Athletic Program Branch
Nomination criteria for Youth Sport Coach of the Year Award
Nominations for the Youth Sport Coach of the Year Award will be accepted from
Chapter Directors of National Youth Sport Coaches Association (NYSCA) in South
Carolina who are currently active with the NYSCA and other program of the National
Alliance For Youth Sports. (NYSCA clinics and NAYS programs must have been
offered in the chapter at least once in the past 12 months.) We also will accept
nomination from other affiliations as long as the education component has met minimum
standards.
Any coach currently certified by the National Youth Sport Coaches Association, in good
standing with the NYSCA or other recognized organizations and the department/league
from which they are certified and in which they currently volunteer, is eligible to be
nominated for the “South Carolina Youth Sport Coach of the Year”.
Nominations for this award should be in the form of a brief narrative (no longer than one
typed page) that includes:
 name, address and phone number of the person being nominated
 years as a volunteer coach within the chapter/department
 number of years as a NYSCA member
 (any) additional years of volunteer/ volunteer coaching service
 list of sports coached this season
 list of sports for which NYSCA certification is currently held
 list of sports coached in the past (within your chapter)
 age groups coached this season
 additional age groups coached in the past
 outstanding efforts or achievements as a volunteer coach
 remarkable role model behaviors displayed
 any additional comments to support your nomination
Enclosed with this narrative should be the Chapter Director’s name and professional title,
the name of the chapter/recreation department, department address, phone and fax
number(s), and the Chapter Director’s dated signature. Each chapter/department is
limited to one nomination per year.
Nominations for this award must be delivered to the address below by November 14,
2014.
Please direct all nominations to:
SCAP – Awards Committee
Shannon Loper
905 Buckwalter Parkway
Bluffton, SC 29910