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General Coach Resources

National Alliance for Youth Sports

National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) provides educational programs, resources, and training for adults involved in youth sports, including coaches, administrators, and parents. Their goal is to equip these individuals with the knowledge and skills needed to create a healthy and rewarding environment for young athletes.

Some free trainings available:

  • Bullying prevention
  • Concussion training
  • Sudden cardiac arrest training
  • Mental health & youth sports
  • Protecting youth athletes
USATF Club FAQs

Includes answers to Frequently Asked Questions such as:

  • How can I purchase a club or organization membership?
  • How much is the membership fee?
  • What benefits do registered clubs and organizationals receive?
  • When do memberships expire?
  • What is meant by General Liability Insurance?
  • The facility that we practice at requires third party insurance coverage. What does this mean and how do we accommodate their request?
  • Are home-based facilities covered?
Track & Field News

A key resource for all things regarding track & field! Find items such as:

  • Results
  • Records
  • Rankings
  • Yearly and All-Time lists (high school, U20, collegiate, professional)
  • USATF Track Coach publication archive
  • Articles about current track events

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The Road Runners Club of America’s “Start a Club” guide offers ready-to-use templates and best practices for launching and sustaining a community running group, while their Hot Weather Running Tips cover hydration protocols, heat‐index awareness, and medical warnings for safe training in high temperatures.

Game One’s Track & Field & Cross Country Checklists streamline season prep with complete gear and apparel inventories. Their 7 Tips for Challenging Athletes share simple coaching strategies like clear expectations, personalized communication, and empathetic discipline to foster positive team dynamics.

Team Communication

TeamSnap
A messaging platform that streamlines communication between the coach, athlete and parents.  It simplifies tasks like scheduling, communication, registration, payment collection, and more.
WhatsApp
A free, cross-platform messaging and calling app that allows users to send text, voice, and video messages, as well as share files and make voice and video calls over the internet.
Discord
A free communication platform that allows users to interact through text, voice, and video. It’s known for its virtual communities called “servers,” where users can chat, share content, and engage in voice and video calls.
Spond
A free platform designed to simplify the management of teams and groups. It has a messaging system, event planning and scheduling, tracking attendance, payment collection (with a fee), fundraising campaigns, and more.

A Gratitude From Baltimore White Knight Track Club

“We thank [USATF Foundation] for all for your support of our program, it’s an amazing feeling to have an organization such as yours believe in our mission. Supporting our low-income families in Baltimore is the most important and fulfilling aspect of our program. We are so grateful for the work you all do in helping sustained youth track and field. Thank you again.”

Ramon Valentine, Founder/Executive Director

USATF Foundation Youth Impact

TOTAL AWARDED

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Coach Certifications

SafeSport Certification

The U.S. Center for SafeSport is the independent and exclusive authority directed by Congress to prevent and respond to all forms of abuse and misconduct.

A SafeSport certification is strongly recommended for any coaches, staff, officials or volunteers that are regularly in contact with athletes that are minors to ensure proper training and prevention practices are used.

NFHS Learning Center - National Coaching Credentials

Coaching Track and Field, developed by USA Track and Field and the NFHS is hosted by decorated Olympic athletes Dan O’Brien and Hyleas Fountain. Members of USA Track and Field receive a $10 discount as an added benefit.

USTFCCCA Track and Field Academy

The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) advocates for coaches’ interests, provides resources, and serves as a liaison between different stakeholders in the sport. They host many courses for coaching certificates, including Track & Field Technical Certification, Jumping Event Specialist Certification, Strength and Conditioning Coach Certification, and more.

RRCA Coaching Certification

The Road Runners Club of America provides a baseline of education for people wanting to become knowledgeable and ethical run coaches. The RRCA certification empowers you to work with runners of all ages and abilities and to connect with their global community of RRCA Certified Run Coaches.

USATF Coaching Certifications

Level 1 Requirements:

  • Age: Must be 18 years or older.
  • USATF Membership: Must be a current USATF member.

