Coaching Resources

The Locker & More

When you become a coach or are a coach-in-training, you will be assigned a National Coaching Certification Program number with the Coaching Association of Canada. This number is linked to a coaching portal called The Locker. Your Locker number will have the history of the coaching courses you’ve taken.

Access The Locker

Athletics Alberta’s Current Courses on Offer

Multi-Sport Coaching Courses

Coaching Evaluation Site

Sport Coach vs Club Coach

NCCP Multi-Sport Modules

In addition to the ongoing NCCP Athletics workshops, there are some other important NCCP multi-sport modules. Safe Sport Training and Make Ethical Decision (MED) are required for all Athletics Alberta Coach members and the other modules are specific to the various coaching pathways. The online modules are available at Alberta Sport and the eLearning modules available in The Locker.

Coaching Education Deadlines

New deadlines have been established for your coaching education evaluations.

Coaches will have one year (365 days) to complete and pass their Athletics Portfolio for RJTW, Sport Coach and Club Coach. And, that clock will begin on the day that they register for their Athletics Evaluation.

In addition, coaches who registered for their Athletics evaluations in RJTW, Sport Coach or Club Coach in the past (2024, 2023, 2022, etc) have until December 31, 2025 to complete and pass it. If this deadline is not met, they will have to re-register for the evaluation and pay for it again. 

These new deadlines are intended to keep coaching education current and evaluations productive. 

Required for ALL Coach Members of Athletics Alberta

Safe Sport Training – an eLearning course available in The Locker (under Multi-Sports)

Required for RJTW, Sport Coach, Club Coach and Performance Coach

Make Ethical Decisions – online (and take the MED exam)

Required for Sport Coach & Club Coach

Long-Term Athlete Development – an eLearning course available in The Locker (under Athletics)

Highly Recommended for Club Coach

Manage a Sports Program – online

Required for Performance Coach

Manage a Sports Program – online

Managing Conflict – online (and take the MC exam)

Psychology of Performance – online

Coaching & Leading Effectively – online

Leading a Drug-free Sport – an eLearning course available in The Locker (under Multi-Sports)

NOTE: The online exams for Make Ethical Decisions (MED) and Managing Conflict (MC) are located in The Locker. Just click on the eLearning tab at the top of the page and then choose Multi-Sports in the dropdown menu. The exams will appear in the panel on the left-hand side of the page.