Football NSW unveils 2025/2026 Coach Education calendar

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Football NSW Unveils 2025/2026 Coach Education Calendar
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Football NSW has announced the 2025/2026 Coach Education Course Calendar which was developed in collaboration with the Member Associations to prepare coaches ahead of the 2026 season.

As part of their continued commitment to developing coaches across the state, Football NSW will be offering a wide range of coach education courses this year, including:

  • 34 C Diploma Courses
  • 10 B Diploma Courses
  • 2 Goalkeeper B Diploma Courses
  • 6 Foundations of Goalkeeping Courses
  • Over 50 Foundation of Football Courses
  • 5 JDL Certificate Courses

Additional C Diploma courses will be rolled out in partnership with their Member Associations in the coming months.

Coaches are encouraged to reach out to their local association for details on locally available Foundation of Football courses.

These offerings reflect Football NSW’s dedication to making coach education more accessible and to supporting the growth of high-quality coaching at all levels of the game.

Football NSW’s Coach Education Manager Chris Adams emphasised that making coach education accessible throughout New South Wales is essential for improving the game.

“Providing accessible coach education across all corners of New South Wales is vital to the growth and quality of our game,” Adams said in a press release.

“Whether you are in metropolitan Sydney or regional branches, every coach deserves the opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills.

“I’d also like to extend a sincere thank you to our dedicated team of Coach Education Tutors, without their passion, expertise, and tireless efforts, none of this would be possible.”

Football NSW has announced that the B Diploma Course will be taken on the road in 2025/2026, with sessions planned for Wollongong, the Riverina, and the Western Branch.

These locations have been chosen to make the course more accessible and to better support coaches in regional areas of New South Wales.

Football NSW Regional Manager Andrew Fearnley said they’re thrilled to expand regional coach development by adding a second B Diploma course.

“We are excited to continue our growth of coach development in regional football through adding in a second B Diploma for the upcoming 2025/26 coach development calendar,” Fearnley said in a press release.

“This is due to our efforts and support for a strong number of C Diploma courses and participation within each branch.”

Including the Riverina Branch is a significant step in strengthening support for regional communities.

There continues to be strong interest in coaching courses across the Western and Southern Branches, with a return to Bathurst following record enrolments during the 2024–2025 season.

Expanding the availability of coaching courses is a key part of Football NSW’s efforts to implement its Benchmarking & Standards across Junior and Youth Competitions.

This ensures clubs meet the required Minimum Technical Qualifications, helping to raise the standard and consistency of coaching statewide.

With this course calendar, Football NSW reaffirms its commitment to offering clear development pathways and practical learning opportunities for coaches of all experience levels, no matter where they’re based.

More information on course dates, venues and registration details can be found HERE.

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

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The Melbourne-based anf family-owned business will join the Victory family, uniting two institutions which represent the city’s culture and identity.

A partnership with local roots

As the newest partner of Melbourne Victory, Roasting Warehouse joins forces with a vital part of the city’s sporting landscape.

The club’s Managing Director, Caroline Carnegie, outlined why the partnership bears so much value to both parties.

“We are excited to collaborate with Roasting Warehouse, a community-oriented destination for high-quality coffee, proud of its foundations in Melbourne,” said Carnegie via official media release.

“Football and coffee sit at the epicentre of Melbourne’s culture. The two go hand-in-hand, consistently at the centre of the conversation that stirs Melburnians, which is no different to the conversation sport and Melbourne Victory stir in the State.”

Indeed, this is a partnership which combines the identity, passions and culture of an entire city, therefore giving it the foundations required for long-term, mutual success.

Representing the best of Melbourne

Both Victory and Roasting Warehouse are hugely successful in their respective industries. They are institutions with community-oriented philosphies, who pride themselves on craft and quality.

“We’re incredibly proud to partner with Melbourne Victory, a club that represents the heart, passion, and ambition of Melbourne,” revealed Roasting Warehouse Head of Brand, Alexander Paraskevopoulos.

“As a Melbourne-founded, family-run business, supporting a team that means so much to the local community feels very natural for us.”

Furthermore, through their high-quality blends, Roasting Warehouse will look to prepare Victory’s players and staff for high performances on the pitch as the seasons nears completion.

But this is about far more than just fueling athletes.

This is a partnership which embodies and unites two of Melbourne’s greatest strengths and cultural markers – a connection forged from the city’s very own DNA.

 

For more information about Roasting Warehouse, click here.

Football NSW supports Female Coaches CPD as Women’s Football Surges

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Football NSW has used the platform of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup to deliver a targeted professional development workshop for female coaches, bringing together scholarship recipients for an evening of structured learning and direct engagement with elite women’s football.

Held at ACPE last month, the session was open to female coaches who received C or B Diploma scholarships through Football NSW in 2025. Coaching accreditation carries a financial cost that disproportionately affects women, who are less likely to have their development subsidised by clubs or associations operating in underfunded community football environments. Scholarship access changes that equation at the point where many women exit the pathway.

Facilitated by Football NSW Coach Development Coordinator Bronwyn Kiceec, the workshop focused on goal scoring trends from the tournament’s group stage, with coaches analysing attacking patterns and exploring how those insights could translate into their own environments. The group then attended the quarter-final between South Korea and Uzbekistan at Stadium Australia.

The structure of the evening mattered as much as its content. Female coaches in community football rarely have access to elite competition environments as a professional resource. The gap between the level at which most women coach and the level at which the game is analysed and discussed tends to reinforce itself. Placing scholarship recipients inside a major tournament, as participants rather than spectators, closes that gap in a way that a classroom session cannot.

Female coaches remain significantly underrepresented across all levels of the game in Australia. The pipeline that will change that depends not only on accreditation access but on the professional networks, peer relationships and exposure to elite environments that male coaches have historically taken for granted.

The workshop forms part of Football NSW’s ongoing commitment to developing female coaches through scholarships and structured learning opportunities.

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