Dr Desiree Ellis to you: CPUT to confer an honorary doctorate to the successful Banyana coach
Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis ' success includes leading the team to finally being African champions in 2022, winning the title in Morocco. Desiree Ellis will be conferred with an honorary doctorate by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology on Thursday during their graduation ceremony.
Four-time African Coach of the Year, Desiree Ellis, will add another accolade to her long list of achievements in honour of her contribution to women's football in the country. The team couldn't add to this by qualifying for the Olympics in Paris later this year, losing to arch-nemesis Nigeria in the last hurdle.
She earned more than 30 caps in her eight years as a Banyana player, including coaching them. In 2014, she was appointed assistant coach to Dutch coach Vera Pauw who helped take the team to the next level and qualify for the Games in Brazil.
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