North Whidbey SC Coaching Information

Coaching is a rewarding and fun way to spend time with your kids or volunteer in our soccer community.  We are always looking for positive coaches that love our sport!  You don’t need soccer experience to be a coach, but you do need to possess the desire to be a coach and to make the kids’ soccer season the best they can possibly have!  We can help you get into training classes, provide ideas for practices, and much more!

There will be recreational coach meetings about two weeks prior to the first game where you will receive a coach binder with all the rules, practice locations, medical forms for the kids and parent/child/coach conduct forms.  At this meeting you will get your equipment bag that will have several balls, pennies and cones.

Coaches must be available to hold practice twice a week for about an hour. Younger kids may only be able to do 45 minutes.  Older kids may be able to do more than an hour.  We also ask you not to hold practice until 5:00 or later to help accommodate working parents and kids who may not be getting off the bus until 4:45. 

Steps to Becoming a Coach

1. Complete 2 free courses: Training Instructions 
2. Register to be a Coach/Admin: Register
3. Complete your RMA Background check here: 
   • This will look a lot like our affinity registration page, but it is for background checks – use your admin username and login to complete.
   • There is NO charge for the background check for coaches. As you proceed through the instructions, do NOT pay for the background check on the Safesport site. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions on how to start the free background check process.
   • Washington Youth Soccer Volunteer Background Check Process
4. New Coach Training Requirements
   • This season we are requiring additional training through the US Soccer Learning Center. Directions to complete are as follows:
   • Visit the U.S. Soccer Learning Center at https://learning.ussoccer.com/ and choose the Coaching Pathway
   • Click the Free Intro Course button.
   • Take the Introduction to Grassroots Coaching Course (REQUIRED)
   • After completing the course, submit your certificate to the Registrar for verification at [email protected]. 
   • Continue on to the Module for Specific Age Groups – U8, U10, U12, etc (Cost $25). While this course is not required it is highly recommended and the cost will be reimbursed.
   • If you have any other coaching certificates that verify licensure as an alternative (AYSO, SAY, etc) you may also submit those to the registrar.
5. Email the Registrar at [email protected] upon completion with the name of your child that you are going to coach or age group you are interested in coaching.

If you have any questions about completing these required steps for becoming a coach, please email the Registrar at [email protected].

Many of our Deception FC teens and others under age 18 are often interested in becoming a coach for our youngest players. Below are the instructions for minors who want to become a coach for North Whidbey SC.

Coaching Resources

• NWSC Coach Manual
• US Youth Soccer Coach Training
• Washington Youth Soccer Risk Management and Safety
• Rules of the Game

Coaching Documents

Deception FC Coaching Opportunities

If you are interested in coaching a higher level of soccer for North Whidbey SC through our Deception Football Club travel program, please fill out this application and return it to [email protected].

Submitting an application is not a guarantee that a coach will receive a coaching assignment with Deception FC.