Professional Player to Coach Scheme (PPCS)
Season 2025/2026
Step Into the Game: A Career-Changing Coaching Opportunity
Contract Type: 23-month fixed-term
Salary: Up to £27,500 per annum
Role & Development Programme: The successful candidate will divide their time between Luton Town Football Club Academy Coach employment and the Premier League Coach Development Programme
Location: The Brache, Academy, Park Street, Luton, LU1 3HH.
Join the Professional Player to Coach Scheme (PPCS)
Luton Town Football Club, in partnership with the Premier League, PFA and EFL, is offering a 23-month, full-time Academy coaching role, to support the development of the next generation of football coaches as part of the Professional Player to Coach Scheme 2025/26. The scheme is open to all, and we particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black, Asian and mixed heritage backgrounds, as they are underrepresented groups amongst the coaching roles that exist across the professional game.
What’s Involved?
You’ll split your time between Academy coaching at Luton Town Football Club and the Premier League’s accredited Coach Development Programme. You’ll gain experience across development phases and work with multi-disciplinary teams.
Your development journey will include:
* Mentoring and tailored support
* Immersive learning experiences
* Workshops, peer learning, and reflective practice
* Access to FA/UEFA qualifications (based on development need and subject to availability)
On successful completion of all programme elements, you’ll be awarded a Diploma in Professional Football Coaching from Leeds Beckett University.
The Academy Coaching Role – Key Responsibilities
The exciting role in our academy coaching team will be responsible for coaching sessions and curriculum delivery within a range of age groups across the academy, primarily the Foundation Phase. You will contribute and adhere to the coaching philosophy, vision and values of both the academy and Luton Town Football Club, in support of academy players development.
Essential criteria:
* PFA member
* Registered on, or completed, the UEFA B Licence as a minimum
* No prior full-time 1st Team or Academy coaching role at a Premier League or EFL club
* FA Safeguarding Certificate, Emergency First Aid, and Enhanced DBS (to be completed prior to role commencement)
Desirable criteria:
* Experience of coaching in one, or more, of the following environments: grassroots, community, education, development centre or part-time academy football settings
* Experience of coaching a team or group of players on a regular basis
* Experience of holistic youth development activities within, or beyond, sport
* UEFA A Licence or FA Advanced Youth Award
You’ll bring:
* A drive to coach in the professional game
* Passion for player development & developmentally appropriate learning environments
* Commitment to fulfilling duty of care for children, young people, and adults in healthy, high-performance environments
* Resilience and commitment to high-performance environments
* Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
* A desire to be a role model and ambassador for diversity in the game
How to Apply
Reasonable adjustments are available for applicants with a disability, please contact our HR Team - hr@lutontown.co.uk for further support in applying for this role.
Please submit a two-part cover letter:
Part 1 (max 500 words) to demonstrate how you fulfil the “What We’re Looking For” criteria. Please structure your responses under the following headings:
a) The essential criteria I fulfil (Please include your PFA number)
b) The desirable criteria I fulfil
c) My desire to be a role model and ambassador for diversity in the game.
Part 2 (max 500 words) to answer all the following questions.
Please structure your responses under the following headings
a) My motivations for applying for the PPCS academy coach role and Premier League Coach Development Programme
b) How the PPCS academy coach role and development programme fits with my career ambitions
c) How my unique expertise, and lived experience, will benefit the club and players
Your CV
Key Dates
* Application Deadline: 8th. July 2025
* Email Applications & Queries To: hr@lutontown.co.uk
* Assessment Activities: 16th – 18th July 2025
* PPCS Induction, Lake District 29th September – 2nd October 2025
Luton Town Football Club and the Premier League, PFA and EFL are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. Reasonable adjustments are available for applicants with a disability. Please contact our HR Team hr@lutontown.co.uk if you would like to discuss this further.
Equality monitoring information will be requested separately and will not form part of the selection process.
SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT
Luton Town is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Club has systems in place to ensure that the welfare of vulnerable groups is dealt with appropriately and sensitively. Everyone working at the Club has a duty of care to safeguard the welfare of children and young people by creating an environment that protects them from harm. Our standards of practice ensure all staff are fully aware and understand their responsibilities under safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. The Club ensures that all staff that have a direct responsibility for children, young people or vulnerable adults, have been subject to the most stringent of recruitment practices which include Criminal Record Checks and reference checks. These staff are alert to signs of abuse or maltreatment and will refer concerns to the relevant Designated Safeguarding Officers using the agreed safeguarding procedures.
EQUALITY STATEMENT
The individual must at all times, carry out their duties with due regard to the Clubs policies and procedures and in particular the Club’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy. The individual must ensure a positive commitment towards equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation, or harassment of any description and to promote positive working relationships between all internal and external stakeholders. The individual must contribute to encouraging equality and respecting diversity by embedding such values in the workplace and challenging inappropriate behaviour and processes.
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