Local football administrators have come under fire for undermining local coaches. This follows the growing trend in which local teams now prefer mostly foreign coaches as compared to the local ones. Of late teams in the BTC Premiership have been attracting a number of foreign coaches some drawn from as far as Europe. The lasts team to seek services of a foreign coach is Jwaneng Galaxy having appointed Serbian Zlatko Krmpotic as the head coach after the departure of Mike Sithole. While some people would take this to be as a sign of growth of football locally, others see this as a move to undermine local coaches. Those against this development argue that the coming in of these coaches portray local coaches as incapable. Even though he agrees that there has been growth in local football, former FIFA Development Officer Ashford Mamelodi said the coming in of these coaches is not necessarily associated with growth. Mamelodi said it is only the attitude that football administrators and team owners have in which they undervalue local coaches. He said it is disappointing that teams tend to look for foreign coaches sidelining the locals. “Yes, local football has been growing but the incoming…