NHSACA | National High School Athletic Coaches Association

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The National High School Athletic Coaches Association is dedicated to serving High School Coaches and Athletic Directors throughout the United States through education, recognition, and support.

Our goal is to promote high school athletics, provide professional services to our member coaches while providing opportunities for all high school coaches. The NHSACA provides resources to promote professional growth, and attitude of teamwork, sportsmanship and healthy lifestyles for Athletes, Coaches, and Athletic Directors.

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Athletes, Coaches, and Athletic Directors

Welcome to the Coaches’ Corner, your premier resource hub provided by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association. Here, you’ll find a wealth of materials tailored to enhance your coaching skills, from strategic playbooks to mental health support for athletes. Whether you’re seeking to improve team performance, navigate the complexities of athletic administration, or foster an environment of sportsmanship and integrity, we’ve assembled the tools you need to excel in your role as a coach.

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and Recognize Coaches Nationwide

The National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA) is dedicated to serving high school coaches and athletic directors throughout the United States through education, recognition, and support. With a membership base of over 122,000, NHSACA strives to promote high school athletics, provide professional services to our member coaches, and create opportunities for all high school coaches. Our goal is to foster professional growth, teamwork, sportsmanship, and healthy lifestyles among athletes, coaches, and athletic directors.

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WHO WE ARE

Primary Goals and Purposes of NHSACA

It is the purpose of the NHSACA to provide instruction and training to high school and middle school coaches in the United States in order to develop the capabilities of new coaches and to improve the capabilities of veteran coaches.

Educate

Our educational focus is dedicated to more than X’s and O’s.

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We see coaches as leaders – leaders who are role models to America’s youth. We offer graduate college credit programs in Coaching Leadership. Specific Sports Clinics, Educational Links on the NHSACA website, reduced rates for professional publications, as well as others to help you stay current with today’s important issues.

Recognize

We recognize coaches not just for a season of coaching, but for their “lifetime achievements.”

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The NHSACA Coach of the Year awards are the most prestigious awards given to high school coaches in America. Some 152 coaches earn the “National Spotlight” each June at our Annual Convention. The NHSACA also recognizes numerous coaches each year during the national convention through induction into the NHSACA National Hall of Fame. The NHSACA provides the Distinguished Service Award to state associations each year to honor and recognize coaches for their contributions to high school athletics.

Support

Due to our National scope, we are able to provide many areas of support for our members.

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Including contact with other professionals in high school athletics. We also have a National voice in important issues facing America’s High School Coaches and their athletes.

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Convention Information

The 2025 National High School Athletic Coaches Association National Coaches Convention will be hosted by the South Dakota High School Coaches Association from June 21, 2025 to June 25, 2025 in Rapid City, South Dakota at the Ramkota.

There will be clinic sessions for nineteen specific sports, college credit courses, as well as plenty of time to network with coaches from across the country. In addition, there will be a NHSACA National Coaches Hall of Fame Ceremony and a NHSACA National Coach of the Year Ceremony to recognize the best of the best.

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