Despite operating well beyond the boundaries of a classroom, many of the tactics and implements employed by Rugby League 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 16 NRL coaches would be like if they traded the coach's box for the classroom.

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Wayne Bennett

After decade upon decade as the undisputed tenant of the Principal's office, Mr. Bennett was usurped by his former pupil a handful of years ago.

Although still bitter about the change in both position and paygrade, it has allowed him to return to his one true love – teaching psychology.

With his Mensa measured knowledge of the field, quite often his cryptic messages and assignments go over the heads of his Redfern High students.

Irrespective of this, he still gets results at the ripe old age of 70 and his retirement still seeming eons away.

Despite his external surliness, his students love him like one of their own Grandparents. They swear that they even saw him smile once, and regardless of their fervency, nobody in the playground believes them.

Each time he walks past his former office and is met with the site of Principal Bellamy at his old desk, he quietly vows that revenge will be his.

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