African Continent Football Coaches Alan Johnson and Thabani Sithole - Interview from Jacksonville University Team Camp

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Get More For Coaches author Joby Slay conducts another interview from Jacksonville University Team Camp with football coaches from the African continent. Alan Johnson played football for the Zimbabwe National and professionally in Africa and Canada before transitioning into coaching while playing in South Africa. He has had coaching stints with the Zimbabwe youth national program and currently is the Director there of the Football Academy at Harare International School. Thabani Sithole came to the United States on a tennis scholarship and went on to found College Connect International helping young men from Africa in seeking higher education opportunities through football (soccer) in the United States. Alan and Thabani both serve with Ten Toes Africa an organization founded by a mutual friend and teammate of Joby's that organizes soccer programs for kids and assists kids in Zimbabwe with pursuing educational opportunities locally. We learn about both of these men and their organizations and hear about the most influential coaches in their life and how that has impacted what they are doing in coaching today. We discuss the importance of education with athletics in Africa, and also share the severe challenges facing student-athletes on the continent and how they are working to help improve the opportunities for these young people.

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