Background checks for coaches

Mark Padgett

Our local kids rec league runs annual background checks on all coaches and assistants. We have an attorney on our Board and his office is able to use a service for this that costs us less than $5 per check. We've been doing this for the past few years and, fortunately, we've never had a problem. The obvious reason we do this is to protect our kids, but we also get a break on our association insurance.

I would strongly advise any of you who are associated with a kids sports organization to get them to do the same.

Back In The Saddle

Not that I want to go there, but...what about background checks for officials. Is there any kind of insurance benefit, etc. with that?

Mark Padgett

Back In The Saddle wrote
Not that I want to go there, but...what about background checks for officials. Is there any kind of insurance benefit, etc. with that?

Ya' know, we don't do that. But it's something I'll look into. Thanks.

just another ref

Mark Padgett wrote
Our local kids rec league runs annual background checks on all coaches and assistants. We have an attorney on our Board and his office is able to use a service for this that costs us less than $5 per check. We've been doing this for the past few years and, fortunately, we've never had a problem. The obvious reason we do this is to protect our kids, but we also get a break on our association insurance.

I would strongly advise any of you who are associated with a kids sports organization to get them to do the same.

Our league does not do background checks, but I am certain that many convicted felons would be much easier to deal with than a few of the prizes we have had as coaches.

BillyMac

Mark Padgett wrote
Our local kids rec league runs annual background checks on all coaches and assistants.

Did you pass?

inigo montoya

Our school district requires fingerprinting and background checks for officials.

Mark Padgett

BillyMac wrote
Did you pass?

DUH! I'm not a coach or an assistant. Next time I'll use all one syllable words. Actually, I'm used to doing that when I converse with coaches and assistants. 😛

BillyMac

Mark Padgett wrote
Next time I'll use all one syllable words.

Note that I used three one syllable words in my question to you. I just wanted to make sure that you understood it. That's the way I communicate to assistants. Head coaches can usually handle more complex words, like those with two, or three, syllables.