National Coaches, Others For CAF Course

No fewer than 200 individuals including three serving and over 40 former national coaches have registered for the forthcoming CAF B-Licence coaching programme scheduled for this month in Abuja.

The advance coaching programme, which is one of the three courses being organised by CAF, will hold from March 11 to March 25.

The course was introduced by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) last year, and the continental football governing body has recommended it to all Africa-based coaches.

The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) is jointly organising the course with CAF.

The three serving national coaches are Super Eagles assistant coach Daniel Amokachi, the head coach of the Golden Eaglets, Manu Garba, and Flamingoes’ head coach, Peter Dedevbo.

Others are Austin Eguavoen, Stanley Eguma, Okey Emordi, Kadiri Ikhana, Benedict Iroha, and Erasmus Onuh, all former handlers of the national under-23 male team.

John Obuh, Alphonsus Dike and Hassan Abubakar, all former Eaglets coaches, as well as ex-Super Eagles assistant coaches Bitrus Bewarang, Salisu Yusuf and Amusa Adisa, have also registered for the course.

The list also has Oladunni Oyekale, Ladan Bosso, Usman Adams, Sunday Eresulesi, Monday Odigie and Lawrence Akpokona, who have at one time or the other handled national teams.

Also participating are Niyi Akande, Emmanuel Deutch, Godfrey Esu, Ben Duamlong, Moses Ajala, Solomon Adedara, Ndubuisi Nduka, Julius Alhassan, Abdulganiyu Mustapha, Jimoh Imam and Aliyu Muzambilu.

Others are Danladi Nasidi, Justin Tenger, Taiye Yusuf, Harrison Okagbue, Gbenga Ogunbote, David Egbiri, Samson Unuanel, Samuel Adingi, Andrew Agu, Tunde Sanni, Evans Ogenyi, Bernard Ogbe and Tony Ottah.

The women team coaches who registered for the course are Egan Adat, Ntiero Effiom, Ann Chiejine, Daniel Evumena, Rolandson Odeh and Bala Nikyu, all former national coaches.

Former national players such as Dominic Nwobodo, Jide Dina, Fancy Ewulu, Henry Nwosu, Lookman Oshun and Fatai Amoo have also registered for the course.

CAF has demanded that coaches must hold one of its three categories of certificates before they can sit on the bench of any team or club in any of its organised competitions.

The C-Licence course, the first of the three certificates, was held in October 2011 in Abuja with 80 coaches, drawn from across the country in attendance.

The B-Licence course is a follow-up to the C-Licence course, while the A-Licence course is a more advanced course.

The A-Licence course is not expected to hold in Nigeria until after the country has produced a good number of coaches with the B-Licence.