Tackle Football Coaches Corner
Instructions
Coaches,
There are three requirements to be certified as a MGYFA coach for the season, receive your badge and be available on sidelines in the team area during games and receive your DIBS hours credit.
COACHES APPLICATION
About the Coaches
All coaches are volunteers. Our goal is to have a minimum of 3 coaches per team (one head coach and two assistant coaches). We will need and appreciate your help!
No previous coaching experience is required, and the coaching opportunity is open to both moms and dads. The program provides each head coach with a coaches handbook, coaching clinics and other resources to assist them in their efforts. We request that each coach understand and accept that the program is for the kids.
While many of the coaches have children in the program and coach on their children's teams, we have several coaches that participate every year without having a child in the program. It is not a requirement for our coaches to have a child in the program in order to coach!
The LMAA required background checks will be conducted with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for every head and assistant coach. This process requires that you register electronically through Trusted Coaches. This is an additional registration requirement to the MGYFA registration process detailed below.
Coaching assignments are largely based on team formation. Being a head coach, the previous year is not a guaranty you will continue as one going forward. We may contact new coaches for an interview in order to get to know them better.
Many factors go into the coach selection process: coaching philosophy, player development, team environment and final sign off by Coach Spurrell.
Please be sure to check our calendar for important dates of meetings and clinics.
RESOURCES
Practice Progression and Planning
Curriculum
Code of Conduct and Coaches Manual
Sample Parents Meeting and Team Mgr Role
Youth Coach Certification
LMAA Rules Meeting
Please attend one of the following rules meetings for the grade level you plan to coach.
- Verified attendance via check-in will be required to fulfill this requirement
- LMAA Rules meeting details can be found by clicking the link below.
MEETING TIME OPTIONS TO BE SHARED AT A LATER DATE.
Background Check through Trusted Coaches
Please complete the following background check through Trusted Coaches.
LMAA requires a new background check at the start of the season regardless of previously passed background checks from other sports season.
Youth Coach Certification
USA Football Tackle Certification Level 1 or Level 2
IMPORTANT NOTE: Coaches need to make sure they are using the same account to take their certification that they have used in previous years.
If you have forgotten your email or password you need to contact USA Football Support support@usafootball.com.
If you think you have multiple accounts or have to create a new account the system will assume that you are a NEW Coach requiring Level 1 certification.