Career
Before becoming a coach, Oliver had represented Queensland Country at the National Country Championships on 5 occasions. He was part of the Australia Country team in 1989-1990 and 1992-1993. His first post playing role was as Queensland"s Cricket Development Officer for Central Queensland.
In the 1997-1998 season he coached the Queensland Country team in the National Championships and did so until 2000 when he was appointed coach of the Australia Country team
After moving to Brisbane in 2000 he became assistant coach of the Queensland Bulls, behind Bennett King. He became coach of Queensland in 2002, leading them to victory in the 2005-2006 Pura Cup after being runners up the previous 3 seasons.