2023-2024 SEASON VOLUNTEER INFORMATION & LINKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
Whether offering your time to coach, manage a team or serve as a board member, all DCYHA volunteers must complete registration and training to serve in a volunteer capacity.
Coaches have the greatest number of trainings to complete to achieve compliance as noted below. DCYHA Coach and Volunteer registration allows the administration to collect contact information to facilitate efficient communication.
Mandatory screening and training elevates DCYHA to the standards that are expected of the highest quality youth recreation programs. To maintain good standing with USA Hockey and Utah Amateur Hockey Association we ask all volunteers for their cooperation in completing the steps below.
DCYHA is 100% volunteer driven and we greatly appreciate all of the hours that are dedicated to the success of the DCYHA hockey program.
Thank you for completing the registration and trainings prior to the season start date. If you have not yet completed the requirements, please note that you will not be allowed to be on the ice for any practices, so we encourage you to get started early!
The Registration "Coaching & Volunteer Registration" is not currently available.
Volunteers should complete the following registrations and trainings:
Use the links below to launch the online access to each. If you will have contact with youth on or off the ice, then you should complete all the registrations and trainings below. This includes team managers, and other regular ongoing volunteers. They are free for non-coach volunteers. All of the following MUST be completed prior to any volunteer acting in an official position which puts him/her in contact with the youth. (These are not required for running the clock, being scorekeeper, or manning the penalty box during games.) Use the links found below on this page to get started.
*If you do a background screening with UAHA and you did one last year, you will be billed for the screening cost NOT the organization (as per UAHA rules). Screenings are not required for those who completed one with UAHA for the 2019-20 Season, with some exceptions. PLEASE do not complete your background screening if you have any questions. Complete the registration, and contact Karyn Baxter.
Coaches have additional training obligations as noted further below. Please note that the rules for completion date for coach training requirements have changed. See below for more information.
All coaches, team managers, and volunteers must be registered with USA Hockey
All volunteers must clear background screening prior to be allowed to participate as a DCYHA coach, volunteer or administrator. Background screenings are now done through USA Hockey and not UAHA.
All coaches, team managers, and volunteers must complete Safesport training every year. Please read the information below.
You MUST register via the USA Hockey webpage, or the SafeSport completion is not saved to the database, and you cannot be "cleared" for work with the kiddos.
If you have not completed this full training in the past, please note that upon completion, you will be issued a certificate of completion. Please make sure that you have actually finished - it has been reported to take approximately 3 hours.
If you have completed the full training via the USA Hockey SafeSport platform, you will only need to do a refresher training course, which is much less intensive.
Everyone must complete the refresher annually.
USA Hockey Requirements (Must be completed before participating in any team activities). See the links in the following section for completing these requirements.
Use the links provided below to get started. Once all steps are successfully completed, you are eligible to be considered as a practice coach or game coach with DCYHA. Teams are limited to four rostered coaches on game day and those coaches are selected by the DCYHA Director of Hockey and the DCYHA age division directors. All on-ice coaches must wear a hockey helmet and provide their own gear.
There is a fee for the coaches clinic. All coaches must have a current certifications.
The Registration "Coaching & Volunteer Registration" is not currently available.
Each coach must complete the age-specific module for each age division they wish to coach.
DCYHA welcomes Student Coaches to assist on and off the ice. USA Hockey allows DCYHA to offer this program under strict guidelines and supervision. Read on to see if you our your student player qualifies.
USA Hockey Under-Age Coaches Qualifications & Guidance
Eligibility
A player age 13 through 17 who is currently properly registered with USA Hockey may serve as a Student Coach.
A Student Coach:
If you are interested in being considered as a DCYHA Student Coach, download the application below. View the Student Coach PowerPoint Clinic and contact a DCYHA Coach. You will be interviewed by the DCYHA Director of Hockey before being considered as a Student Coach.