Former President of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantakyi has advised the current administration to broaden their search for Ghana’s next coach and not just look for well-known candidates.
The nation’s football governing body recently announced the formation of a five-person committee tasked with choosing Chris Hughton’s replacement, which is why this advice is being given.
The depressing exit of Ghana from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast highlighted the need for a new head coach. Nyantakyi stressed the need to give talent in the coaching field more weight than well-known names to stop the practice of hiring inexperienced coaches from happening again.
As Nyantakyi put it in an interview with GTV Sports Plus, “If we look at big names only, we will bring the same recycled people (coaches) here, and at the end of four years, we will be back to square one.”
Vice President of the Ghana Football Association, Mark Addo, is leading the search committee, with Ace Ankomah, a legal practitioner and lecturer, serving as vice chairman. The committee also includes Ghanaian football legend Opoku Nti, Professor Joseph Kwame Mintah, Director of Coaching Education at the GFA, and William Caesar Kartey, Chief Director of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
In contrast to one of the primary selection criteria, which is more than 15 years of coaching experience, Nyantakyi’s advice emphasizes the significance of finding new talent and creative coaching methods for the national team as Ghana seeks to rebuild and advance in upcoming tournaments.
