National Soccer Coaches Association of America

NSCAA
Motto “Learn. Participate. Belong."
Formation 1941
Type Non-governmental organization
Legal status Nonprofit organization
Purpose Professional association
Headquarters Kansas City, Missouri
Region served
U.S.A
Membership
32,000+
Chief Executive Officer
Lynn Berling-Manuel
Affiliations NCAA
NAIA
NCCAA
NJCAA
State high school associations
Website http://www.nscaa.com

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) is an organization of American soccer coaches founded in 1941. It is the largest soccer coaches organization in the world, with more than 30,000 members. It offers training courses for both beginning and experienced coaches and a wide range of award programs. Rare among sports organizations, it serves its sport for both men/boys and women/girls. Lynn Berling-Manuel is the current Chief Executive Officer.[1]

Annual Convention

The annual NSCAA Convention, known as "The World's Largest Annual Gathering of Soccer Coaches" is held in mid-January. The five-day event attracts more than 10,500 attendees for live field demonstration and lecture sessions, networking socials, coaching diploma training classes, and a large soccer-only trade show, with more than 300 companies displaying soccer equipment, technology and services.

Awards programs

The NSCAA operates a wide variety of awards programs. These include:

Rankings

The NSCAA also publishes weekly rankings for intercollegiate and high school soccer during the fall seasons and less frequently during the winter and spring high school seasons.[3]

See also

Footnotes

  1. "National Soccer Coaches Association of America". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  2. "2006 NCAA Record Book" (PDF). p. 91. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2008.
  3. "About Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved October 7, 2015.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, January 08, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.