Team Manager Roles & Responsibilities
The Team Manager position is a year-round, volunteer position that begins at team selection and ends at the end of the fiscal year, March 31st. The Team Manager responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Engaging the board representative, when needed
- Liaison to the coach
- Assists the coaching staff and Board representative to coordinate the mandatory team season kick-off meeting - all players and parents must be in attendance. The Team Manager will obtain physical signatures from players and parents acknowledging the Code of Conduct and policies and procedures in the NRYHA Handbook.
- Manage the team binder with all required information and bring it to all games and tournaments
- Schedule games, always with the head coach’s input
- Confirm games prior to game day
- Coordinate team functions and tournament weekends (hotels, meals, etc.)
- Communication link between coach and parents, ensuring all parents and players are informed
- Post schedule and key information on the team’s webpage
- Ensure all league scores are entered for D2, WAHA and the team page
- Collection point for the association related expenses that are pertinent to the team being managed (tournament fee collections, home tournament expenses, etc.)
- Work with the referee scheduler to ensure refs are scheduled for all home games
- Recruit participants and volunteer workers for the team’s home tournament
- Recruit volunteers for work hours and other fundraising activities to support NRYHA
The following is a brief list of the NRYHA Team manager’s responsibilities at the beginning of the season as well as a summary of off-ice activities. Team Manager’s will partner with the coaching staff and are encouraged to delegate duties to team parents/guardians:
- Complete the manager registration process (USA Hockey)
- Complete background screening and SafeSport requirements.
- Collect CEP numbers from head and assistant coaches.
- Resolve team registration issues/discrepancies "redlined" by D2 or the NRYHA Registrar.
- Attend a D2 mandatory coach and manager meeting.
- Attend a mandatory NRYHA manager information meeting.
- The team manager is the primary source of all communication for the team.
- Plan coach and manager meeting to discuss coach vision, scrimmage scheduling, and team expectations.
- Plan and host a parent/family team meeting to communicate all season expectations.
- Outline coach visions and goals, and outline player and family expectations.
- Highlight NRYHA Codes of Conduct.
- Review season schedule, tournaments, uniforms, and volunteer duties.
- Discuss volunteering and DIBs expectations.
- Discuss tournament schedule and out-of-town hotel expectations.