St Pats women's coach Josh O'Farrell is able to combine his two biggest loves, family and football, every week.

And he certainly has his hands full.

O'Farrell oversees the senior and reserve women's sides at Patties, coaching his girlfriend, Sal Robinson, and mother, Brenda, each week in the seconds.

Co-coach Brett Easton's wife also plays in the side.

"My mum and my girlfriend are probably the two most troublesome ones I have in the team," O'Farrell laughed.

"They obviously don't listen to me."

Coaching family isn't foreign to the St Pats mentor.

"I've coached my two sisters, my girlfriend and I used to coach my little brother," he said.

"The only one I haven't coached is my old man because he rides push bikes.

"Mum started five years ago, she came to training with my little sister for a bit of fitness and decided to stick around.

"Sal had never played before, but she decided if I was playing, she wanted to play and she joined in."

O'Farrell admitted there was a couple of hiccups when his mother first started.

"The hardest thing I had to work out was whether to call my mum 'mum' or 'Brenda' from the sideline," he laughed.

"The first two seasons I just called her mum and I thought maybe I should start calling her Brenda, maybe it doesn't sound as professional yelling 'mum' from the sideline.

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"She's by no means a soccer player, she has to take her glasses off and pretty much can't see.

"We have to play her out wide because if she doesn't know where the line is, she gets disorientated.

"But I would back her to outrun nearly all of the girls in the ressie ladies.

"She plays squash on a Monday, she trains with us whenever she can and does park runs every Sunday.

"She's the reason I keep running in park run, because the day I get caught by my mum I think it's all over."

Jokes aside, he wouldn't have it any other way.

"It's not just my family, it's about all the girls' mums," O'Farrell said.

"We really push for the mums to play, especially if we can get them a game with their daughters.

"It's a good feeling and it's sort of the reason you take these jobs on.

"The wins are great and that sort of thing, but if you can see the girls progress and coach family members and see that sort of success, it's pretty special."

Women's soccer is thriving at St Pats and Robinson wasn't sure she would get a game in 2019.

"I was at the presentation and was sitting with my friends and one of them plays soccer as well, so she got me over to the table with all the players," Robinson said.

"It's a really good team to be a part of, they're all amazing and convinced me.

"They actually got Josh to sign a napkin that he would be coaching the next year (laughs)."