Kabwe Warriors are close to naming their new head coach ahead of their return to Continental Football the ZamFoot Crew can exclusively reveal.
The Magnificent People’s have put former National team head coach Patrick Phiri and Green Buffaloes head coach Justin Chinama as the top two candidates for the top job the ZamFoot Crew understands.
According to an insider at the Godfrey Ucar Chitalu Stadium, A local coach will be hired after the Zambia Railways management said no to the prospect of a foreign coach.
“Yes a new head coach will be named soon and it will be a local coach. Zambia Railways are not keen on having a foreign coach,” the source said.
“Patrick Phiri and Chinama are the two front runners but there is also a third candidate,” the source added.
The Confederation Cup-bound Kabwe Warriors advertised the position of head coach on 3rd July with having a CAF A license as the main criteria.
Kabwe Warriors interim head coach Ian Bakala who took over from Levy ‘Chabby’ Chabala back in April does not have a CAF A license required to sit on the bench for a CAF Champions League or CAF Confederation Cup.
CAF raised its standards for a coach to be admitted to the club’s bench, For the 2020/2021 CAF Interclub season, all clubs had to ensure that their head coach complied with these licensing requirements.
Through the implementation of the CAF Club Licensing system, all head coaches of clubs engaged in the 2020/2021 edition of Total CAF Champions League Total CAF Confederation Cup must have the “CAF A” coaching license. In addition to the “CAF A” license, coaches holding a “PRO license” from a valid sister confederation are also eligible to take part in CAF club competitions. To be able to coach at a certain level in Africa now, it will therefore be necessary to enroll in a licensing course and obtain a diploma.
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