The country’s premier youth football organization, American Youth Football (AYF), has partnered with leading coaching education provider American Sport Education Program (ASEP) to offer online training and certification for AYF’s nearly 90,000 football coaches beginning July 2010.  

As the exclusive coaching education provider to AYF, ASEP has a customized online Coaching Youth Football course specifically for AYF. The course entitled Coaching Youth Football: The AYF Way will be made available through a dedicated Web site www.AYFCoaching.com which will launch in coordination with the availability of the new course. AYF is establishing a leadership role in youth football by recommending all its coaches to successfully complete the coaching education program. 

“I couldn’t be more excited that AYF is partnering with the American Sport Education Program to develop an online coaching education program for the nearly 90,000 volunteer coaches in all divisions of AYF,” says Joe Galat, president of AYF. “This partnership with ASEP will allow us to arm even more coaches with the resources they need to make the game better for even more youth football players.” 

Founded in 1996, American Youth Football is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that provides support services, scholarships, grants, giving back programs and tournaments to over 700,000 participants, 90,000 coaches, and 40,000 administrators in 50 states and several countries worldwide. AYF/AYC is committed to Giving Back and since its inception in 1996, has donated over $15 million dollars in grants and athletic product to communities that support youth football. AYF/AYC was the first national organization to offer all-inclusive football divisions, enabling every child a place to play. For more information visit the Web site at www.americanyouthfootball.com. For video highlights, visit http://www.youtube.com/AYFtv.