Higher School of Coaches (Russian: Высшая школа тренеров, ВШТ, Vysshaya shkola trenerov) is a professional school which specializes in sports education.
It was first created as part of the Soviet sports education system in Moscow on April 6, 1976.
During the Soviet period the school issued licenses to coaches of the Soviet Top League and for the first 10 years of the school's existence 193[1] persons received diplomas of the higher qualification in football.
Its practical applications students conducted in the School of Higher Sport Mastery[1][5] of the State Central Institute of Physical Culture that was based at the Palace of Sports Izmailovo.
[1][6] The school was issuing top licenses for the Russian Football Union until 2012[7] when it was degraded and replaced as a top coaching school with the Academy of Coaching Mastery.