Content: (22 hour program)

  • Providing a supportive and ethical coaching environment, rules, safety, and risk management.
  • In-depth knowledge of physiology, training design, biomechanics, motor performance, and sport psychology.
  • Comprehensive coverage of endurance, race walking, sprints, hurdles, relays, jumps, and throws, including sample microcycles, teaching progressions, and error corrections.

Initial Term: The USATF Level 1 Coach certificate is valid for four calendar years, expiring on December 31st of the fourth year.

Recertification: To maintain your USATF Level 1 certificate, you must complete a USATF-approved continuing education course during each renewal period (additional requirements apply).

Level 2 Requirements:

  • Be a current USATF member and at least 18 years of age
  • Hold a current USATF Level 1 certificate
  • Have a minimum of 2 years of track and field, cross country, club, or personal run coaching experience

Recertification: Must complete a USATF approved continuing education course each renewal period (eight calendar years) to maintain their certificate.

Level 3 Requirements:

  • Minimum five years of track and field, cross country, club or personal run coaching experience and actively coaching throughout enrollment
  • Must be the primary coach of an athlete approaching qualification to a state high school association championship, collegiate championship (NCAA, NJCAA, or NAIA),  USATF national championship (Youth, U20, Senior, or Masters), World Athletics member federation national championship, if an international coach, or an Abbott World Marathon Major. The athlete selected for non-U20 disciplines must be at least 16 years of age by the start of the Level 3 Program and will be required to complete a consent form.
  • Hold USATF Level 2 certificate in event discipline seeking Level 3
  • Current USATF Coaches Registry Member

Recertification: None required.

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Meet Registration

MileSplit

MileSplit US is an online platform for high school track and field and cross country in the United States. It serves as a comprehensive resource for results, rankings, news, and information related to these sports at the high school level. The site provides a national database that aggregates data from state-level MileSplit portals, offering in-depth coverage of the sport across the country.

PrimeTime Timing

A high quality event & race timing company and results resource which runs over 500 events across the country every year. It offers:

  • Online registration services
  • Scoreboard display services
  • Custom printed and web results
  • Commentator Information System for in-stadium announcers and broadcast companies
DirectAthletics
  • Athletes: Provide software services for fast, secure online athlete entries for thousands of races and meets.
  • Meet Directors: Online registration system integrates with popular meet management applications.
  • Timers: MeetPro is their on-site scoring software with custom web feeds and live results.
  • Coaches: Collect millions of results from meet hosts each year. Automated athlete tracking makes league standings easy.
Athletic.net
  • Coaches: Browse extensive lists of events, add your season calendar, easily submit entries, organize and post results, and more
  • Event directors/timers: Tools to invite teams, communicate with coaches, collect entries, receive entry fees, and more. After the event, save coaches time by uploading official results.
  • Parents/athletes/fans: Look up results to follow performance improvements, compare rankings across conference, state or country, and set goals. Stay up-to-date on travel times, event start times, and other meet details.

USATF Foundation Guides & Downloads

Athlete Team Expectations & Season Schedule
Goal Setting
Track Meet Planning Checklist & Timeline

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USATF Foundation News

USATF Foundation Welcomes Eric Rahe to Board of Directors

USATF Foundation Welcomes Eric Rahe to Board of Directors

Aug 25, 2025

PITTSBURGH, PA —The USA Track & Field Foundation is proud to announce that Eric Rahe, Co-President of J.C. Flowers & Co., has joined its Board of Directors. Eric brings a distinguished career in finance, a lifelong passion for track and field, and a commitment...

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The USATF Foundation provides a means to attract and guide funds to new and innovative track and field programs with an emphasis on providing opportunities for youth athletes, emerging and experienced elite athletes, along with guidance on future career paths. The Foundation depends upon donations from its Board of Directors, major gifts, and from generous fans of track & field.

Elite athletes are supported by the Foundation via monetary grants, career counseling (mentoring and jobs) and participation in Run With US!. Youth athletes are supported via monetary grants to youth clubs.

For more information, or to contribute to the USA Track & Field Foundation, Click Here or contact Tom Jackovic at (412) 398-2484 or tjackovic@usatffoundation.org.