wigan's three Challenge Cup-winning sides during his five years at the club.

He said: "It’s down on your CV, you have been part of it all.

"I was unlucky enough not to play there with Wigan for three years but to go back there as part of coaching staff, it was probably one of the happiest days in my rugby career."