Coach Training & Certifications

Coaches in our competitive streams are required to have minimum set of certifications and training to comply with provincial and national standards. Below you will see multiple charts outlining what is required in each program, as well as links to some of these resources.

Head Coach Certification Table – Grassroots Development and Youth Competitive

U8	U9-13	U14-18 District	U14-U18 Regional
FUNdamentals Respect In Sport Making Headway Make Ethical Decisions Laws of Game Safe Sport Emergency Action Plan First Aid Police check AODA training	Learn 2 Train Respect In Sport Making Headway Make Ethical Decisions Laws of Game Safe Sport Emergency Action Plan First Aid Police check AODA training	Soccer 4 Life Respect In Sport Making Headway Make Ethical Decisions Laws of Game Safe Sport Emergency Action Plan First Aid Police check AODA training	Grassroots Diploma Respect In Sport Making Headway Make Ethical Decisions Safe Sport Emergency Action Plan First Aid Police check AODA training

Head Coach Certification Table – High Performance

U13	U14-U17	Goalkeeper	U19+
National C Diploma Respect In Sport Making Headway Make Ethical Decisions Safe Sport Emergency Action Plan First Aid Police check AODA training	National B Diploma Respect In Sport Making Headway Make Ethical Decisions Safe Sport Emergency Action Plan First Aid Police check AODA training	OS GK Diploma or OS GK Certificate & National C Diploma Respect In Sport Making Headway Make Ethical Decisions Safe Sport Emergency Action Plan First Aid Police check AODA training	National B Diploma or USSF B or UEFA B Respect In Sport Making Headway Make Ethical Decisions Safe Sport Emergency Action Plan First Aid Police check AODA training

Assistant Coach Certification Table - Regional and High Performance

U14-U17 Regional	U13 OPDL	U14-U17 OPDL	U19+
Soccer 4 Life Respect In Sport Making Headway Make Ethical Decisions Safe Sport Laws of the Game Emergency Action Plan Police check AODA training	Grassroots Diploma Respect In Sport Making Headway Make Ethical Decisions Safe Sport Emergency Action Plan Police check AODA training	National C Diploma Respect In Sport Making Headway Make Ethical Decisions Safe Sport Emergency Action Plan Police check AODA training	National B Diploma Respect In Sport Making Headway Make Ethical Decisions Safe Sport Emergency Action Plan Police check AODA training

Training Information/Links

Course	Link
Grassroots Coaching (Active Start, FUNdamentals, etc.)	https://www.canadasoccer.com/coach/coach-education-and-certification/grassroots-coach-education-program/ https://www.ontariosoccer.net/grassrootscoacheducation
National C Diploma	https://canadasoccer.com/coach/coach-education-and-certification/c-diploma/
Children's Diploma	https://www.canadasoccer.com/coach/coach-education-and-certification/childrens-diploma/
National B Diploma	https://www.canadasoccer.com/coach/coach-education-and-certification/b-diploma/
National A Diploma	https://canadasoccer.com/coach/coach-education-and-certification/a-diploma/
Goalkeeper Coach Diploma	https://www.ontariosoccer.net/goalkeeper-coach-diploma
Youth Diploma - Goalkeeper	https://canadasoccer.com/coach/coach-education-and-certification/youth-diploma-goalkeeping/
NCCP Make Ethical Decisions	https://www.coachesontario.ca/nccp-training/competition-introduction/make-ethical-decisions/
Respect in Sport	https://ontariosoccer.respectgroupinc.com/
Making Headway	https://coach.ca/module/nccp-making-head-way-sport


Emergency Action Plan	https://coach.ca/module/nccp-emergency-action-plan
Safe Sport	https://coach.ca/sport-safety/safe-sport-training
York Region Police Screening	https://www.yrp.ca/en/services/vulnerable-sector-check.asp
AODA Customer Service	https://accessforward.ca/
First Aid	https://sja.ca/en/first-aid-training