Head Coach Pitso Mosimane's illustrious year at the helm of Mamelodi Sundowns saw him deservedly receive a nomination for the 2016 CAF Coach of the Year award.
The former Bafana Bafana head coach walked away with the 2015/16 Coach of the Season award at the PSL ceremony last year and is now in line to clinch the title of the best coach on the African continent.
The 52-year-old CAF Champions League winning mentor guided Masandawana to their seventh Absa Premiership League title (in the 2015/16 season) and conquered Africa.
After bringing the CAF Champions League trophy back to South Africa for the first time since 1995, and claiming victories over the likes of Egyptian giants Al Ahly and Zamalek, the coach's exploits were recognised by the African football fraternity.
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Mosimane will come up against Florent Ibenge (DR Congo), Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic (Uganda), Nacer Sandjak (MO Bejaia) and Florence Omagbemi (Nigeria women's national team) for the CAF Coach of the Year award.
The ceremony will take place on Thursday, January 5th, in Abuja Nigeria.
Should Mosimane walk away with the CAF award on Thursday, he will become the first South African head coach to achieve the African Coach of the Year status since 2000.The previous CAF Coach of the Year winners:
2015 Hervé Renard - Ivory Coast
2014 Kheïreddine Madoui - Algeria ES Sétif
2013 Stephen Keshi - Nigeria
2012 Hervé Renard - Zambia
2011 Harouna Doula Gabde - Niger
2010 Milovan Rajevac - Ghana
2009 Sellas Tetteh - Ghana U20
2008 Hassan Shehata - Egypt
2007 Yemi Tella - Nigeria U17
2006 Manuel José - Al Ahly
2005 Stephen Keshi - Togo
2004 Okey Emordi - Enyimba
2003 Kadiri Ikhana - Enyimba
2002 Bruno Metsu - Senegal
2001 Bruno Metsu - Senegal
2000 Cecil Jones Attuquayefio - Accra Hearts of Oak SC
