What is the role of a coach? Yes, this question can be viewed in many ways (which I will explore), however, there is an underlying reason and purpose of a coach. For this discussion, I will be separating between sports coaches, strength and conditioning coaches, and other coaches (i.e. nutrition, 'life', etc). The Role of the Sport Coach Sports coaches are the coaches that coach the individual sports they have gained expertise in. Be that head or assistant coach, they are usually specialized in 1 or 2 sports or positions from their experience as athletes, or from learning their craft through (hopefully) careful study of their game. The role of these coaches is to teach the skills and knowledge necessary to execute the game. This could be specific skills (i.e. a QB coach teaching reads and drops) or large-scale schemes (i.e. running a live scrimmage at practice). With this in mind, sports coaches SHOULD only focus on those aspects of their sport. Strength, conditioning, ...