Lee Feeney accepts winning the Steel and Sons Cup back in December might not be enough to save him from being sacked at the end of the season.
The former Rangers man claimed his first trophy with Bangor on Christmas Eve when the Seasiders beat Dunmurry Rec 2-1 in the festive showpiece.
But while that success was a proud moment for Feeney, he says promotion from the Premier Intermediate League is the "priority" this season.
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And if he misses out again this term, the 44-year-old says the axe could easily fall on his four-year reign as boss.
He told Belfast Live's That's What I Call Football podcast: "The Steel and Sons was a great occasion for the club and nice for me to get my first piece of silverware for Bangor.
"But I said to the boys afterwards, let's turn into serial winners. We have a few players who have won stuff like Michael Halliday, and John Boyle who has been promoted five different times in the NIFL leagues.
"The boys have to buy into what it takes to look after themselves, like Michael and John do. You hope the boys feed off that.
"The club is moving very fast off the pitch, and it is up to us to keep up pace on the pitch. It is a really good club to be involved with and I am really enjoying the journey.
"Hopefully I can stay a bit longer, and please God we get promoted this season. That has to be a target for us, and if we do then we will see what happens.
"We are only halfway through the season so there is a long way to go.
"Promotion is a must. I am not just saying this, we have won the Steel and Sons Cup, but if we don't win the league then I could get sacked."
Bangor finished second in the PIL last season, seven points adrift of eventual champions Newington who got promoted to the Championship.
The Seasiders would go on to lose a play-off against Knockbreda for a place in the second tier.
"Promotion is the priority and the big one, and I accept that pressure and I know what is required from me," Feeney added.
"Last season I missed out, but I have a good board who have given me another crack at it which I appreciate.
"I have learned so much about the league. As soon as I lost promotion last season I knew what I needed. I jumped in the car and called the chairman and told him what I need to get promotion.
"So last year's failure has helped me this season, and I feel I am a far better manager now.
"I am enjoying the journey. We have had some good Irish Cup ties and played Glentoran in the Shield. We played Carrick in the Irish Cup and got beat on penalties.
"Last season was all nearly, but not getting over the line. In my last job I finished second in the league and reached two finals. So I started to think I was the nearly man.
"But then we won the Steel and Sons this season, so I know we can do it.
"And I still feel I have a lot to prove to myself as well."
Charismatic Feeney admits he had a "quiet one" after Bangor's Steel and Sons win, after being out until the early hours the night before at a pre-arranged Christmas party.
"To be honest I was straight to my bed. I had a heavy night the night before," he said.
"We have a Christmas party every year and we went to my mates house and I think I went to bed at 4 or 5am.
"But I said to the players in the changing rooms, this is about you and nobody else.
"They knew I was stinking of drink and knew I wasn't in the place I usually would. But it was all about them in that final so it didn't matter.
"They went out and won some silverware for all the hard work they put in."
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