8th in the premiership season. North Melbourne's run was ended by West Coast at Domain Stadium by 25 points. Scott resigned as senior coach of North Melbourne on 26 May 2019 in the middle of the 2019 season, after ten rounds. Scott was then replaced by assistant coach Rhyce Shaw as caretaker senior coach of North Melbourne for the rest of the 2019 season, who was eventually appointed as full-time senior coach. Essendon Football Club senior coach (2023-present) Scott was appointed as the senior coach of Essendon for 2023 in September 2022. Scott replaced Ben Rutten, who was sacked as senior coach of Essendon at the end of the 2022 season. Scott currently ranks 3rd for most AFL/VFL games coached without making a grand final and until joining Essendon was the only one of those three coaches to do it solely at the one club. Statistics Playing statistics |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1997 |style="text-align:center;"| | 28 || 22 || 6 || 7 || 233 || 101 || 334 || 75 || 36 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 10.6 || 4.6 || 15.2 || 3.4 || 1.6 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1998 |style="text-align:center;"| | 5 || 19 || 5 || 6 || 201 || 106 || 307 || 52 || 32 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 10.6 || 5.6 || 16.2 || 2.7 || 1.7 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1999 |style="text-align:center;"| | 5 || 8 || 0 || 2 || 49 || 16 || 65 || 14 || 9 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 6.1 || 2.0 || 8.1 || 1.8 || 1.1 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2000 |style="text-align:center;"| | 5 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2001 |style="text-align:center;"| | 5 || 22 || 14 || 4 || 197 || 108 || 305 || 84 || 44 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 9.0 || 4.9 || 13.9 || 3.8 || 2.0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2002 |style="text-align:center;"| | 5 || 25 || 8 || 10 || 315 || 179 || 494 || 136 || 55 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 12.6 || 7.2 || 19.8 || 5.4 || 2.2 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003 |style="text-align:center;"| | 5 ||