Non Parent Coaches
At some point in a player’s hockey career, your son or daughter will attend hockey schools or spring league and have the opportunity to work with coaches who have a resume of Major Midget and a Junior Hockey background. WMHA wants to utilize these young men and women who come to us with a college hockey background and in some cases, education degrees and an ability to reach young people in a way that a parent coach cannot. These coaches are able to look at each player with an objective eye. Through fund raising, WMHA offers these non-parent coaches stipends and pay for coach development courses. We also pay for our parent coaches coaching courses.
From hockey 1 to Peewee the parent coach is an important resource for the young hockey player. We need to continue to have our parents involved at this level. WMHA executive would like to have non-parent coaches as head coaches for all Rep teams and parent coaches in an assistant coach capacity.
For further information on this please Cam Fellows at coach@whistlerminorhockey.ca