A-League boss rules out Aussie coach quota April 4, 2013 - 5:46PM A-League boss Damien de Bohun says the prominence of Australian coaches in the league is paramount to the game's development but has ruled out enforcing a mandatory quota. With the A-League only relatively new on a world scale there has been a real reliance on overseas coaches and their expertise in the past to get it up and running, but this season demonstrates a definite shift. In the inaugural 2005-06 season half the coaches in the then eight-team competition were foreign. German Pierre Littbarski lifted the first championship trophy with Sydney FC while outspoken Israeli Miron Bleiberg headed the then-named Queensland Roar and English duo Richard Money (Newcastle) and Steve McMahon (Perth) had their only year at the helm. Fast forward eight years and this season every Australian club is now headed by an Australian coach and, with the exception of Brisbane's Mike Mulvey, all are former Socceroos. In a season that has featured a high turnaround in coaches, Ian Ferguson was the only foreign coach before being axed and replaced by Alistair Edwards, who has since rejuvenated the side and led them to the playoffs. Western Sydney's minor premiership triumph under Tony Popovic last week marks the third consecutive season an Australian coach has guided his charges to the top of the ladder. Graham Arnold meanwhile has ensured the Central Coast finished in the top two three years running while Ange Postecoglou has led Melbourne Victory to the finals after wining back-to-back championships with Brisbane Roar. Czech Vitezslav Lavicka was the last overseas coach to win either a minor premiership or championship when he clinched both with Sydney FC in the 2009-10 campaign. But de Bohun says shutting out foreign coaches would be a bad idea. "For the game to continue to develop here it's very important to make sure we have Australian coaches in the league," he told AAP on Thursday. But I don't see us ever making it mandatory. We work in a global labour market in football, which is the most global of all sports. So closing the door on international experience or expertise would be silly. I couldn't see us enforcing quotas but I think having a majority of Australian coaches in the league is a really positive thing.