Despite operating well beyond the boundaries of a classroom, many of the tactics and implements employed by football coaches are mirrored by academic educators everywhere.

Punctuality, precision, performance and progression are paramount in both professions.

So with this in mind, we wondered what all 18 AFL coaches would be like if they traded the coach's box for the classroom

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Damien Hardwick

If ever there was a teaching career that embodied the phrase โ€˜from boiled lollies to chocolates' it is that of Mr. Hardwick's

Less than a decade ago, Hardwick seemed destined for the dole line after his student's annually failed major assessments.

However, after changing his pedagogical approach from fire and brimstone to mellow and understanding, Mr. Hardwick quickly rose from teaching the most at risk students to the school's principal.

With that being said, he's still known to tongue lash class clowns when needed.

Still riding on a high from another banner year as head honcho, expect him to keep his nametag on his office door for a few more years yet.

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