Career
Foreign the theologian of the same name, see Michael Prior (theologian)
He is currently serving as an assistant coach with the Fremantle Football Club. Drafted 3rd overall in the 1992 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft, he made the unusual choice at the time to remain with his original club, East Perth, for the 1993 season, Essendons famous baby bomber premiership winning year, as he felt that playing regular league football in the WAFL would be better for his development. Kevin Sheedy disagreed with this theory but allowed him to do southern
He played 81 games for the Bombers between 1994 and 2000.
After the 2000 season, he was dropped by the Bombers and then picked up by West Coast. After retiring from American Federation of Labor-Congress football he continued to play with East Perth until the end of the 2003 season.
In total he played 69 games for the Royals. He was colourfully referred to by 3AW commentator Rex Hunt as "prior conviction".
At the end of 2007 he ended his stint as coach of East Perth Colts and is now a skills coach at Fremantle.
