Indeed, my preferences regarding the ideal candidate for the coaching position remain undisclosed, hence the impetus behind my inquiry. I extend my gratitude for your continued engagement, despite the absence of a direct response to your initial query.
Sounds to me like you know who I prefer lol although I do prefer that candidate because of our friendship, I would be perfectly fine with a couple other of the names that have been mentioned.
It's offering instruction to no more than six. He can still be (and should imho) supervising an open field practice (which these are). See that section.