The home of football coaches.
Gaffer is the platform and community where football coaches connect, learn, grow and build their careers — all in one place.
Coaching can feel lonely.
Coaches learn every day, but their knowledge, their work and their network are scattered across social media, YouTube, WhatsApp groups, LinkedIn, Google Drive and endless PDFs.
Gaffer brings it all together.
Help coaches become better coaches.
We do it by connecting coaches with knowledge, tools, opportunities — and with each other. Every session you prepare should make the next one better.
If you coach, you belong here.
Grassroots coaches
Saturday mornings, cones in the boot, parents on the line.
Academy coaches
Developing players — and yourself — inside a pathway.
Professional staffs
Head coaches, assistants and analysts climbing the ladder.
Specialists
Goalkeeping, fitness, set plays, analysis and psychology.
Students of the game
Coaching courses, badges and the first steps onto the grass.
Technical directors
Building the methodology across a whole club.
One club, six rooms.
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The Club House
Your home base — profile, credits, notifications and the daily pulse of the club.
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Community
The feed, challenges, connections and messages — your football circle in one place.
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Toolkit
Manage, plan, create and analyse — professional coaching rooms that grow with your membership.
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Learn
Master classes, mentorships, clinics and experiences that move your coaching on.
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Career
Your Gaffer CV, verification, endorsements and job alerts that find you.
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Store
Smart kit, the coaching library and matchday apparel — member pricing built in.
More than tactics.
Coaching is leadership, communication and continuous learning. Five ideas the club is built on:
Learn
Every day is a CPD day.
Share
What you know is worth more when it moves.
Connect
Your next job comes from a coach, not an algorithm.
Develop
Better coaches build better players.
Lead
The badge belongs to the club. The career belongs to you.
Why “Gaffer”?
In football, the gaffer is the manager — the head coach, the one who carries the team. Nobody appoints you a gaffer; you become one, session by session. We built the club for that journey.
Built by coaches, for coaches.
Gaffer was founded by coaches who have worked inside academies like FC Barcelona and Manchester City, and in European professional football. Everywhere we went, we met the same problem: talented coaches with no home for their work.
A global community.
From grassroots to the professional game — in nine languages and counting.
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- Coaches
- 9
- Languages
- 6
- Confederations
The operating system for the modern coach.
Learn. Connect. Develop. Work. Earn. We keep building until a coach's whole professional life has one home.
Talk to us.
Real humans — coaches, mostly. Pick the right inbox and we'll get back to you.
- hello@gaffercoaching.comGeneral questions and first contact.
- support@gaffercoaching.comHelp with your account, the tools or anything broken.
- billing@gaffercoaching.comMemberships, invoices and receipts.
- social@gaffercoaching.comPartnerships, press and social media.
- news@gaffercoaching.comThe Thursday briefing and content tips.
Is Gaffer free to join?
Yes. Every coach joins on the free Touchline tier — community, CV builder and core tools included. Upgrade inside your portal when you need more.
Do I need a coaching licence?
No. Gaffer is for every coach. But if you hold a licence — UEFA, CONCACAF, CAF and more — you can verify it and join the public directory.
Who owns my content?
You do. Sessions, exercises and CV data are yours — export them anytime and take them to your next club.
Is Gaffer only for football?
Yes — one game, one club. If you call it soccer, switch to English (US) and the whole site speaks your language.