ASCA Recertification
Keep Learning. Keep Growing
Earning your ASCA Certification is an important professional milestone. Maintaining it reflects something just as important: an ongoing commitment to learning, growth, and the coaching profession.
ASCA is developing a new recertification process designed to keep your Certification current and meaningful while giving coaches multiple ways to continue their professional development.
The goal is simple: keep learning, stay connected, and continue investing in your coaching.
Many Options for Recertification
A Flexible Approach to Continued Professional Development.
The new framework is being developed around a two-year recertification cycle, with multiple ways for coaches to remain engaged in education and the profession.
Final requirements, activity values, tracking details, and implementation information are still being finalized and will be published as they are approved.
Qualifying activities may include:
ASCA Live Learning
Participate in ASCA Live educational webinars offered throughout the year.
ASCA Clinics &
In-Person Education
Attend an ASCA Clinic or participate in pre- or post-clinic educational opportunities.
Approved Professional Development
Complete educational programs offered by universities or other approved providers.
ASCA Programs & Leadership
Actively participate in ASCA programs, including the Mentor Coach Program, Fellows Program, Women’s Initiative, or an ASCA committee.
Additional Qualifying Activities
Participate in an approved club visit to observe, learn, and gain practical coaching experience on deck.
Approved Professional Development
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Built for the Way Coaches Learn
Professional development doesn’t look the same for every coach.
Some coaches learn best through live presentations. Others grow through clinics, courses, professional programs, or education that directly supports the athletes and programs they serve.
The new recertification process is being built to provide multiple pathways for continued learning rather than relying on a single type of activity.
What Happens to My Certification?
ASCA Certification is designed to represent an active commitment to professional education and continued growth. Active ASCA Membership is required to maintain ASCA Certification.
Specific recertification deadlines, requirements, and procedures are still being finalized. ASCA will provide coaches with clear information about what is required and how to complete the process before action is needed.
Recertification FAQ
ASCA is developing a two-year recertification cycle. Individual timelines and implementation details will be published as the final process is approved.
The framework is being designed to recognize multiple forms of professional development. Qualifying activities may include ASCA Live Learning, clinics and in-person education, approved professional development, ASCA programs, and other qualifying activities.
No. Recertification is intended to maintain the ASCA Certification you have already earned through continued professional development. Advancing to a higher Certification Level is a separate process.
Yes. Active ASCA Membership is required to maintain ASCA Certification.
ASCA will publish complete recertification requirements, timelines, and instructions as soon as the framework and supporting member-system processes are finalized.