Teachers coaching after school deserve pay, says Coughlan

TEACHERS with coaching qualifications should be paid if they coach pupils or students after school hours, according to former world champion Eamonn Coghlan.

And yesterday he was at the National Coaching and Training Centre (NCTC) in Limerick to launch a scheme which will provide former top athletes and players as well as experienced international coaches into the National Coaching Development Programme (NCDP).

These days the Chairman of the Boards enjoys putting something back into athletics through coaching children at his local school but he said outside of the satisfaction one might get there are no incentives in athletics for a coach and he paid tribute to those who give their services freely.