The short answer: A strong coaching CV leads with your highest licence and most relevant role, then proves impact with concrete results. Keep it to two pages, tailor it to each vacancy, and make your qualifications and references easy to verify.
What should a coaching CV include?
Clubs scan for fit fast, so put the essentials up top:
- Highest coaching licence and any specialist certificates (goalkeeping, fitness, analysis).
- Coaching roles with dates, age groups and level of football.
- Measurable results: promotions, win rates, players progressed.
- Safeguarding/first-aid certificates and DBS or equivalent check.
- Two contactable references.
How do you prove impact rather than list duties?
Anyone can write "ran training sessions". Instead, show outcomes: "Led U16s to league promotion", "developed three players into the senior squad", or "reduced pre-season injuries through a new conditioning plan". Numbers and player progression stories give clubs evidence they can trust, and they read far better in a shortlist pile.
How do you tailor it for each role?
Read the vacancy and mirror its language. A youth development role wants player-progression evidence; a semi-pro assistant role wants tactical and matchday experience. Reorder your bullet points so the most relevant achievements sit first. When you find suitable listings, send a short tailored cover note alongside the CV rather than a generic blast.
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