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Instruct or coach groups or individuals in the fundamentals of sports for the primary purpose of competition. Demonstrate techniques and methods of participation. May evaluate athletes' strengths and weaknesses as possible recruits or to improve the athletes' technique to prepare them for competition. Those required to hold teaching certifications should be reported in the appropriate teaching category.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Plan, organize, and conduct practice sessions.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Provide training direction, encouragement, motivation, and nutritional advice to prepare athletes for games, competitive events, or tours.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Adjust coaching techniques, based on the strengths and weaknesses of athletes.AI could speed this up a lot
- 04Instruct individuals or groups in sports rules, game strategies, and performance principles, such as specific ways of moving the body, hands, or feet, to achieve desired results.Mostly human for now
- 05Plan strategies and choose team members for individual games or sports seasons.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Monitor the academic eligibility of student athletes.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Counsel student athletes on academic, athletic, and personal issues.Mostly human for now
- 08Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of opposing teams to develop game strategies.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Coordinate travel arrangements and travel with team to away contests.Mostly human for now
- 10Evaluate athletes' skills and review performance records to determine their fitness and potential in a particular area of athletics.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
30%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 58% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Instruct individuals or groups in sports rules, game strategies, and performance principles, such as specific ways of moving the body, hands, or feet, to achieve desired results.
- Counsel student athletes on academic, athletic, and personal issues.
- Coordinate travel arrangements and travel with team to away contests.