Directors and Coaches,

Below are the dates for the Coaches Clinics.

Regarding House Divisions: If you have individuals you are aware of that would like to Coach or serve as an Assistant Coach (On the Bench) please ensure they need to be Coach Hybrid Qualified or Certified. If not, they need to attend a Peace area clinic.  Please note, if a person took the course, in previous years, and the Post Task (Where applicable) was not submitted to BC Hockey as required, they are no longer considered to posses Hybrid Certification and, therefore, need to take the course over again. 

Regarding Rep (Competitive) Divisions:  Dev 1 is required for individuals who would like to Coach or serve as an Assistant Coach (On the Bench).

Specifically, to coach Rep, a person either needs to:

1)     Attend a Dev 1course within the calendar year the coaching is to occur up to Dec 1. (This is called Dev 1 QUALIFIED) or,

2)     If they have taken the course in previous years, they had to have submitted to BC Hockey (and have graded/passed) their post task by the March 31 following the year they took the course ( This is called Dev 1 CERTIFIED).  If the Post task was not submitted, as required, they are no longer considered to posses Dev 1 Qualification or Certification, therefore, need to take the course over again.

BC Hockey allowed a phase in and even occasionally allowed coaches to submit the post task late to get as many coaches on board as possible, as of 2008-09 there is no more looking away from this requirement.

BC Hockey Regulation: Team Official Qualifications:

2.25 Beginning in the 2008-2009 season all BC Hockey/Hockey Canada Carded Coaches must be qualified at the Developmental 1 Stream to coach Minor, Female and Junior Hockey by December 1st of the current season. Coaches will have until March 31st of the current season to complete the requirements for Development Stream Certification.

2.26 Beginning in the 2008-2009 season all BC Hockey Minor Hockey Associations and non-Hockey Canada Carded Female Teams are to ensure that all coaches are Coach Stream Qualified by December 15th of the current season. Coaches will have until March 31st of the current season to complete the requirements for Coach Stream Certification.

Individuals wanting to attend a course need to sign up in advance online by going to web address: http://www.bchockey.net/Clinics/clinics.aspx

 DEV 1 Clinic 

FSJ Sept 25 – 26 (DC hosted last season)

Hybrid Coach Clinic

Oct 02 – Dawson Creek

Oct 16 – Fort St John

Oct 30 – Chetwynd

Sincerely,

Shawn Brinsky

DCMHA -  Head Coach