CNY Little League® managers and coaches must be leaders. All must recognize that they hold a position of trust and responsibility in a program that deals with a sensitive and formative period of a child’s development.
It is required that the manager and coach have understanding, patience, and the capacity to work with children. The manager and coach should be able to inspire respect. Above all else, managers and coaches must realize that they are helping to shape the physical, mental and emotional development of young people.
We currently need:
- Coaches - at all levels every year. Applications and volunteer forms can be found at the bottom of this page. To inquire and get more info, please email [email protected].
In addition to on-field baseball fundamentals and instruction, coaching responsibilities can include but are not limited to:
- A boatload of parent communication
- Umpiring league games
- Participation in field clean-up day(s)
- Participation in the first aid and coaches training day meeting
- Participation in league coaches meetings facilitated by the respective league head - usually held prior to season start
- Participation in player evaluations days (majors and minors)
- Assistance facilitating CNYLL fundraising campaign
- Designating a 'team parent' to assist with team communication, uniform distribution, snack shack coverage responsibilities, etc.
- Mandatory completion of required forms (below) and subject to a background check
More info can be found here - http://www.littleleague.org/managersandcoaches/coachrole.htm
If you'd like to volunteer, please submit a Coach Application form.In addition, it is a Little League requirement that all coaches submit to a background check each year, regardless of whether a background check was done in previous years or through other organizations.
Please fill out the coach application and email to: (
must be sent to both addresses)
[email protected] AND
[email protected].
Once this is received, the background check process will be initiated.
Coach Application