The 2022 Hawthorn Football Club season was the club's 98th season in the Australian Football League and 121st overall, the 23rd season playing home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the 22nd season playing home games at the University of Tasmania Stadium, the 1st season under head coach Sam Mitchell, and the 2nd and final season with Ben McEvoy as captain. This was the first season without Alastair Clarkson as coach since 2004. Hawthorn finished in thirteenth place with a 8âÂÂ14 improving on their record from the season before. Luke Breust led the club goalkicking for the fourth time finishing the season with 40 goals.
The 2022 AFL season was the 126th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 1925, it was the 98th season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. Tasmania, iiNet, and Nissan continued as the club's three major sponsors, as they had done since 2006, 2013, and 2019 respectively, while Adidas will continue to manufacture the club's on-and-off field apparel, as they have done since 2013. Hawthorn will continue its alignment with the Box Hill Hawks Football Club in the Victorian Football League, allowing Hawthorn-listed players to play with the Box Hill Hawks when not selected in AFL matches.
26 August 2021 â Adrian Hickmott joins the club as an assistant coach. Hickmott had previously spent 10 years with serving a number of roles most recently being the midfield coach, alongside Mitchell the pair helped lead West Coast to the 2018 AFL premiership. While Chris Newman re-signed with the club until the end of the 2023 season.
1 September 2021 â Craig McRae departs the club after 1 season having been appointed as the next senior coach of .
8 September 2021 â Lachlan Bramble signs a two-year deal to remain at the club until the end of the 2023 season.
9 September 2021 â Dylan Moore signs a two-year deal to remain at the club until the end of the 2023 season. Andrew Collins joins as the new head of development coach. Collins was previously an assistant coach working alongside Mitchell with .
13 September 2021 â David Hale joins the club as an assistant coach. Hale had spent the previous 6 seasons as an assistant coach with , and was also an interim coach for 1 game in 2019. While Brendon Bolton departed the club to join McRae at Collingwood.
16 September 2021 â Hawthorn announces that they've extended their deal to play at University of Tasmania Stadium until the end of 2022.
23 September 2021 â Robert Harvey joins the club as an assistant coach. Harvey had spent the previous 10 seasons with as an assistant, and was the interim coach for 9 games during the 2021 season.
7 October 2021 â Daniel Howe signs a oneâÂÂyear deal to remain at the club until the end of 2022. Finn Maginness signs a twoâÂÂyear deal remaining at the club until the end of 2023.
14 October 2021 â Hawthorn signs a three-year deal to extend their partnership with iiNet until the end of 2024.
20 October 2021 â Jackson Callow and Jack Saunders sign oneâÂÂyear deals to remain at Hawthorn until the end of 2022.
7 February 2022 â Denver Grainger-Barras signs a twoâÂÂyear deal to remain at Hawthorn until the end of 2024.
8 February 2022 â Jack Scrimshaw signs a twoâÂÂyear deal to remain at Hawthorn until the end of 2024.
9 February 2022 â Changkuoth Jiath signs a twoâÂÂyear deal to remain at Hawthorn until the end of 2024.
16 February 2022 â Hawthorn signs a fiveâÂÂyear deal to extend their partnership with Nissan until the end of 2027.
15 April 2022 â Ned Long signs a oneâÂÂyear extension to stay at Hawthorn until 2023.
17 May 2022 â James Sicily signs a fiveâÂÂyear deal to remain at Hawthorn until the end of 2027.
21 June 2022 â Conor Nash signs a two-year deal to remain at Hawthorn until 2024.
24 June 2022 â Mitchell Lewis signs a fourâÂÂyear deal to remain at Hawthorn until the end of 2026.
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