Volunteer Coaching and Team Parent

Thank you for your interest in volunteering your time and talent to either coach or serve as the team parent for an athletic program at Saint Rose. To ensure the proper protection of our youth, all coaches and team parents must complete the following requirements.

Coaching Responsibilities:

  • Coach the players in skill development, working as a team, and encouraging a positive attitude towards everyone.
  • Work with AD in scheduling practices.
  • Coach practices and games.
  • Contact AD regarding player injuries and player or parent issues.

Team Parent Responsibilities:

  • Communication with parents (as needed-determined by head coach)
  • Organize snacks/drinks at end of games (not required)
  • Plan end of season party/closeout with coaches
  • Coordinate thank you of some sort for coaches
  • Oversee the return of team uniforms at end of season

Background Check

  • All coaches and team parents must complete the Diocesan Background check as outlined below.
  • You will need to complete the CMG Connect Training and Driver Training. If you are registering (use the link below) for the first time, please select you are serving as a coach, because it will add the Driver training course in your training file. 
  • The CMG training will take just over an hour to complete. The training includes quizzes, so it is important to pay attention during the training. If have not completed this training within the last 5 years, please register or log-in and complete the training by clicking on the above link. On an annual basis, you will receive an email to update the basic information.
  • The Driver training is a separate course on the CMG site that takes about 30 minutes. If you had already completed the CMG as a parent volunteer, you can search for this training on the site.
  • Part of the CMG online paperwork asks for three references. We will contact these references to ask them a series of questions. Please let your contacts know the Parish CMG coordinator will call them. 

Safety Training

All coaches (optional for team parents) are also required to complete a concussion training course and a cardiac arrest training course. You can find both of these courses on the National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS Learn) website. You can also click on the links below, which takes you directly to the course description page.

You will need to select your state to order the course. Both of these courses are free.  If it is your first time to this training site, you will also need to register. After registering, you can add these courses to your “My Courses” section on the Dashboard page. You can also register first, and then use the search tool found in the upper right corner of the page to order the courses.  Please use the titles listed above.  Once saved, you can return to your “My Courses” to launch the course.

Once you complete the training courses, please download and send Bill Wright a copy of your completion certificates.  Both of these training courses require an annual renewal.

Volunteer Form

If you are interested in serving as a volunteer coach or team parent, please fill out below form and submit. The Saint Rose Athletic Department will be in contact with you about your request.