{"id":402083,"date":"2017-07-17T14:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/17\/the-female-coach-defying-the-trend-in-ghana\/"},"modified":"2017-07-17T14:00:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T14:00:53","slug":"the-female-coach-defying-the-trend-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/17\/the-female-coach-defying-the-trend-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"The female coach defying the trend in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 17 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-07-17<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/28127119.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mavis Coach.jpeg\" title=\"Mavis Coach.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"342\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File photo; Mavis Appiah addressing DC United<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1500300052_543_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Throughout the world, men\u2019s football teams are coached by men and, invariably, women\u2019s teams are also coached by men. Ghana is no exception, though there is one coach who has decided to swim against the tide and, after back-to-back wins to start the season, she has begun impressively.  <\/p>\n<p>When the second division resumed in Ghana a couple of weeks ago, Mavis Appiah was standing on the sideline, instructing the players of DC United to stick to her game plan. Just like coaches all over the world do at every football match.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old first joined DC United as assistant coach last year and in 2017 was given the job as head coach of the Sunyani-based club in the Brong Ahafo Region.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having studied coaching as part of her BSc degree in Physical Education, which she completed last year at the University of Education, Winneba, and possessing a CAF coaching licence C, Appiah says it was not easy to land the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere in Ghana you see men coaching men\u2019s football and men coaching women\u2019s football. But I decided to change the trend,&#8221; she told FIFA.com. &#8220;If you want something, you don\u2019t go to where it is easy to obtain it, you go where obtaining it is a challenge. You challenge yourself to the highest level. That is why I wanted to coach a men\u2019s team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She obviously did so with some success as officials turned to Appiah and made her an offer when the position became vacant. It was an opportunity she jumped at.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have always had a passion for football. I started off playing myself, but my father coached at first division level in Ghana, though he never made it to the very top.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That started an interest in me and I have known for a while, that I wanted to become a coach. I have also been lucky to have worked with some great coaches, especially Mas-Ud Dramani, who is the former Asante Kotoko head coach and is currently in charge of the Ghana women\u2019s team, the Black Queens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/female_coach.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Coaching badges<\/b><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDramani is also a CAF Senior Coaches Instructor and Assessor and is currently involved in a course taking Ghanaian coaches to CAF B level. One of his students on the course is Appiah, who is keen to constantly upgrade her qualifications and is now aiming to add B level coaching certificate to her CV.<\/p>\n<p>She is grateful to have such an experienced coach in her corner. \u201cDidi Dramani always gives me wisdom and guidance. If I face any challenges in my work, he always helps me out. He will always be my mentor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One area where she does not need any help is in communicating with her team. \u201cMy players are always listening to whatever instructions I give them and they work accordingly. My players are always ready. They don\u2019t see me as a woman, they see me as a teacher, as a mentor, as a leader. That is how they see me. As far as gender, that does not come into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Appiah is aware that she needs to take on a role with her players that goes beyond the pitch. \u201cThey see me as their father, their mother, their parents as a whole. I need to help them develop not only in football, but also in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Changing perceptions<\/b><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Kumasi-born coach is well on her way towards changing perceptions in Ghana. \u201cAlready the other coaches in our division embrace me. They have accepted me as one of their own. They see that I have courage and I have confidence. And that is enough for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although she knows that she could quite easily get a job coaching a women\u2019s side, she is determined to make her mark in the men\u2019s game. \u201cWith the experience I have, I would be able to get many different women\u2019s jobs, but that is not what I am striving for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy philosophy has always been to be ambitious and aim for the top. If I do that, I will always be able to hold my head up high.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should be able to work and learn from some of the big names in international coaching,&#8221; continues Appiah. &#8220;That would take me a step closer towards the top.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having only embarked on her first real coaching steps last year, it would appear that Mavis Appiah has already well on her journey towards the top.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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