Paddy Hill is one man who loves his job.

Into his second year in the role, the Hawthorn VFLW coach says it’s difficult not to enjoy the caper. 

“I really love it,” Hill told the Outer Sanctum podcast on Wednesday.

“Being with these young women is the absolute joy of my life and I get so much pleasure out of it.

“It’s like I’ve got 40 more daughters.” 

Hill says his decision to take the job was inspired by a desire to make change in the sporting community, especially for women.

“The thing with elite sport is, by association, you straight away become a role model. 

“And I’m not sure there is enough role models for young women.

“So, I felt that this was my opportunity to stand up and be counted and I jumped at the opportunity.”

Having coached the Frankston Dolphins in the VFL for three years, Hill is in a good position to compare the art of coaching men and women. 

"While it’s great coaching young men as well, particularly at the elite level, men are not as forthcoming with their emotions whereas women certainly are.”

When looking forward to the season ahead, Hill points to his new-look forward line as a reason for optimism. 

The Hawks attack has been boosted by the recruitments of Phoebe McWilliams, Sarah Perkins and Rebecca Beeson.

“[Phoebe is] a lovely person who we think will make a real difference to our side,” Hill said.

“She’ll probably play mostly forward for us. 

“And people just seem to love Sarah. Probably the thing we lacked last year was some firepower up forward, so it is great to have those two on board.

“[Bec] will also come across. She’ll play a bit of mid for us too.

“She was ranked above average in AFLW season one, and she received a Rising Star nomination in Round 1 this year.”

The Hawks’ backline will also be buoyed by elite talent, with new signing Meg Hutchins set to join GWS’ Bec Privitelli in defence.

Hawthorn will kick off its VFLW campaign against Essendon when the pair meet for the first time on May 6^th at Windy Hill.