Coaching Requirements
Coaching Requirements
Steps to Become a USA Hockey Coach
USA Hockey and the Coaching Education Program require both certification and registration to be eligible to coach. Registration is done online on a yearly basis. Certification is also required. A few basic steps requirements are as follows:
USA Hockey Requirements (Must be completed before participating in any team activities)
- Register as a member of USA Hockey. (Cost is $46 plus any affiliate fees if applicable). Click here for more information.
- Complete the background screening. Click here.
- Complete the USA Hockey Safe Sport Training. (Required every year and cannot be added to a roster until completed). Click here for more information.
- Complete the online age-specific module(s) for the age level of play you are coaching. (Cost is $10 per module and only needs to be completed once per age level. Must be completed PRIOR to participating in any team activities and cannot be added to a roster until completed) Click here to register for the modules.
Coaching Education Program Certification Clinic Requirements (Must be completed by Dec. 31, 2021)
- Find, register and attend the required certification clinic. The Cost is $55. You can only attend one clinic per season and all coaches start at Level 1. You can take clinics from April 1-Dec. 31 each season. Click here to locate a clinic.
Coaching Education Program
This page serves as the start for all things related to USA Hockey’s Coaching Education Program. Click on any of the menu items to the left to find out more information about that subject.
- Rules and Requirements: Outlines the standards all USA Hockey certified coaches must meet.
- Coaching Clinics: Requires a USAHockey.com login (this login is NOT related to your USA Hockey member registration or modules)
- Age-Specific Modules: Links to the online program for this CEP requirement
- Online Certification List: Search for a coach’s certification and completion of an online age-specific module, and print a CEP card
- Student Coaches: Information on the student coach rules
- Coaching Ethics: Learn more about the Coaching Ethics Code
Pennsylvania Act 15 of 2015
Beginning July 1, 2015, coaches are required to obtain additional background checks prior to beginning coaching activities. These screens include:
- the Child Abuse History Clearance,issued by the PA Department of Human Services (DHS);
- the Criminal History Record Check, issued by the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP); and
- a fingerprint-based FBI Federal Criminal History Report is also required if the coach has lived outside the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the last 10 years. Coaches who have been a continuous resident of Pennsylvania for the last 10 years can swear or affirm in writing (using Exemption Affidavit) that they are not disqualified from service based upon a conviction of an offense under §6344 in lieu of completing the Federal report.
These certifications are valid for 60 months. Results of these background checks must be provided to the Hockey Committee prior to participating in any team activities and cannot be added to a roster until completed.
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Contact
| Royals Youth Ice Hockey | |
| 1185 York Road, Warminster, PA | |
| Vince Prozzillo | |
| 215-659-4253 | |
| Vince@bucksice.com | |
