Scott William Goodman (born 27 June 1960) is a leading Australian Paralympic athletics coach and sports administrator. Goodman was born on 27 June 1960 in Melbourne, Victoria.In the 1980, he was a physical education teacher in Tasmania. In 1990, he completed a Master of Applied Science at Phillip Institute of Technology. His thesis was titled: An Investigation of the physical fitness of Victorian spinal cord dysfunction children and youth. In 1990, he moved to Canberra to work at the Australian Coaching Council, which was located at the Australian Institute of Sport. Between 1990 and 1998, he worked in the area of coaching athletes with a disability. This work resulted in the publication of the following important coaching resources: