Coaching
After retiring as a player Mickan continued to pursue his football interests as a coach. In 1998-99 seasons he coached Woodville-West Torrens in the SANFL, achieving 6th and 3rd place finishes. Assistant coaching roles at AFL the Crows and Port Adelaide in the 2000s followed.
In 2006 Mickan was appointed coach of Glenelg on a three year contract. Glenelg finished sixthh in his first year as coach and in 2007 Mickan led the Bays to their first finals appearance since 1999. In the finals they beat Sturt in the Elimination Final before going down to Woodville-West Torrens in the First Semi Final by six points and finished Fourth overall.
In 2008 Mickan was named SANFL coach of the year for Glenelg's rise to the top of the premiership ladder after the minor round.
After a series of disappointing finals' performances in 2009 and 2010 and a belief by the Glenelg board that he could not take the club any further, Mickan was sacked from the Glenelg coaching position on 20 June 2011.
In late 2011 it was announced by Mickan's original club West Adelaide that the former four time Best & Fairest winner had been appointed the Football Manager at the club from 2012.
Mark Mickan was one of 113 inaugural inductees into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2002 and is also a member of the West Adelaide Football Club Hall of Fame.
Mickan holds degrees in both Teaching and Psychology.
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