What Do I Need To Volunteer?

Regardless if this is your first time volunteering with Pop Warner or you are a returning seasoned veteran, THANK YOU for taking the time to help a make a difference.  Below you will find informaiton to help you with the certification process and a guide as to what will be required for the season.

First Year Football Coach (Head or Assistant)

1. Submit completed Pop Warner background check to your association.
2. Complete USA Football Heads Up Training, using unique enrollment link for your association found on First Coast Conference website.  This training certificate MUST be renewed every year.  It is only a one year certification.
3. Register online at www.firstcoastpw.com for the Pop Warner Live Coaches Clinic held July 22nd at the Univeristy of North Florida.  First time football coaches MUST attend a live clinic to complete the certification.  There is no on line training for first year coaches. 
4. Attend the mandatory head coach meeting the morning of July 22nd at the University of North Florida (along with at least one assistant coach).  Each head coach and their assistant coach must register for the head coach meeting online at www.firstcoastpw.com.

Returning Football Coach (Head or Assistant)

1. Submit completed Pop Warner background check to your association.
2. Complete USA Football Heads Up Training, using unique enrollment link for your association found on First Coast Conference website.  This training certificate MUST be renewed every year.  It is only a one year certification.
3. Pop Warner Football Training certificaiton is good for 3 years.  If your Pop Warner certification needs to be renewed, there are 2 options for RENEWAL:
   1. Recertify Pop Warner Tackle Football certification online at www.southeastpopwarner.com and click on the Training page.
   2. Regsiter online at www.firstcoastpw.com for the Live Coaches Clinic on July 22nd.
4. Attend the mandatory head coach meeting the morning of July 22nd at the University of North Florida (along with at least one assistant coach).  Each head coach and their assistant coach must register for the head coach meeting online at www.firstcoastpw.com.

First Year Team Parent

1. Submit completed Pop Warner background check to your association.
2. Complete USA Football Heads Up Training, using unique enrollment link for your association found on First Coast Conference website.  This training certificate MUST be renewed every year.  It is only a one year certification.  Yes, Team Parents MUST complete Heads Up Football training online each year.  It is the same course football coaches are required to take.
3. Complete the Pop Warner Team Parent certification.  Team Parents have 2 choices for completing the certification process:
   1. Preferred Method - Attend the live team parent certfication held July22nd at the University of North Florida.  Registration for the live team parent clinic MUST be completed online by clicking the registration banner at www.firstcoastpw.com.
   2. Alternate Method - Complete the Team Parent certification training online by registering at www.southeastpopwarner.com and clicking on the training tab.

Returning Team Parent

1. Submit completed Pop Warner background check to your association.
2. Complete USA Football Heads Up Training, using unique enrollment link for your association found on First Coast Conference website.  This training certificate MUST be renewed every year.  It is only a one year certification.  Yes, Team Parents MUST complete Heads Up Football training online each year.  It is the same course football coaches are required to take.
3. Pop Warner Team Parent certificaiton is good for 3 years.  If your Pop Warner certification needs to be renewed, there are 2 options for RENEWAL:
   1. Recertify Pop Warner Team Parent certification online at www.southeastpopwarner.com and click on the Training page.
   2. Regsiter online at www.firstcoastpw.com for the Live Team Parent clinic on July 22nd.

USA Football/Heads Up Football Information

For 2017, USA Football is NO LONGER using promo codes for coaches enrolling in Heads Up Football.  The price of the certification is $10.00.  It is very important that each coach selects their association during the registration process for the certification to be tracked by your association.  To register for Heads Up certification, please use the link below by your association.  Click Here to download a user guide for enrollment into Heads Up Football

All coaches must use the ID Link below to log in to an existing account or when creating a new account to properly associate with the organization to receive a discount on the Youth Tackle Coach Certification. This will also allow you to track each coach’s certification status. At the bottom of this email is a template for you to use when sending your links to the coaches in your league. Simply insert the Club’s Organization ID link and pass it along.