NOC 2021 · 53201 · TEER 3
Coaches
Unit group 53201 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Coaches prepare and train individual athletes or teams for competitive events. They are employed by national and provincial sports organizations, professional and amateur sports teams, sports clubs and universities or they may be self-employed. This unit group also includes sports scouts who identify and recruit athletes for professional sports teams. They are employed by professional sports organizations.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- amateur athletics team coach
- amateur sports team coach
- amateur track and field team coach
- athletic boxing trainer
- athletics coach
- athletics team coach
- baseball coach
- baseball manager-coach
- baseball scout
- baseball team coach
- basketball scout
- basketball team coach
- bobsled coach
- bobsleigh coach
- boxing trainer
- coach
- cycling coach
- figure skating coach
- football coach
- football scout
- football team coach
- gymnastics coach
- head coach
- hockey coach
- hockey scout
- hockey team coach
- junior hockey coach
- kickboxing trainer
- lacrosse coach
- lacrosse scout
- lacrosse team coach
- luge coach
- luge instructor
- national team coach
- professional athletes team coach
- professional sports scout
- professional sports team coach
- professional team coach
- provincial team coach
- ski coach
- soccer coach
- sports coach
- sports scout
- swim coach
- swimming coach
- tennis coach
- track and field athletes coach
- track and field coach
- track and field team coach
- volleyball coach
- water-polo coach
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.