For coaches
From your first session at a local club to head coach of a 1st XI: how qualifications work and what clubs mean by each job title.
Coaching was one of the main job categories when this address was a hockey jobs board. The guides below explain the routes into those roles, independent of any one club or country.
Guides in this section
- How to become a field hockey coach: qualification pathways
What the FIH Academy, England Hockey, Hockey Australia and USA Field Hockey each offer new and developing coaches, and how to choose a route.
- Hockey club coaching roles explained
Head coach, assistant coach, coaching director, development officer, player-coach and more: what each role usually involves and how they fit together.
- Interviewing and hiring a club coach: process and safeguarding checks
A step-by-step hiring process for hockey clubs, including the background and safeguarding checks used in England, Australia and the United States.