Sydney Swans premiership winning coach John Longmire sells Malabar home

Retired premiership winning coach John Longmire is quietly celebrating a big money win after his exit from the AFL. Picture: Getty

Retired AFL Sydney Swans premiership coach John Longmire and wife Shelley have quietly sold their Malabar home.

He’s not heading interstate for another coaching role, but rather opting to stay in the small coastal suburb they’ve been living in since 2011.

The couple have secured their third home in Malabar, spending $3.6m on a renovation or rebuilding project that overlooks The Coast Golf Course.

The vendors built the four-bedroom, one-bathroom single-storey brick home in the mid-1970s on its 510 sqm holding.

NG Farah Malabar agent Conor Howard sold the Waddell family home, marketing it as ranking as one of the first built on the dress circle Malabar Heights position.

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Retired Sydney Swans coach John Longmire and wife Shelley have quietly upgraded their Malabar home. Picture: realestate.com.au

The latest Malabar purchase overlooks The Coast Golf Course. Picture: realestate.com.au

“The home offers comfortable living now while presenting scope to add further value with a luxury new coastal design,” the sales marketing advised.

Malabar’s median house price sits at $3.41m, up over 20 per cent in the past year – based on 31 sales, according to PropTrack.

The couple’s current three-level home with ocean views has been sold on undisclosed settlement terms. It cost $3,712,500 in 2018.

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Longmire during his time at the Swans. Picture: Getty

The couple paid $1.7m for their first Malabar house in 2011, shortly after Longmire was given the top coaching job, taking over from Paul Roos. It was sold in 2018 for $2,725,000.

Having played with the North Melbourne Kangaroos, he took up an assistant coaching position in 2002 at the Swans.

Longmire, who works as an administrator at the Swans, was ranked last month by The Hobart Mercury as on a “top-shelf list of potential coaches” to take the Tasmania Devils into their inaugural season in 2028.

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Longmire is from the NSW-Victoria border town Corowa and his wife Shelley is from nearby Mulwala.

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