Looking to make an impact with the youth in our community? Do you have skills - life, leadership, patience and/or sports - you can share with the children of North Portland? We are looking for POSITIVE role models to serve as team managers and coaches from T-Ball through Intermediate Baseball & Little League Softball.
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All coaches will be required to undergo a background check and complete concussion and mandatory reporter trainings.
Questions? Email us at [email protected]
North Portland Little League follows the Positive Coaching Alliance, implementing skills and techniques that align with Double-Goal Coaching. A positive approach gets the most from youth and high school athletes, which is what coaches, parents and the athletes themselves want. Staying positive also helps youth get the most out of sports. Positive is power.
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.
The Little League manager must be something more than just a teacher. Knowledge of the game is essential, but it is not the only badge of a Little League Manager. The heart of Little League is what happens between the adult coach and player. It is the manager more than any other individual who controls the situation in which the players may be benefited. Improving the level of leadership in this vital area must be a continuing effort.
Managers and coaches must be adults who are sensitive to the mental and physical limitations of children of Little League age and who recognize that the game is a vehicle of training and enjoyment. It has been stated many times that the program of Little League can only be as good as the quality of leadership in the managing and coaching personnel.
Anyone interested in being a Little League manager or coach should be willing to undergo a screening process that may include a background check, as well as interviews of those with personal knowledge of your qualifications.
As the chief administrator, the president selects and appoints the managers and coaches. As such, no person becomes a manager or coach without the approval of the president. All appointments are subject to final approval by the local league’s board of directors.
Only the local Little League board of directors has the authority to remove or suspend a manager or coach. If a parent or anyone else is dissatisfied with a manager or coach, they must present the issue to the local league president and board of directors. Because the local league president and board of directors are closest to the situation, it would be a disservice if Little League Headquarters became involved in disputes or personality conflicts between managers/coaches and parents.
However, any person who believes that a manager or coach (or any other Little League personnel) is, or has been, violently or sexually abusive to children should report the situation immediately to Little League Baseball International Headquarters as well as to the local police. It is Little League policy that no person who has a history of sexual abuse toward children be given any volunteer responsibilities in Little League. Read more about the Little League Child Protection Program.