Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Babban kocin kakar wasan da ta gabata Eric Elwood ya bar Connacht a karshen shekararsa ta uku a cikin alhakin, bayan ya sanar da niyyarsa ta barin mukaminsa a watan Oktoba na 2012. An sanar da maye gurbinsa a watan Janairun 2013, tare da haihuwar New Zealand tsohon dan wasan Samoa Pat Lam wanda aka nada don horar da kungiyar. Lam a baya ya yi aiki a matsayin babban kocin kungiyar Super Rugby ta Auckland Blues, yana horar da su a shekarar 2009 da kuma
Yanayin shekara ta 2010.