Kaitlin Hunt has identified Wydad Athletic Club head coach Rulani Mokwena as one of the coaches she is looking up to in her path to coaching.
Hunt has identified both Mokwena and University of the Western Cape's Thinasonke Mbuli as key figures she looks up to in her coaching career.
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Despite not initially planning to become a coach, Hunt has embraced the profession and is enjoying her journey in football.
As the daughter of SuperSport United head coach Gavin Hunt, she isn't ruling out the possibility of coaching in South Africa's top flight one day, potentially following in her father's footsteps.
Last year, she took a significant step in her career by obtaining her CAF C Coaching Licence.
In addition to her coaching credentials, Hunt holds degrees in Sports Science and Biokinetics.
She has also gained valuable experience as a Strength and Conditioning coach at the Balderstone Sports Institute in Johannesburg.
With her growing expertise, Hunt is carving her own path in football coaching, inspired by some of the best in the game.
"So, I'll say, in the men's game, and then in the female game. So, in the female game, I've always very much admired Thinasonke (Mbuli) – the UWC coach. I love how she does things, and she's just amazing in how she produces players. You know, at UWC they just put people through systems, and they produce such great players. So, I've always wanted to learn from her a bit and see where she comes from," said Hunt, speaking exclusively to the Siya crew.
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"And, you know, one coach in the men's game that has always interested me so much is Rulani. I think people always get the wrong perception of Rulani. You know, you kind of don't know a lot about him, and obviously, we saw him coaching in the PSL, and I just think from his background, considering he didn't play the game but he's now gone into coaching, he's just taken coaching to just a different level. His innovative ways and his methods, and how he views things and how he looks at the game, is something else. Obviously, I follow on social media, and it's just so interesting to see how he does things. You know, there's no playbook for coaching. You coach how you coach, and we've all got our methods and ways, and coaches do things how they do things. Most of them, like my dad, have ways of doing things. They have many formulas, and whatever. But Rulani has got such a different take on coaching. So, it's been interesting to follow his journey and how he's done, and just how he does things. So, yeah, probably those two coaches in the men's and the women's game," Hunt said.
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