Guardian Angels Athletics

Become a Coach

Guardian Angels wants to provide the best possible coaches for our student athletes.  The Athletic Boosters will do their best to find the most technically qualified and competent coaches to provide the student athletes the best possible learning experience.

The Athletic Boosters are looking for adults to help as coaches, assistant coaches or team administrators.  Last year, over 170 adults generously volunteered their time and talent in order to field teams in 10 sports.  Our ultimate goal is to provide all students with a positive athletic experience and teach the fundamentals of a chosen sport  while stressing the modeling and teaching of not only good sportsmanship, but also the Christian values of respect, generosity, honesty and fairness.  Interested parents, adults and college students, should contact us through email or contact the program director.

Training for Coaches

Concussion Training

Ohio law now requires all head coaches, assistant coaches and referees to complete a Concussion workshop.There are various courses that meet the requirements. Guardian Angels recommends the free NFHS online course which can be accessed here.

For additional information on Ohio's Return to Play Law, which went into effect on April 26, 2013, please visit their website at this link.

Virtus Training

In accordance with the policies of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, all employees, volunteers and coaches associated with the children of the Catholic Church or schools MUST be Virtus trained. This training is designed to increase the public awareness about child sexual abuse, and to try to provide adults with the knowledge and tools they need to help prevent and, if necessary, to respond appropriately to child sexual abuse.

Individuals wishing to volunteer their time can complete the Virtus Training at any of the training facilities identified on the Virtus website. Once the training has been completed, a copy of the certificate must be presented to the Director of the program.

In order to register for a Virtus Training session please go to www.virtusonline.org and follow the instructions listed below:
1. Sign on to www.virtusonline.org
2. On the left side, click on Registration (under the log-in button)
3. Click on “view a list of sessions” or select online version
4. Select Cincinnati (Archdiocese) from the drop down list.
5. Click on “Start Registration”
6. Create your own ID a password (please keep this for your own record)
7. Complete the information page and Continue
8. Select Guardian Angels (Cincinnati) from the drop down list for Primary Location.
9. Mark position with school such as volunteer and enter Title such as Coach.
10. Answer the next two pages of questions.
11. Choose a session.

Coach Surveys

In order to assess our coaches each season, we ask for parents to complete an electronic survey to let us know their thoughts and feelings regarding their child’s experience with the sport they participated in.  An email will be sent to the family email address of each participant. Please fill it out before the listed deadline so it can be reviewed by the Coach’s Committee, Booster President and Director of each sport.