Casual Academy Goalkeeping Coach

Barnsley Football Club is offering a unique opportunity to become a key figure in the development of our next generation of elite goalkeepers. As the Academy Lead Goalkeeper Coach, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping young talent, delivering high-quality coaching aligned with the club’s philosophy and performance goals.

Working within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, you’ll design and lead challenging training sessions that promote technical excellence, injury prevention, and continuous improvement. This is more than a coaching role — it’s a chance to inspire, mentor, and elevate future professionals in a high-performance environment.

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about personal growth and committed to helping others thrive. If you bring energy, innovation, and a positive mindset to everything you do, we’d love to hear from you.

• Report to the Senior PDP and Head of Academy Coaching on all aspects related to individual and squad development in line with the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP).
• Liaise with the Senior PDP, first‑team Head Coach, Technical Board, and Academy Management Team to identify pathways into the first team environment.
• Create and implement the Goalkeeping Coaching Curriculum for the FP, YDP, and PDP on a day‑to‑day basis in conjunction with the Head of Academy Coaching.
• Align the Goalkeeping coaching, game, and playing philosophies with first‑team activities to ensure smooth transitions via player pathways.
• Manage the transition of Academy Goalkeepers between age groups and development phases to the senior squad, ensuring alignment with the Club’s coaching and playing philosophies.
• Implement a transitional model that monitors and tracks Goalkeepers moving through the player pathway.
• Contribute to multi‑disciplinary reviews of Academy Goalkeepers in the FP, YDP, and PDP, including the application of Sport Science methods and Individual Learning Plans.
• Attend the Games Programme and guide Goalkeepers in pre and post‑match preparation and analysis.
• Ensure effective match preparation with measurable objectives planned in advance.
• Contribute to Goalkeeper profiling to identify player traits and characteristics applicable to development outcomes.
• Develop Goalkeeper competencies, considering technical, tactical, psychological, physiological, and social aspects through individualized learning plans.
• Create, develop, and implement Goalkeeping strategies that align with the whole‑club approach for both development and competitive fixtures.
• Upload detailed Goalkeeper information into the PMA’s Performance Clock in line with Premier and Football League benchmark requirements.
• Generate individualized learning plans, objectives, and outcomes within a multi‑disciplinary approach.
• Divide, segment, and create learning blocks and periodisation that relate to macro, meso, and micro delivery cycles supporting player learning.
• Build performance analysis within evaluative and reflective practices to support improvement planning and feedback processes for both training models and games.
• Effectively manage the ‘working week’ regarding training models, integration of sport science, Goalkeeper‑specific sessions, and transition between age groups and phases.

Person specification

• Demonstrates enthusiasm and commitment to achieving agreed objectives within Elite Performance Player Planning.
• Effective at preparing, planning, and implementing coaching curriculums and schedules aligned with whole‑club objectives for producing young talented football players.
• A dynamic, hardworking, and enthusiastic individual able to relate to young people engaged in player pathways within a mentoring and supportive role.
• Proactive decision maker with excellent communication skills, able to effectively communicate across all departments within a multi‑disciplinary approach.
• Ensures high‑quality work and maintains standards in line with the responsiveness needed for delivering against the club’s football objectives.
• Receptive to feedback about own behaviour, strengths, and areas for improvement, identifying improvement strategies to support coaching, game understanding, and player development.
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