His retirement in 1987 was forced due to a serious knee injury sustained during a match against the Sydney Swans.
[3] Schimmelbusch was appointed coach of the North Melbourne Football Club in 1990.
The team did not perform well; and, in the 1993 pre-season, after a 147-point loss to Adelaide, Schimmelbusch was sacked and replaced by Denis Pagan, who had previously coached North Melbourne's under-19 and Essendon Football Club's reserves teams.
Schimmelbusch's brother Daryl also played for the North Melbourne Football Club.
Schimmelbusch was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1997 and named in the North Melbourne "Team of the Century" (half-forward flank) in 2001.