Is Making Headway in Football required for assistant coaches?
Rule- Ontario
- Alberta
- Canada
- Football Canada
- Tackle football
- Assistant coaches
- 2026-27
- Coaches
- Ontario
- Alberta
Yes. Making Headway in Football is a free online concussion-awareness module (about 60 to 90 minutes) taken through your NCCP number in The Locker.
- Football Ontario: required for all coaches, and should be completed before Safe Contact training. Its concussion protocol requires all coaches, officials and administrators to complete it before taking part in any coaching activities.
- Football Alberta: listed first for Novice, Atom, Peewee and Bantam coaches and for high school coaches.
Sources: Football Ontario: https://footballontario.net/coaches/ ; Football Ontario Concussion Protocol/Policy: https://footballontario.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2023/01/Football-Ontario-Concussion-Protocol_Policy.docx.pdf ; Football Alberta: https://footballalberta.ab.ca/content/span-stylecolor-0000ffcoaching-requirements-amp-nccp-span ; Ontario Football Alliance (module length and Locker access, January 2019 page): https://ontariofootball.ca/news-1757541.html
Added 25 Oct 2026