Professional Player to Coach Scheme (PPCS) Season 2026/2027

Step Into the Game: A Career-Changing Coaching Opportunity

Contract Type: 23-month fixed-term
Salary: £29,500 per annum
Role & Development Programme: The successful candidate will divide their ?me between Queens
Park Rangers Academy Coach employment and the Premier League Coach Development Programme
Loca@on: TSG Training Centre, Heston. TW5 9PQ.

Join the Professional Player to Coach Scheme (PPCS)

Queens Park Rangers, in partnership with the Premier League, PFA and EFL, is offering a 23-month, full-
?me Academy coaching role, to support the development of the next genera?on of football coaches as part
of the Professional Player to Coach Scheme 2026/27. The scheme is open to all, and we par?cularly
welcome applica?ons from individuals from Black, Asian and mixed heritage backgrounds, as they are
underrepresented groups amongst the coaching roles that exist across the professional game.

What’s Involved?

You’ll split your ?me between Academy coaching at Queens Park Rangers and the Premier League’s
accredited Coach Development Programme. You’ll gain experience across development phases and work
with mul?-disciplinary teams.

Your development journey will include:
• Mentoring and bespoke support
• Immersive learning experiences
• Peer learning
• Access to FA/UEFA qualifica?ons (based on development need and subject to availability)

On successful comple?on of all programme elements, you’ll be awarded a Diploma in Professional Football
Coaching from Leeds Beckeb University.

What We’re Looking For

Essential criteria:

• PFA member
• Registered on, or completed, the UEFA B Licence as a minimum
• No prior full-?me 1st Team or Academy coaching role at a Premier League or EFL club
• FA Safeguarding Cer?ficate, Emergency First Aid, and Enhanced DBS (to be completed prior to role
commencement)

Desirable criteria:

• Experience of coaching in one, or more, of the following environments: grassroots, community,
educa?on, development centre or part-?me academy football seengs
• Experience of coaching a team or group of players on a regular basis
• Experience of holis?c youth development ac?vi?es within, or beyond, sport
• UEFA A Licence or FA Advanced Youth Award

You’ll bring:

• A drive to coach in the professional game
• Passion for player development & developmentally appropriate learning environments
• Commitment to fulfilling duty of care for children, young people, and adults in healthy, highperformance environments
• Resilience and commitment to high-performance environments
• Excellent communica?on and rela?onship-building skills
• A desire to be a role model and ambassador for diversity in the game