Coaching Applications

All SYFA Football and Cheerleading Coaches & Assistants are volunteers who are certified by the National Youth Sport Coaches Association (NYSCA). The SYFA offers a certification program for all new coaches.

All new applicants will be interviewed and approved by the SYFA Executive Board of Directors. Applications to volunteer for coaching are currently being taken.

If your interested in volunteering to coach call 377-SYFA for more information or fill out and submit an electronic application.

SYFA is currently taking applications for the 2007 Season.

Tackle Football

Application

Cheerleading

Application

Printout Application and Mail In!

SYFA Coaching Application

Coaches

Rules

Conduct

Staff Structure

ARTICLE XVI
Of the Stillwater Youth Football Association By-Laws, as amended.

Coaches

Section I

All Head Coaches of the SYFA must be a minimum of twenty-one (21) years of age. An Assistant Coach shall be a minimum of eighteen (18) years of age. A Mentor Coach shall be a minimum of sixteen (16) years of age. No person will be permitted to become a Head Coach, Assistant Coach, or a Mentor Coach in the SYFA if that person has been convicted of any crime of child neglect, endangerment, or abuse. False or misleading information provided in the application will be grounds for immediate termination and dissociation from the SYFA.

Section II

A signed application must be submitted by each applicant regardless of prior participation or experience as a coach in the SYFA or any other sports program. All coaches will be screened and prioritized by the Selection Committee. The Selection Committee shall present coaching candidates and staffs to the SYFA Executive Board in regular session for its approval.

Section III

All Head Coaches, Assistant Coaches, and Mentor Coaches must complete a certification program approved by the Executive Board that shall focus on the fundamentals of coaching football and the use of basic first-aid for sports-related injuries.

Section IV

Head Coaches will receive direction from the Director of Coaches. The Head Coach is responsible for providing guidance to all coaches on his/her staff. Assistant Coaches receive direction from the Head Coach. Assistant Coaches may take over the responsibilities of the Head Coach at the discretion of the Head Coach or in his/her absence. Mentor Coaches receive guidance from the Head Coach or his/her designated assistants. Mentor Coaches shall never assume the responsibilities of the Head Coach in his/her absence.