Fox Valley Pop Warner Football Inc. provides our coaches the opportunity to get the best in youth football coaching education and development programs available. Coaches will be certified in the Heads Up Football program which advances player safety through education and nationally endorsed standards.
Use the Link below to complete the online Coaching Registration/Application
To be eligible for any Fox Valley Pop Warner season, coaches must meet the following criteria:
1. Submit an annual mandatory coaching application using link above
2. Complete and pass an annual mandatory background check (information will be provided to candidates of interest)
If you have a child in the program, please also express your interest in coaching as a volunteer interest as you register your player. Selection committees reference this within the player registrations to identify interested candidates.
Selected candidates will need to complete USA Football certifications to coach in any capacity.
To be eligible for any Fox Valley Pop Warner season, coaches must meet the following criteria:
1. Be in good standing with the league
2. Meet minimum age requirements: Head Coach (21); Assistant Coach (18); Coach-Trainee (16)
3. Review, understand and abide by FVPW Code of Conduct
4. Be currently certified or agree to obtain certifications listed below by position
Head Coach* | Assistant Coach | |
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USA Football Coaching Cert. | Current Certification | Current Certification |
FVPW Heads Up Coaches Clinic | Attendance Required | Attendance Recommended |
Team Parents Safety Meeting | Conduct | Participate |
First Aid Certification | Current Certification | Recommended |
Positive Coaching Alliance | Recommended | Recommended |
*Additionally, some league experience is preferred to coach in the upper divisions.
5. All coaches (including assistant coaches) must complete coach application online each year.
6. All coaches must complete a background check.
7. Head Coaches must be willing and able to accept the responsibility of controlling actions of his staff, player and parents.
All coaches are subject to final approval by Fox Valley Pop Warner.
Regardless of qualifications, all coaching candidate (Head & Assistants) and all board/committee member applicants must complete and pass the mandatory background checks before being considered for any position.
No confidential data submitted during the application process is maintained by Fox Valley Pop Warner or our web hosting providers.
All background check results are kept confidential.
The FVPW coaching committee will review all coaching applications, make their initial selections for the head coach openings and then connect these candidates with an independent 3rd party service to perform the required background check.
Selected candidates who pass the background check will be named as head coaches and will be provided with the names of assistant coach and team manager candidates based on the volunteer interests expressed through the player registration process and the remaining coaching volunteer applicant pool.
Approved head coaches will receive non-transferable badges needed for preferred gameday parking and sideline access.
The selected head coaches will submit their assistant coach and team manager selections to the coaching committee who will review the candidate list and connect approved candidates with an independent 3rd party service to perform the required background check.
The coaching committee will approve the selected candidates who have completed the online application and pass the mandatory background check will be named as assistant coaches and/or team manager within their respective teams.
Approved assistant coaches and managers will receive non-transferable badges needed for preferred gameday parking and sideline access.
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