Higher School of Coaches (russian: Высшая школа тренеров, ВШТ, Vysshaya shkola trenerov) is a professional school which specializes in sports education. It was first created as part of the Soviet sports education system in

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on April 6, 1976.Varyushin, V. ''10th Anniversary of the Higher School of Coaches''
Football (annual). Moscow 1986. The school is part of the Russian State University of Physical Culture which from 1920 to 1991 was known as the State Central Institute of Physical Culture. The Higher School of Coaches became inherited by the former republics of the

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and similar schools were organized in

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and other republics.

Overview

During the Soviet period the school became famous for issuing licenses to coaches of the

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and for the first 10 years of the school's existence 193 persons received diplomas of the higher qualification in football. Out of those graduates 97 were members of the

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, while among graduates were 11 sportspeople with a title of Merited Masters of Sports, 6 - Master of Sports, World Class, 156 -

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and candidates to Master of Sports. Thirty two graduates were delegated as coaches to teams of the

, 27 - to teams of the

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, 196 - to teams of the

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, while another 16 were delegated to national teams of the USSR, republics or football governing agencies. Its practical applications students conducted in the School of Higher Sport Mastery of the State Central Institute of Physical Culture that was based at the Palace of Sports Izmailovo.Izmailovo

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. Moscow 1992. The school was issuing top licenses for the

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until 2012The Higher School of Coaches will cease to issue licenses of PRO category
championat.com. 8 February 2012 when it was degraded and replaced as a top coaching school with the Academy of Coaching Mastery.

Notable alumni

Eduard Malofeyev Eduard Vassilievich Malofeyev ( rus, Эдуа́рд Васи́льевич Малофе́ев, p=məlɐˈfʲeɪf, be, Эдуард Васілевіч Малафееў ''Eduard Malafyeyew''; born 2 June 1942 in Kolomna) is a Soviet and Belarusi ...

Valery Nepomnyashchy Valery Kuzmich Nepomnyashchy (russian: Валерий Кузьмич Непомнящий; born 7 August 1943) is a Russian association football manager and a former player. He is currently in charge of youth development with Baltika Kaliningrad. ...

References

External links

Brief description of the school

Information about discontinuation of issuing licensing for football coaches from the school

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. February 9, 2012.
Department of Football
of the Russian State University of Physical Culture
Interview of the school director Andrei Leksakov
Sports Daily.ru.

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Overview

Notable alumni

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