Lovell currently serves as an assistant coach with the Gold Coast Football Club.

[1] Andy also has an uncanny ability to pick a winner in one of the last races in Alice most weeks As a teenager Lovell had been a wood chopper which earned him the nickname 'Chopper' and his father Greg was a world champion at the sport.

Lovell attended Melbourne High School for one year (1988) and was a member of the School's 1st XVIII alongside Matthew Knights, Stephen Tingay, Stephen Ryan and John Ahern, footballers who also later played in the VFL and AFL.

A ruck-rover, Lovell was handy near goals and in a game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) against Richmond in 1993 he kicked a career best eight goals as his side won by a record 121 points.

Lovell was traded to West Coast for the 1996 AFL season and spent three years in their midfield before retiring.