Does Your State Require Training To Coach Interscholastic Sports?

Not all of these states require first aid or CPR training for coaches.

States That Don't Require Training Of School Coaches

As of 1997, the following 28 states require some type of training in order to coach interscholastic athletics:

Alaska
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
New Mexico
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Not all of these states require first aid or CPR training for coaches.

States That Don't Require Training Of School Coaches

The following 23 states do not require coaching education of any type for interscholastic sports:

Alabama
Arizona
Delaware
Florida
Hawaii
Indiana
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey*
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas
Vermont
Virginia

*As mandated by the state legislature in 1986, New Jersey does require coaching education for volunteer coaches, but it concentrates on liability issues.

Source: National Youth Sports Safety Foundation