Determine Requirements
To determine the requirements for head coaches, assistant coaches, or trainers make the appropriate selections from the dropdowns below. Please refer to the HEO Bench and On-Ice Staff Certification Requirements policy for more details and clarification.
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Requirements for:
Division: U15
Level: House League
Position: Assistant Coach
Trained status is required for the position of U15 House League Assistant Coach. To achieve this status you must complete the following components:
- Respect in Sport for Activity Leaders
- Gender Identity Online Training
Assistant Coaches at House League require Respect in Sport (RIS)-Activity Leader only. However, they could require the appropriate qualification for participation with teams from outside their House League or League (i.e. exhibition and/or tournament play). In addition, if the Head Coach were not available to start a House League game, an appropriately qualified NCCP Coach would be required to act as the Head Coach.
House league coaches at the U13 level or higher and have previously qualified with Development 1 or High Performance 1 do not need to take the Coach 2 course.
Status & Equivalencies
Trained Status vs. Certified Status
The NCCP distinguishes between "trained" and "certified" status. Understanding this distinction is important for hockey coaches. The combination of the level you coach and the position you hold determines if you are required to be trained or certified.
The primary distinction between these two statuses is as follows:
- Certified status requires a coach to attend a specific NCCP clinic and then be evaluated on their demonstated ability to perform within their choosen coaching context
- Trained status, however, does not require evaluation. The coach must only attend the specific NCCP clinic
- Development 1 and High Performance 1 are the two coaching contexts in HEO that have a certification path and for both the evaluation component is based on a written assignment and practical, field assessment
NCCP Coaches are described as being one of the following:
- In Training - while you are completing the training components
- Trained - once you have completed all the training components
- Certified - once you have completed all the training and evaluation components
Equivalencies
The chart below shows the history of name changes to coach certification levels and provides the equivalencies of today's levels to previous levels.
1980’s | 2000's | 2014+ |
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Initiation Program | Intro Coach | Coach 1 – Intro Coach |
Coach Level 1 and 2 | Coach Stream | Coach 2 – Coach Level |
Coach Level 3 | Intermediate | Development 1 |
Coach Level 4 | Advanced 1 | High Performance 1 |
Coach Level 5 | Advanced 2 | High Performance 2 |
Read the HEO Bench and On-Ice Staff Certification Requirements Policy