Join a proud tradition of excellence and community impact with the San Ramon Valley Thunderbirds, where we have been shaping youth sports since 1958. As a volunteer coach, you’ll have the unique opportunity to mentor dedicated athletes across both competitive and developmental levels, helping them build critical skills, resilience, and teamwork. Whether you are guiding players on the field or fostering a lifelong love for the game, your leadership will directly contribute to the next chapter of T-Birds pride. Step up to the sideline, inspire the next generation of local athletes, and make an unforgettable impact this season. Read more about our T-Birds Football program.

**STOP**: Before proceeding on this page, you must have a T-Bird athlete registered with the program and reached out to srvtbirds@gmail.com to express interest in coaching football.

Step #1: USA Tackle Football Certification

The USA Football Youth Coach Course is an online training for tackle and flag coaches covering essential health and safety topics - such as concussion awareness, abuse prevention, heat preparedness, emergency action planning, and sudden cardiac arrest - along with foundational coaching techniques, athlete development, and age-appropriate drills. Coaches taking the Course for the first time will complete Level 1 Flag or Tackle modules, while returning coaches will be automatically assigned to take Level 2 Flag or Tackle modules. Coaches must complete all modules to be considered trained, and will then gain access to age-specific practice plans, playbooks, progression guides, and other resources. Coaches can access the course by following the steps below.

1. Create or Login to USA Football account
2. Associate with Organization. Located at the top of your dashboard, select Organizations. Review and update 'Your Organizations'Unless already associated, under 'Find New Organizations', locate: San Ramon Valley Thunderbirds Football & Cheer - EBYFCNext to the organization, select 'Associate'
3. Step 3: Purchase Youth Coach CourseGo to USA Football CoursesUnder "Youth Coach Course" click on "Learn More"Click on "Buy Course"Type in Promo Code: SVRTHUNDERBIRDS2026 This promo code will expire on 9/30/2026. If you receive an error message, please go back to Step 2 and ensure you are correctly associated.Click "Update Price"Click "Confirm & Purchase"You will be taken back to the Courses homepage, where you will select "Claim Course" under Youth Coach Course-Tackle or Youth Coach Course-Flag (whichever you plan to complete)
4. Start Coursework

Step #2: Live CPR Training

Live CPR certification is required to ensure all EBYFC coaches are trained for critical situations. We set up CPR training for any T-Bird coach that needs it for this upcoming season. The cost will be covered by T-Birds, you just have to sign up using this registration link with the access code: 1234.

EBYFC has gone away from allowing online only CPR training certification and must be in-person, this class will count as in-person training and will be good for 2 years. The class will consist of an online course, done at your convenience, which will not take more than 30-60 minutes.

Once that is completed you will schedule a time to into an office in San Ramon to complete the hands on portion of the class. This is all done via a mannequin and will be quick. All the instructions will be sent to you after you register. NSID for coaches must be complete prior to Jamboree (league-wide scrimmage in mid-August) and a valid CPR certification is required. 

Step #3: Upload USA Tackle Football and CPR Certifications to National Sports ID (NSID)

You will need to join one of the links below as a Coach and be approved by our srvtbirds@gmail.com. Once you are approved to join the team by our T-Birds admin, you will then be allowed to upload your USA Tackle Football and CPR Certifications for the current season. Note: USA Tackle Football needs to be renewed every season. CPR needs to be renewed per your live certification expiration date.

T-Birds NSID Football Team Links

• Jr. Pee Wee Football: Link
• Pee Wee Football: Link
• Jr. Varsity Football: Link
• Varsity Football: Link

Step #4: Live Scan Background Check

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