Football Coaching Certification Minimum Requirements

There are pre-requisites courses for coaching football in Canada and with the Football BC.
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Making Headway in Football (Concussion Awareness) - Required for Tackle and Non-Contact Football (Free online through the NCCP Locker)​. To begin, you will require a NCCP#. If you have never taken an NCCP course and need a NCCP#, please register with The Locker.
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Safe Sport - Direct Athlete Contact (Making sport safer for athletes and coaches)- Required for Tackle and Non-Contact Football (Free online through the NCCP Locker).To begin, you will require a NCCP#. If you have never taken an NCCP course and need a NCCP#, please register with The Locker.
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Ruke iof 2 - Required for Tackle and Non-Contact Football (Free online through the NCCP Locker)​. To begin, you will require a NCCP#. If you have never taken an NCCP course and need a NCCP#, please register with The Locker.

Safe Contact (How to Tackle) - Required for Tackle Football (In-Person through the Football BC (REQUEST COURSE HERE)​​
 
Novice Coaching (How to Coach)- Required for U14 and younger Tackle and Non-Contact Football (In-Person through the Football BC (REQUEST COURSE HERE)
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Making Ethical Decisions  (including a successful evaluation) - Required for Tackle and Non-Contact Football  (Through ViaSport) FIND COURSE HERE