Coaches and Scouts
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Job description
Coaches prepare and train athletes for athletic competitions.
Sports Scouts identify talented athletes and recruit them for professional sports teams.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Humidity
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
- Hazardous workplaces
Main tasks
Coaches
- Identify the strengths and weaknesses of athletes or teams.
- Plan, develop, and execute training sessions and practices.
- Stimulate and develop the potential skills and abilities of athletes.
- Develop, plan, and coordinate the schedule and program of competitions.
- Motivate and prepare athletes or teams for competitions or games.
- Develop strategies and plans for games and competitions.
- Direct athletes and players during games or sporting events.
- Analyze or evaluate athlete or team performance and modify the training program accordingly.
Scouts
- Identify and recruit amateur athletes for a professional sports team.
- Observe and evaluate the skills and performance of prospective athletes.
- Prepare recruitment assessment reports and make recommendations.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
4,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 46.4% Female
- 53.6% Male
Not available.
- 46.4% Female
- 53.6% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$51,200
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 7143% of jobs
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NAICS 6133% of jobs
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NAICS 815% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54174% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6234% of jobs
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Others11% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 7143% of jobs
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NAICS 6133% of jobs
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NAICS 815% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54174% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6234% of jobs
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Others11% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
University
Exercise science
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 49.7%
42.5% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 64.2%
29.9% of graduates pursue further studies
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
Also required
- Experience and technical knowledge of the chosen sport required.
Sometimes required
- Training in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is often required.
- Training in the use of the automated external defibrillator (AED) is often required.
Coaches
- Physical education training may be required.
- National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) certification may be required or an asset.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Teaching
- Oral expression
- Result evaluation
- Human resource management
- Judgment and decision-making
- Learning strategies
- Coordination
- Active listening
- Time management
- Critical thought
- Social perception
- Solving complex problems
- Systems evaluation
- Persuasion
- System analysis
- Active learning
- Reading comprehension
- Negotiation
- Service oriented
- Written expression
- Data collection
Abilities
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Oral comprehension
- Deductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Inductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Written expression
- Information organization
- Originality
- Written comprehension
- Idea generation
- Near vision
- Classification
- Visualization
- Distance vision
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Leadership
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Capacity to work in a team
- Commitment
- Tolerance to stress
- Vitality
- Creativity
- Respect others
- Pedagogical knowledge
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Work in the arts, culture, music, or leisure
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Official name of the NOC 53201
Coaches
Job titles
- Professional athletes team coach
- Sports scout
- Basketball team coach
- Football team coach
- Hockey team coach
- Baseball scout
- Basketball scout
- Lacrosse scout
- Football scout
- Hockey scout
- Professional sports scout
- Baseball manager-coach
- Sports coach
- Head coach
- Coach
- Professional team coach
- Athletics team coach
- Amateur athletics team coach
- Baseball team coach
- Lacrosse team coach
- Amateur sports team coach
- Professional sports team coach
- National team coach
- Provincial team coach
- Baseball coach
- Bobsled coach
- Boxing trainer
- Lacrosse coach
- Cycling coach
- Football coach
- Gymnastics coach
- Hockey coach
- Junior hockey coach
- Athletic boxing trainer
- Luge coach
- Swim coach
- Figure skating coach
- Ski coach
- Soccer coach
- Tennis coach
- Volleyball coach
- Water-polo coach
- Athletics coach
- Luge instructor
Skill type
Art, culture, recreation and sport
Last update: January 29, 2026
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