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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Trent Barrett

After a moving all over the state in his schoolboy days, Mr. Barrett started his teaching career in a beach side town a handful of years ago.

However, fun in the sun wasn't to follow for the new guy in town, instead after three academic years of sloppy results, the parents turned on him and sent him packing.

After another pair of years wandering, Mr. Barrett interviewed for a role out west at a school with a great tradition, but not in recent years.

His class roll from last season was enough to turn optimists into cynics, but with a few likely looking enrollees added for next year, things may prove more fun during his second stint in the classroom.

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