Coaching Groups
Statewide Connecticut
Connecticut High School Coaches Association(CHSCA)
Supports its member coaches and their student-athletes by offering ongoing educational opportunities, recognizing outstanding coaching achievements and providing general consultation and advice to its members. The CHSCA also seeks to promote the highest standards of competition in high school sports.
cite: cthssports.com
Connecticut Association of Schools - Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CAS-CIAC)
Founded in 1921 following a proliferation of unregulated high school athletic activities, the CIAC was established by a group of high school principals to mitigate the unsafe and abusive practices that were prevalent in high school sports in Connecticut. In 1953, the CIAC merged with the Connecticut Association of Secondary Schools (CAS) to create CAS-CIAC which provides services to Connecticut's public and parochial schools in areas ranging from academics to athletics and serves as the sole governing body for inter-scholastic athletic activities in Connecticut.
cite: casciac.org
National: High School
National Federation of State High School (NFSH)
Providing leadership for the administration of education-based interscholastic activities, that support academic achievement, good citizenship and equitable opportunities.
cite: nfhs.org
National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA)
National service and administrative organization of high school athletics and fine arts programs in speech, debate and music. Serves its 50 member state high school athletic/activity associations, plus the District of Columbia. Publishes playing rules in 16 sports for boys and girls competition and provides programs and services that its member state associations can use in working with the 17,346 member high schools and approximately 10 million young people involved in high school activity programs.
cite: hscoaches.org
National: Collegiate
Women's Basketball Coaches Association is to promote women's basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport of women's basketball and to foster and promote the development of the game in all of its aspects as an amateur sport for women and girls.
cite: wbca.org
National Association of InterCollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
A governing body for athletic programs at its nearly 300 colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada promoting the education and development of students through intercollegiate athletics participation.
cite: naia.org
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Voluntary organization. Colleges and universities govern their athletic programs. Comprises more than 1,250 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals committed to the best interests, education and athletics participation of student-athletes.
cite: ncaa.org
National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)
Our purpose is to govern competition in a fair, safe, equitable and sportsmanlike manner, and to integrate intercollegiate athletics into higher education so that the educational experience of the student-athlete is paramount.
cite: njcaa.org
Miscellaneous
Positive Coaching Alliance
Nonprofit organization based at Stanford University with the mission to transform youth sports so sports can transform youth. PCA was created to transform the culture of youth sports to give all young athletes the opportunity for a positive, character-building experience.
cite: positivecoach.org
Bureau of Labor Statistics - Athletes, Coaches, & Umpires
Nature of the Work: We are a nation of sports fans and sports players. Some of those who participate in amateur sports dream of becoming paid professional athletes, coaches, or sports officials, but very few beat the long and daunting odds of making a full-time living from professional athletics. . .
cite: bls.gov
American Football Coaches Association
The improvement of the coaching profession and the sport of football has always been among the top priorities of the American Football Coaches Association since it was founded in 1922. Since that time, the Association has grown to more than 10,000 members, including coaches from Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan and Mexico.
cite: afca.com
Sports Training
Gatorade Sports Science Institute
Research and educational facility established in 1988 to share current information and expand knowledge on sports nutrition and exercise science that enhance the performance and well-being of athletes. The materials and services of the Institute are designed as educational tools for sports health professionals.
cite: gssiweb.com
National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA)
Provides reliable, research-based, strength and conditioning information to our members and the general public. Nearly 30,000 members worldwide.
cite: nsca-lift.org
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