Kazakhstan Football Federation together with the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University and with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan has launched an educational program for qualification as a football coach.
Yuriy Borisovich Ishutin is a veteran of Kazakhstani football, a three-time Champion of Kazakhstan (1997–99), a former player of the Kazakhstan national team in 1997–98, a well-known goalkeeper of the 1980s-90s, currently a goalkeeper coach of Football Club Taraz.