CAF 2023 Awards: Women’s Coach of the Year nominees unveiled

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the nominees for the Women's Coach of the Year award.

The CAF awards are organized every year in a bid to celebrate footballers, coaches, teams and everyone who have performed brilliantly for Women's football in the continent and around the world.

The award ceremony will take place in Morocco on 11 December 2023 which is the same day for the Men's award.

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Desiree Ellis: Top contender for Women's Coach of the Year award

Bafana Bafana coach Desiree Ellis will battle nine other nominees for the individual prize following what has been an exceptional year in review for the tactician.

Ellis won the Women Africa Cup of Nations with the South African Women's national team in 2022 and also made history as she guided the team to a Round of 16 finish in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, the first time ever for Bafana Bafana.

South Africa women's coach — Credit: Icon Sport

However, Ellis will face a tough battle with Nigeria's Super Falcons head coach, Randy Waldrum, who is also in the running for the Coach of the Year award after guiding the Falcons to the Round of 16 in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Waldrum and his team never lost a match in normal time in the women's tournament, only losing to England on penalties in the round of 16.

The winner of the CAF Women's Coach of the Year along with each category in the women's awards, will be decided by a voting panel made up of CAF Technical Committee, media representatives, head coaches and captains of Member Associations and clubs involved at the group stage of the Interclub competitions for the 2022/23 season.