When I sat down to write this article, the obvious big names came to mind. Pep Guardiola. Phil Jackson. Sir Alex Ferguson. Ron Dennis. Hall of Fame-worthy names that have managed some of the biggest names in the sporting world. But I know what you’re thinking. Not that controversial right? But then I started thinking back to questions that my old lecturers in university would ask me. “What is the coach’s job?” “What roles and responsibilities do they fulfill?” “What is the difference between a good coach and a great coach?” Let’s break it down. Fundamentally, a coach’s job is to manage and teach an athlete to help them reach their next level of performance. This could be anything from teaching a kid his first step-over to helping Premier League players understand a new counter-attacking concept. Within their role as a coach, their job is not just limited to screaming on a side-line on Saturdays and drawing up plays on their whiteboards. In fact, at any le...