Can AI Replace Coaches and Scouts in 2026?

Lower exposure. AI could handle about 44% of today's coaches and scouts tasks by 2036, and there is a 22% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI both assists and takes over tasks.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

22%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

11% 2030 · 22% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

1.4 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Athletes and Sports Competitors8% risk by 2036 Athletic Trainers6% risk by 2036 Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors4% risk by 2036

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "File scouting reports that detail player assessments, provide recommendations on athlete recruitment, and identify locations and individuals to be targeted for future…".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Monitor the academic eligibility of student athletes".Get visibly better at your human core: "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…".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Athletes and Sports Competitors.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Athletes and Sports Competitors — 8% chance of contraction by 2036
Athletic Trainers — 6% chance of contraction by 2036
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors — 4% chance of contraction by 2036

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Based on 28 O*NET tasks for "Coaches and Scouts" (SOC 27-2022.00). LLM alone: 7% of tasks; with AI tools: 53%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10