BREAKING: 'He is quitting' - Swans bombshell as Longmire to step ...

In a bombshell revelation, veteran Sydney Swans senior coach John Longmire is reportedly ‘quitting’, with a club announcement coming on Tuesday afternoon.

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Longmire has a year to run on his current contract, but according to Nine’s Tom Morris and multiple reports, the 53-year-old is set to announce his resignation from the role.

The 14-year mentor met with senior Sydney players on Tuesday to discuss his future, per Seven’s Mitch Cleary.

The Swans have scheduled a ‘major club announcement’ for 1:30pm.

Morris added Longmire’s call was only made ‘in the last week or two’ amid a long-mooted succession plan involving right-hand man Dean Cox, with Cleary later reporting the move to make Cox the next coach was ‘confirmed’.

SEN reporter Sam Edmund said the news had been communicated to Longmire’s ‘inner circle’ in recent days.

“Next season was most likely to be his last year — that’s what those close to John Longmire were saying — but certainly, in the last three-to-four days, a decision has been made by ‘Horse’ himself and communicated to his inner circle over the weekend,” Edmund told SEN.

“The players are being informed today en masse that their coach will be resigning today, effective immediately ... and then we await confirmation that Dean Cox — the assistant coach who was such a person of interest for the West Coast position — will take charge.”

A dejected Longmire looks on after the Swans fell by 60 points to the Lions in the 2024 grand final. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/AFL Photos/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images

As coach, Longmire steered Sydney to a premiership in his second year in charge in 2012 but has since gone on to post a 1-4 record in grand finals — including this year’s demoralising 60-point defeat to the Brisbane Lions.

Longmire holds an overall record of 194-3-108 and a winning clip of 64.1 per cent, having notched six 16-plus-win seasons — including this year.

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