National Coaches Week in Ontario

National Coaches Week is a week to celebrate the tremendous positive impact coaches have on athletes and communities across Canada. This week is an opportunity to recognize coaches for the integral role they play by simply saying #ThanksCoach.

  1. Explore the Participation Guide: The National Coaches Week Participation Guide contains everything you need to make National Coaches Week a success for your coach, team, and organization.
  2. Enjoy FREE or discounted NCCP education: During National Coaches Week, coaches can diversify their coaching knowledge with free or discounted NCCP education. Courses to be released and made publicly available the first week of September.
  3. Say #ThanksCoach on social media: Follow National Coaches Week on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using #CoachesWeek and #ThanksCoach. You can also use the National Coaches Week Facebook profile frame throughout the week to show your support.
  4. Join a community event: Organize a community event to say #ThanksCoach, or join one taking place in your province or territory. Submit your event to our new National Coaches Week Event Calendar or use it to find an event near you!
  5. Say ‘Thanks, Coach’ with a National Coaches Week Gift: Show your appreciation for everything your coaches do for you, your team, and your community with a National Coaches Week-branded notebook or backpack. Now available through our eStore.
  6. Interesting in taking up coaching?: Learn more about becoming a coach at our dedicate page. We take you through the steps to take on this amazing community role, a Coach!

The Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards celebrates the dedication and commitment of Ontario’s great coaches. The Awards recognize the importance of leadership, performance and the value of human insight which are all integral to great coaching.

Tune into the LIVE awards show hosted by Olympian and Broadcaster Perdita Felicien on Friday, September 17 @ 7pm to celebrate our 10 awards winners:

Grassroots Coach Winners – Jessica Brown – Figure Skating & Matthew Aslett – Soccer

School Sport Coach Winners – Kelly Gouveia – Multisport, & Colin Ward – Multisport

Good-to-Great Award Winners – Dallas Price – Rugby & Joel Hazzan – Canoe/Kayak

Hydro One Safe Play Award – Zak Lewis – Rowing

Everyone Matters Coach Award Winner – Abderrahim Moussa – Gymnastics

Susan Kitchen Trailblazer Coach Award Winners – Jordan McFarlane – Basketball

Andy Higgins Lifetime Achievement Winner – Darlene Joseph – Figure Skating

About our partnership with Hydro One

Hydro One is committed to building safe communities across Ontario by supporting partnerships and programs that promote safety training and safe play.

Through the Coaches Association of Ontario’s (CAO) partnership with Hydro One, we have launched Safe Sport 101, a virtual hub where coaches can gain access to the safety tools and resources they need to keep sport safe, fun and inclusive year-round. Together we are helping coaches advance physical and emotional safety for athletes across Ontario.

Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards

Tune in LIVE Sept 17 @ 7pm, hosted by Perdita Felicien

Watch the Show

CAO will be sponsoring a series of timely and low-cost workshops. Both the NCCP Make Ethical Decisions, Mentorship, and Fundamental Movement Skills workshops will be available for coaches from September 18-26. Each course is $10-15.

CAO has teamed up with a handful of Provincial Sport Organizations (PSO) to deliver discounted sport-specific courses during National Coaches Week!

Interested in taking a course? Please see the list of available PSO’s taking part:

Landmarks from across the province will light up blue, gold and red through September 18th – 26th in support of National Coaches Week in Ontario.

If you are an Ontario Club/Organization you can order a FREE National Coaches Week Flag by simply filling out the form HERE

CAO on Social

September 23

RT @WLUAthletics: This week’s feature takes a look at the M⚾️ Head Coach, Scott Ballantyne, to celebrate Coaches Week! After almost two lon…

September 23

RT @athleticsont: Terry Radchenko has gone above and beyond for the Canadian Running community having helped many athletes reach the Nation…

September 23

Mayor of @cityburlington, @MariannMeedWard has proclaimed September 18 – 26th, 2021 as National #CoachesWeek! Join the city in celebrating the fantastic work #Ontario coaches do all year-round. Share your favourite #ThanksCoach messages all week long on social media! https://t.co/jMK02jYjFn

September 23

RT @OUAsport: 💬 | “Thank you for always being there when I have needed it and for teaching me the many things I have already learned. I can…

September 23

RT @MartinCleary: HIGH ACHIEVERS: Stay-Safe Edition. Four Ottawa coaches earn Ontario Coaching Excellence Awards. https://t.co/Tf9tjTGbZB @…

September 22

The @cityofkingston will be lit up tonight to say #ThanksCoach during National Coaches Week. The Kingston City Hall Facade and the Kingston Springer Market Square will both be lit up. Make sure you go out to snap some pics!

September 22

Mercedes Watson, CAO’s Director, Coach and Partner Development has a #ThanksCoach message to share to the 300,000+ Coaches in Ontario for National #CoachesWeek https://t.co/GgkqoxfYDP

September 22

RT @FieldHockeyOnt: Take part in the Petro-Canada #ThanksCoach contest for a chance to win one of twenty pairs of $100 gift cards for you a…

September 21

The @CityofLdnOnt is lighting up tonight to say #ThanksCoach during National #CoachesWeek! #LdnOnt @SportTourismLdn https://t.co/q0aomle6TJ

September 21

RT @GTHLHockey: It’s #CoachesWeek! Share an inspirational moment you’ve had with a coach for a chance to win a GTHL prize pack for you and…