Lovell attended Melbourne High School for one year (1988) and was a member of the School"s 1st XVIII alongside Matthew Knights, Stephen Tingay, Stephen Ryan and John Ahern, football players who also later played in the VFL and American Federation of Labor-Congress.
Lovell currently serves as an assistant coach with the Gold Coast Football Club. Lovell was recruited to Melbourne from Tasmanian club Glenorchy and in his debut season played in their losing Grand Final to Hawthorn Football Club. The previous year he ran second in Melbourne"s Best and fairest.
Lovell was traded to West Coast for the 1996 American Federation of Labor-Congress season and spent three years in their midfield before retiring.
He later became coach of the Sandringham Zebras and is currently an assistant coach at the Gold Coast Suns.
As a teenager Lovell had been a wood chopper which earned him the nickname "Chopper" and his father Greg was a world champion at the sport. A ruck-rover, Lovell was handy near goals and in a game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) against Richmond in 1993 he kicked a career best eight goals as his side won by a record 121 points.
