USA Hockey Coaching Education Program strongly recommends that the following set of guidelines be used as a minimum criteria for districts and/or affiliates establishing mandatory coaching education requirement policies.
It must be clearly understood that any coaching education requirement policies established by a district and/or affiliate must be administered and enforced by that district or affiliate.
The USA Hockey Association Coaching and Education (ACE) Director wears many hats, including that of the trainer, planner, coach and administrator, which is why USA Hockey's ACE Director Handbook is a useful tool of the many trades.