the ladder again for the second straight year in a row, this time with three wins and nineteen losses. Leppitsch coached Brisbane Lions to a total of 66 games with 14 wins and 52 losses to a winning percentage of 22 percent. On 29 August 2016, Leppitsch was sacked by the Lions as senior coach after three seasons with the club, at the end of the 2016 season. This occurred, despite being granted a one-year contract extension at the start of the year which would have seen him remain at the club until the end of the 2017 season. He was replaced by Chris Fagan as Brisbane Lions senior coach. Return to Assistant coaching roles (2016-present) Richmond Football Club On 6 October 2016, Leppitsch returned to Richmond as an assistant coach. Twelve months after being sacked as senior coach of the Brisbane Lions, he played a major role in the club's 2017 AFL premiership win, coaching the forwards. He was also an assistant coach during Richmond's 2019 and 2020 premierships. Leppitsch announced that he would leave Richmond as an assistant coach at the end of the 2020 season. Collingwood Football Club In September 2021, Leppitsch joined the Collingwood Football Club in an assistant coaching role as Head of Strategy and defence under senior coach Craig McRae. Statistics Playing statistics |- |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1993 |style="text-align:center;"| | 23 || 4 || 4 || 2 || 27 || 12 || 39 || 3 || 5 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 6.8 || 3.0 || 9.8 || 0.8 || 1.3 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1994 |style="text-align:center;"| | 23 || 4 || 5 || 4 || 19 || 5 || 24 || 5 || 1 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 4.8 || 1.3 || 6.0 || 1.3 || 0.3 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1995 |style="text-align:center;"| | 23 || 17 || 4 || 8 || 96 || 54 || 150 || 48 || 17 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 5.6 || 3.2 || 8.8 || 2.8 || 1.0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1996 |style="text-align:center;"| | 23 || 19 || 45 || 23 || 152 || 49 || 201 || 57 || 18 || 2.4 || 1.2 || 8.0 || 2.6 || 10.6 || 3.0 || 0.9 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1997 |style="text-align:center;"| | 23 || 22 || 50 || 38 || 186 ||