COACH

VBC Coach Development

Welcome and thanks for being or wanting to be a Coach!  What a privilege, opportunity and responsibility to lead young men and women in their growth and development as volleyball players but also people.  Volleyball BC is dedicated to supporting you on your coaching journey! 

Upcoming
Events

Upcoming Events

Development Coach Workshops, Webinars and Conferences
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Coaching
Requirements

Coaching Requirements

Make sure your good to go for the 2025 Club Season
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Coaching
Resources

Resources

Level up your game with our VBC Coach Resources
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Coaching
Opportunities

Coaching Opportunities

Upcoming Coaching Jobs and Opportunities
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Coach Requirements

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2025 VBC Requirements  

VBC has made some substantial changes in our 2025 coach education requirements.   These changes are:

  • The removal of Advanced Development requirements for 18U and 17U Head Coaches. 
  • The removal of Certification Requirements for all Head Coaches.
  • The removal of different requirements for different divisions.
  •  The removal of the Development Coach Workshop as a 14U Head Coach requirement. 

2025 VC Requirements

VC has also made some substantial changes to their 2025 coach education requirements.  These changes are:

  • All Coaches attending VC Nationals will need Foundations of Volleyball.
  • All Head Coaches, coaching at their third plus VC Nationals will need to be a Certified Development Coach. 
  • The removal of Advanced Development requirements for 18U and 17U Head Coaches.
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The NCCP guides Volleyball BC’s youth club system within the framework of the Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) model. Each NCCP course has three distinct phases toward certification. Completion of each phase provides the coach with one of three designations: “In Training”, “Trained”, or “Certified”. For more information on the pathways and how to get certified, please follow the links below.

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For information on the training & certification levels please visit the Volleyball Canada website or read through the Volleyball Canada NCCP Pathway Overview

The Coaching Association of Canada is implementing a Maintenance of Certification Policy, which Volleyball Canada will be adopting. The NCCP Professional Development Policy will be implemented starting January 1, 2014, where coaches will need to accrue points over a 5 year span. For more details and a FAQ section please follow the Coaching Association of Canada link here. For more details on Volleyball specific professional development please follow the Volleyball Canada link here. 

You can check your NCCP transcript online via the NCCP Locker Database. In the database, you will be able to view and update your personal information, monitor your coaching records, and print a certification transcript.

Coaching Resources

Coach Dev. Hub

Check out our VBC Coach Development Hub for past Newsletters, Articles, Development Coach Workshop Materials and more.

Youtube

Check out our new youtube Channel specifically for VBC Coaches.

Coach.ca

Coach.ca is the central hub for all coaches in Canada offering numerous NCCP coaching courses, webinars and and more.

Instagram

Check out our new VBC Coach Dev. Instagram geared towards supporting coaches.

viaSport

ViaSport is BC's governing body for all sports. Check out there Coach Resource Hub and much more here.

Volleyball Canada

VC is the governing Volleyball body of Canada. Check out there Coach resources here.

Upcoming Events

We are excited to for our 2025 Webinar Series!  This year we have a variety of topics to help support you as a coach.  Our first guest is Joe Trinsey, who will be leading 3 separate sessions over three weeks. Joe is the founder of SmarterVolley and was an assistant coach for team USA at the 2016 Olympics as well as an assistant coach with Team Canada one year.  He just came back from coaching overseas in Korea as well as coaching for the new LOVB Pro League in the US.

All webinar registrations are done through your SportLoMo account. 

Development Coach Workshops

Month
Online #1
Online #2
Online #3
Deadline
Time
Facilitator
Jan.
5th
12th
19th
Jan. 1st
7:00-9:00 pm
Dave Wildman
Jan.
6th
9th
13th
Jan. 1st
7:00-9:00 pm
Brian Newman
Jan.
7th
9th
14th
Jan. 1st
7:30-9:30 pm
Gina Schmidt
Jan.
16th
20th
23rd
Jan. 10th
7:00-9:00 pm
Brian Newman
Feb.
6th
11th
13th
Feb. 1st
7:30-9:30 pm
Gina Schmidt
Feb.
19th
24th
26th
Feb. 15th
6:00-8:00pm
Darrin Moreira
Feb./Mar.
23rd
Mar. 2nd
Mar. 9th
Feb. 21st
7:00-9:00 pm
Dave Wildman
Mar.
6th
11th
13th
Mar. 1st
7:30-9:30 pm
Gina Schmidt
Mar./Apr.
23rd
30th
Apr. 6th
Mar. 21st
7:00-9:00 pm
Dave Wildman
Apr.
10th
15th
17th
Apr. 1st
7:00-9:00 pm
Gina Schmidt

 Please note that all times are pst and you need to have completed Foundations of Volleyball before you will be eligible to register for a Dev. Coach Workshop.   To see the 2025 VC and VBC Coach Requirements, click here.

Advanced Dev. Coach Workshop (Dates TBD)

Location
Online #1
Online #2
Online #3
In-Person
Deadline
Facilitator

** Please Note, The Advanced Development Workshop is no longer a Volleyball Canada requirement and therefore VBC will be offering less Advanced Dev. Workshops.  To see the 2025 VC and VBC Coach Requirements, click here