Former Kenyan International and current Nairobi City Stars Team Manager Noah Abich is one of the beneficiaries of the ongoing CAF C coaching course that kicked off yesterday in Kisumu and is expected to take one month.The CAF C course will take place at the same time as the four-month-long CAF B coaching course that is currently underway at Nairobi and has attracted big names across top-tier teams in the country.##GALERIJA##The opening ceremony of the exercise was graced by Football Kenya Federation Deputy President Doris Petra on Monday, September 13, 2021, who on her address emphasized the Federation’s commitment to equipping coaches with the necessary certification.“We have so far trained over 4500 coaches at the FKF D License Level and over 500 coaches at the CAF C Diploma Level. As we speak, we have 25 coaches currently undertaking the CAF B Diploma, for the first time in over ten years, Our commitment is to not only equip our coaches with the necessary certification to enable them to harness coaching opportunities both at home and abroad but also ensure that our players are handled in the right way by qualified personnel,” Petra told the Federation’s media.💬 | “I call upon them (former footballers) to take up these opportunities in coaching courses and football management”Find out what Noah Abich had to say at the opening ceremony of yet another CAF C Diploma Course in Kisumu🔗 https://t.co/C74U0ygEd9 pic.twitter.com/xIX2f10qAc— Football Kenya Federation (@Football_Kenya) September 13, 2021 Abich, who featured for AFC Leopards, Bandari, Tusker, and Sony Sugar among others has urged former players to take up the coaching mantle and guide upcoming players from an active coaching role.During his playing days, Abich was a deadball specialist and won the league in 2011 and the cup in 2012 just before his exit in June the same year.He went ahead to note that he would be happy to see more better players fill his shoes.“I call upon them to take up these opportunities (coaching courses and football management). They can be better motivators to our upcoming players who watched them play. Personally, I want to positively impact young players through the skills and methodologies I hope to gain from this course. I am passionate about football and would like to see better players come up to fill my shoes. I want to thank the FKF Technical Department and the Federation’s leadership at large for endeavoring to make coaching education accessible. I am confident that at the end of this, I’ll be a better coach,” Abich said.AN END TO AN ERA. Deadball specialist hangs up boots!Noah ‘Abich’ Otieno brings an end to a prominent 20 year career as a footballer. He will join the technical team at City stars as he looks to “nurture the next crop of players”.#SimbaWaNairobi pic.twitter.com/EVTbwPgO7U— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) October 15, 2020 Vihiga United’s assistant coach Samuel Twago, student instructors Paul Ogai and Eunice Dollar, and Nakuru West Queens coach Natalina Moraa are also among the beneficiaries of this course.
