Mosimane’s rise and rise to best coach in Africa

06 January 2017 - 17:45

By Mahlatse Mphahlele

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane was crowned African coach of the Year on Thursday during the Confederation of African Football (Caf) awards held in Nigeria. Here is a timeline of his coaching career so far.

July 2001: Appointed head coach of SuperSport United.

September 2004: Guides SuperSport to SAA Supa8 success

May 2005: Guides SuperSport to Absa Cup success

May 2005: Wins 2004-05 season Premier Soccer League (PSL) coach of the year award

January 2006: Serves as Bafana Bafana assistant coach to Ted Dumitru at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations

October 2006: Appointed interim coach of Bafana Bafana.

February 2007: Appointed assistant coach to Carlos Alberto Parreira for Bafana

June 2010: Assists Parreira at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Bafana exited in the first round

July 2010: Appointed Bafana coach

June 2012: Fired as Bafana coach

December 2012: Appointed Sundowns coach

May 2014: Guides Sundowns to their first PSL title in eight years

May 2015: Coaches Downs to Nedbank Cup success

December 2015: Guides Sundowns to Telkom Knockout Cup success

May 2016: Leads Downs to a second league title in two years‚ with a record 71 points

September 2016: Guides Sundowns past Zesco United in the semifinals to the Caf Champions League final

October 2016: Sundowns win the Champions League 3-2 on aggregate over Zamalek

January 2016: Named African coach of the year.