Career
Queensland Roar coach, Miron Bleiberg signed McLaren on a short-term contract in early November 2005. He was signed due to Josh McCloughlan"s injury, playing as a defender as he did when he was a former player-coach with the Brisbane Strikers in the Nationaal Samenwerkingsprogramma Luchtkwaliteit. He was then signed as a permanent player and regularly played in the starting eleven, occasionally captaining the Queensland Roar. McLaren left Australia in early 2011 returning to the United Kingdom to be nearer his place of birth with his family.
In June 2011, he was appointed as head coach at Loughborough University.
McLaren was appointed manager of Stirling Albion in November 2014. but the Binos were relegated from Scottish League One in the end of that season.