"Are your coaches ClearCoach Certified?"
The first sport-agnostic, gender-differentiated, age-banded coaching credential in America. Built around the developmental needs of the athlete — not the sport.
There are an estimated 60 million youth sport participants in the United States. The overwhelming majority are coached by volunteers with no formal training in developmental psychology — regardless of how many sport-specific or safety certifications they hold.
You cannot coach a 10-year-old girl the same way you coach a 10-year-old boy. The developmental psychology, the emotional wiring, the way they process authority, failure, praise, competition — it's completely different. And zero existing certifications address that.
— ClearCoach Academy
ClearCoach Academy serves the entire youth sports ecosystem — from the individual coach who wants to stand apart, to the league that sets the bar, to the parent who wants to know their child is in qualified hands.
Technical skill gets you in the door. ClearCoach certification signals something no sport cert can — that you understand the athlete as a developing human being, not just a player of your sport.
License access for your entire coaching staff at the organizational level. The org pays — coaches access for free. Market your league as the standard-bearer parents choose.
Background checks tell you a coach is safe. ClearCoach tells you a coach is trained for the specific child in front of them. There's a difference — and you can verify it instantly.
Every track covers five coaching domains — each with five micro-lessons and a competency assessment. Coaches must score 80% or higher to advance. Sport-agnostic by design, applicable across every youth sport.
The entry credential. Complete one track — a specific age group and gender — demonstrating mastery across 5 core coaching domains. Standalone certification for any sport.
Complete all three tracks within a gender. Demonstrates broad developmental expertise across the full youth age spectrum — ages 6 through 17 — for boys or girls.
All six tracks. Complete mastery across every developmental stage and demographic. The pinnacle credential for serious youth coaching professionals.
ClearCoach Academy is not a course platform. We are a national credentialing organization — and we're building the infrastructure to match that mission. A purpose-built LMS engineered specifically for credential issuance, verification, organizational compliance, and national scale. No off-the-shelf tool was designed for what we're building. So we're building it ourselves.
The credential is the product. The platform is the infrastructure that delivers, enforces, and verifies it at national scale.
Individual coaches, leagues and organizations, and parents each have a distinct relationship with ClearCoach Academy. Get in touch to discuss access and partnership for your specific situation.
Certify directly. Start with any track — the age group and gender you coach most. Build toward Specialist or Master on your own schedule. One credential covers every sport you coach.
License access for your entire coaching staff through a registration-based model. The org pays — coaches access for free. Market yourself as a ClearCoach Certified Organization and attract parents who ask the question.
We are building the first national developmental coaching credential from the ground up. If you're an investor, athletic organization, or strategic partner who sees the white space we see — let's talk.
ClearCoach Academy is in active development. Join the waitlist to be among the first coaches, leagues, and organizations to access the credential when we launch.
You're on the list. ✓
We'll be in touch — and when the credential launches, you'll be first to know.
No spam. No commitment. First access when we launch.
Every ClearCoach certified coach receives a unique credential ID. Parents, leagues, and administrators can verify any credential instantly — no account required.
Credential verification will be live at launch. QR scanning available on all certified coaches' digital badges.
Recognized a gap that 60 million youth sport participants and their coaches live through every season — and set out to build the national standard that should have existed years ago.
✉ ben@clearcoachacademy.comDeep roots in youth sports with an organization already reaching 10,000+ young athletes annually across multiple sports. The distribution network isn't theoretical — it's already built and operational.
→ Connect via waitlist