Coaches
Become A Coach
Step 1:
- Become a BC Athletics Member
- Add "Coach" to your membership
Step 2:
- Complete your Criminal Records Check
- Complete your Safe Sport Training
Step 3:
- Begin your NCCP journey
- Get an NCCP number
- Create a Locker account
- Explore the Multi-Sport and Athletics modules
- Decide which coaching stream fits you best
- Grass Roots (RJTW - elementary school athletes)
- Introductory (Sport Coach - coach more than one event area)
- Competition (Club Coach - coach one event group at a high school/ provincial level)
- Performance (Performance Coach - coach one event group at a national level)
Step 4:
- Coach!
Step 5:
- Continue your Coach Education through our NCCP course offerings!
NCCP Breakdown
Steps to become a certified coach (generalized):
- Choose the stream that best suits the athletes you are coaching
- Road Running Leader
- Grass Roots (RJTW)
- Introductory (Sport Coach)
- Competition (Club Coach)
- Performance (Performance Coach)
- Attend the NCCP in person course associated with your stream
- Find courses here
- Complete your Locker requirements
- Make Ethical Decisions evaluation
- Long Term Athlete Development module
- Register for an evaluation
- Portfolio evaluation
- Practice observation
Steps to become a certified coach (in addition to general path):
Sport Coach
- Foundations of Coaching
- MED online course (or challenge the evaluation)
Club Coach
- Foundations of Coaching
- MED online course (or challenge the evaluation)
Performance Coach (Club Coach status required prior to Performance Coach)
- Leading Drug Free Sport (online course + evaluation)
- Performance Coach Pre-Learning (Strength, Nutrition Recovery & Prevention, Physiology & Biomechanics, Planning)
- Competition Observation
Coaching Resources
BCA Policies, Programs and Acknowledgements:
- BC Athletics Codes of Conduct Policy
- BC Athletics Policy on Harassment
- Risk Management Policy and Criminal Records Check Requirements
- A Criminal Records Check is required for all Coach Members of BC Athletics.
- Club, School, University/College Coaches must do this through their Club, School, University/College system
- Unattached Coaches – use this link: Criminal Records Check Request – Unattached Members
- A Criminal Records Check is required for all Coach Members of BC Athletics.
- BC Athletics Privacy Policy
- Canadian Anti-Doping Program
- BC Athletics Equity, Access and Fair Play Policies
- BC Athletics Sport Safety/Acknowledgement of Risk – see Individual membership application form.
National Coaching Associations:
- Athletics Canada
- Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre
- Coaching Association of Canada
- Coaches of Canada
- National Coaching Institute
- Sport Canada
International Associations:
- World Athletics