Searle was senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW) from 2020 to 2021.
She played over 100 games,[2] won five premierships, represented Victoria on seven occasions and was named in the All-Australian team three times.
[8] Searle was appointed the coach of the Darebin Falcons Silver Jubilee Football Team in 2015.
[15] On 17 April 2019, Searle was appointed the head coach of the St Kilda Football Club ahead of them entering the AFL Women's competition in 2020.
[21] Searle received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to the AFL in the Queen Birthday Honours on 10 June 2019.
[22] In October 2019 she was named one of The Australian Financial Review's 100 Women of Influence in the category of Arts, Culture and Sport.