Three-time premiership Hawk David Hale says he is eager to work alongside Hawthorn's promising young talent in his new coaching role at the club.

It comes after the club announced earlier this month that the former ruckman, who is currently based in Western Australia, would be returning to the brown and gold as an assistant coach.

Hale joins Andrew Collins, Adrian Hickmott and the recently re-signed Chris Newman as part of the Hawks' 2022 coaching department.

Speaking on SEN Dwayne's World on Friday, Hale said he was hopeful the side would continue to develop quickly to reach success.

"It's a new regime with Sam Mitchell taking over and new coaches coming in, so it will be an exciting time with a young list," Hale said.

"I haven't had a lot of discussion with Mitch in terms of game plan and the style he's looking to bring in - that will obviously happen in the next month or so in terms of getting back to Victoria."

Hale, who used to play alongside coach Sam Mitchell, said differing views from the new coaching group would be critical in propelling the team forward.

"You don't want everyone on the same wave-length, you want different views on the game and ways to approach things," he said.

"The way Mitch might do it might be different with the way I do it in terms of how I deliver it to the players, which is paramount. There is no one size fits all."

Since his retirement after the Hawks 2015 Grand Final win, Hale has spent the past six seasons at Fremantle as an assistant coach.

Having first been drafted to North Melbourne where he played 129 games over eight seasons, Hale then moved to Hawthorn where he notched up 108 games and proved a vital part of the club’s premiership threepeat from 2013 to 2015.

Hale said he believes that drawing upon his previous experiences at Hawthorn along with his strong understanding of the game will enable him to get the best out of the players.

"Getting to know all the new players at Hawthorn will be the challenge for the first few months," he said.

"It takes time to get to know the person and understand the nuances of their life, there are so many things outside of their performance on the weekend that translates into how they play.

"There's a few staff who were there when I was there, and there are players around from when I was playing so that always helps."

Hale added that he was particularly excited about the potential of the Hawks list.

"The list has changed a great deal from when I was there in 2015, there is a lot of new faces, a lot of young kids who have been brought through so it will exciting to touch base with them and get to see what makes all those guys tick," he said.

"They've got young guys who are coming through, the backline looks like its got a lot of young players with a lot of talent, and then a couple of young key forwards in Mitch Lewis and Jacob Koschitzke this year showed some really good signs too.

"They've got the core of a good side that can develop and I think obviously going through the draft in the next couple of years will be important to be able to add to that.

"The exposure they've got with the more experienced guys as well like Ben McEvoy and Jack Gunston is really important for a young group too."