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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Brett Ratten

After an extended sabbatical undertaken for personal reasons and a period spent learning from former Principal Clarkson, Mr. Ratten is back in the classroom.

Tasked with turning around the borderline hopeless class from the school's southern wing, Mr. Ratten achieved wonders in his first full year after empowering the entirety of his class roll.

Recently, Mr. Ratten's class has been the landing place for many of the school's transfer students and despite previously being educated elsewhere, his young class has gelled well.

Mr. Ratten quickly won his students over with his buoyant approach to educating and his methodology of teaching well beyond the syllabus guidelines.

Although many have enjoyed similar success with his class, only one previous teacher has managed to see them graduate with straight A's.

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