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Having stood without a challenger,Kennett will serve his fourth team as Hawthorn president. He initially led the club between 2005 and 2011 before returning in late 2017. His first term of that second stint is coming to a close.

That Kennett is sticking around for another three years means he will remain at the helm when veteran coach Alastair Clarkson's contract is due to expire at the end of 2022. Clarkson has been Hawthorn coach since the end of 2004 but his long-term future at the club came into question repeatedly this year as the Hawks tumbled down the ladder during a dismal season in which they were not helped by an incredibly unkind fixture.

Kennett will also continue to oversee the club's planned relocation from Waverley to Dingley and steer the Hawks'push for an AFLW team.

Kennett informed Hawthorn members of his decision in a letter on Tuesday.

"Can I report that at the close of nominations for your board,as there were no more candidates than vacancies,Luke Stambolis and Owen Wilson were elected unopposed and that will be confirmed at our AGM,"Kennett wrote.

"Peter Nankivell was re-elected[vice-president],as was I as your president for the next three years.

"Can I personally thank the membership for their support of my continuing leadership of the club.

"I know not everything I say and do pleases everyone,but we are a collegiate board that has and will continue to deliver in the club’s best interest. No one individual is more important than another."

Kennett also said that the reduction in football department spending would mean even more responsibility for Clarkson,a four-time premiership coach and great of the club.

"This does mean that Alastair will have a much greater hands on coaching role,"Kennett said.

"Alastair is not only up for the task,but[is] looking forward to doing so."

Kennett told SEN in 2016 that he believed six years had been enough for him.

"At Hawthorn we didn't have a term limit on a president and I made a decision with the board then whether we would go for two terms of three years each which would be six years or nine years. And I argued for six years on the belief that if you couldn't achieve what you wanted by putting in - and I really mean putting in - in six years,then you were probably never going to,"Kennett said at the time.

"I don't regret that. I think it was the right decision for the club and the right decision for me. Every club and every individual will be slightly different."

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