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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Stuart Dew

Mr. Dew is the king of the kids in his role as the accelerated learning officer and boarding school coordinator

Unlike his midriff, his approach to education isn't soft, and unlike Mr. Nicks' class his kids actually listen to him.

With educational progression irrespective of recorded results, Mr. Dew's class remains different to the others, but with financial pressures facing the school and a mooted plan for expansion, Dew is still subjected to a few sleepless nights here and there.

Many of his most precocious pupils have moved on to better and brighter educational facilities, however, when one leaves, an equally intelligent mind invariably replaces them.

Dew's job is made easy by the work rate of his students, and at times, it appears that they are actually teaching him.

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