to resign. Schwab then announced he would step down at the end of the 2004 season. However, after one more game the Hawks under Schwab, were thrashed by the Kangaroos by a margin of 80 points in Round 17, 2004 and he resigned immediately citing it was too hard to continue. Schwab was replaced by assistant coach Donald McDonald who became caretaker senior coach of the Hawthorn Football Club for the remainder of the 2004 season. Years later in 2022, Schwab reflected on his resignation as senior coach of Hawthorn in the Herald Sun and stated "“Once the 2004 season started, things started to spiral down, we had some personnel issues, but there were reasons why we were so poor, but failure accepts no alibis, so it kept coming and we weren’t getting any better, If anything we were getting worse" and “I wasn’t right and the players weren’t right". Post AFL senior coaching roles He also coached Australian rules football at prominent Melbourne School Wesley College, Melbourne for a number of years from 2006. He currently works for De La Salle College, Malvern as of 2018. Other football roles Marketing Manager at Hawthorn Football Club Head of the AFL umpiring panel. 2016 to 2017 Chairman of the AFL Match Review Panel. 2005 to 2007 Chief Executive Officer of AFL Victoria. April 2007 – November 2010 "Special comments" contributor for ABC radio and writer for The Age AFL Director of Coaching 2010 to October 2013 Brisbane Lions In November 2013, Schwab took up the role of Senior Director of Coaching and Development at Brisbane Lions. In this role, Schwab oversaw the management of the coaching staff and provided support to Senior Coach, Justin Leppitsch. Schwab left the Brisbane Lions Football Club on 1 December 2016 to accept the role as the AFL's national umpiring director. AFL’s national umpiring director Schwab then took up the role of AFL's national umpiring director on 1 December 2016, until he was sacked from the position on 14 November 2017 after serving in the role for one year. Awards Life member of the Hawthorn Football Club 1988 Life member of the AFL Personal life Schwab went to Burwood High School and completed a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), Physical education at university. Schwab was a PE teacher at St Michael's Grammar School References Hawthorn Football Club coaches 1960 births Living people Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn