Peter Schwab (born 22 September 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who also became the Umpiring Director for the AFL.
[3][4][5] Schwab missed Hawthorn's 1989 VFL Grand Final victory after he was suspended for striking Essendon's Andrew Manning.
[12] However, after one more game, the Hawks under Schwab were thrashed by the Kangaroos by a margin of 80 points in Round 17, 2004, and he resigned immediately, citing it was too hard to continue.
[13][15][16] Years later, in 2022, Schwab reflected on his resignation as senior coach of Hawthorn in the Herald Sun and stated: "Once the 2004 season started, things started to spiral down, we had some personnel issues, but there were reasons why we were so poor, but failure accepts no alibis, so it kept coming and we weren’t getting any better.
[18] In November 2013, Schwab took up the role of Senior Director of Coaching and Development at Brisbane Lions.
[20] Schwab left the Brisbane Lions Football Club on 1 December 2016 to accept the role as the AFL's national umpiring director.