National Football Coaches Association (NFCA) has introduced mandatory membership for coaches managing teams at all levels in the country.
The association’s chairperson Aubrey Nankhuni said the move is aimed at bringing sanity into the profession.
Nankhuni said all non-registered coaches will not be allowed to coach any team in the country after June 30.
’’We have written the teams and the coaches about the new arrangement. Of late, coaches have been complaining about unfair treatment from their teams. So registering with us is one way of mandating us to intervene in such cases. It is not possible for us to come to the aid of someone who is not our member,’’ Nankhuni said.
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He said the new arrangement also applies to all national football team coaches.
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“Even those in second-tier leagues are supposed to register with us. We will make sure that this is without fail. The honeymoon is over and it is time for serious business. We have been lenient for too long and there will be no mercy this time,’’ Nankhuni said.
He said expatriate coaches will be required to pay $100 in annual membership fees whereas national football team coaches will pay K40,000 each.
Nankhuni said membership for local coaches will depend on their qualifications.
Super League head coaches whose minimum qualification is a Caf A coaching licence will be required to pay K15,000 per annum whereas Caf B holders’ fee is K10,000.
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The fee for lower league teams coaches is K7,000 per year. Nankhuni said the move is in line with their code of conduct.
“You may wish to know that clubs are already embracing this new arrangement with several of them having already paid fees for their respective technical panels,’’ he said.
Silver Strikers Chief Executive Officer Patrick Chimimba said they have already started complying with the requirement.
“We have already paid affiliation fees for the technical staff members of all our teams. So we have no issues with the coaches’ body,’’ Chimimba said.
Wanderers and Bullets are the only local clubs with foreign coaches.
This means Bullets and Wanderers will each pay $100 for Kalisto Pasuwa and Nsanzurwimo Ramadhan, respectively.
Sports analyst Parry Chinyama said NFCA needs to have limits.
’’The coaches’ association has no mandate on the matter because it is not a regulator. I hope it is working on advice from Football Association of Malawi which has powers to bar coaches should it be necessary to do so,’’ Chinyama said.
