ND Cheer Coach Certification Requirements

When a school has multiple cheer coaches (for example a separate coach for football and a separate coach for basketball),  the coach who is contracted to be that squad's coach must be certified.  Another certified coach may cover practices or events for another coach's team, but the contracted coach for that sport must be North Dakota stunt certified.

 

•  Coach must take and pass the ASEP Sport First Aid course and ND-developed hands-on stunting class.
•  Proof of passing the ASEP course with your name included must be mailed to the NDCCA certification official to be kept on file.
• Cheerleaders of the coach desiring to be certified must annually attend a cheer camp held by a bona fide cheer camp company.
• The NDCCA update form needs to be completed annually, signed by both the cheer coach and administrator of that school.
• Beginning with the 2009-10 school year, a $50 certification fee per certified coach must be sent in with the certification form.                                    
• The coach will also not be considered certified if any part of the form is not complete. 
• The update form must be mailed to the NDCCA official before: September 1^st for Fall sports; December 1^st for Winter sports.
• Update forms received after the above dates will be assessed a $50 late fee.  THE COACH WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED CERTIFIED UNTIL THIS FEE IS PAID.
• If fees are not received by these dates, that coaches teams would not be eligible for any NDCCA activities. (cheer competition, scholarships, NDCCA Senior Award, etc.)
• In a school that has different coaches for each cheer team, each of those teams must have a certified coach in order to stunt.  That coach must be recognized by the school as that squad’s cheer coach.