Retirement
After his retirement, he became involved in the media, making appearances on television and hosting a radio programme with fellow sportscaster Gerard Healy.
In 2002, he was selected as the new coach of the Victorian cricket team. He led a revival of the team, which had struggled in previous years. The team subsequently rose back to the top of the Australian domestic competition.
During August 2003, Hookes was criticised after his comment in reference to Helen Cohen Alon, a South African woman who had claimed Australian cricketer Shane Warne had sexually harassed her via telephone. Commenting on her as "some dopey, hairy-backed sheila who has dobbed in across the other side of the world. If that's what she wants to do to earn some cash that's her decision. Let's find out the facts before we hang Warney on this one".
He famously accused the Australian selections of bias towards players from New South Wales stating that "when they give out the baggy blue cap in New South Wales, they give you a baggy green one in a brown paper bag as well to save making two presentations."
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