National Coaches Week – Sept 14-20, 2026

National Coaches Week is next week September 14-20, 2026! This is a perfect opportunity to celebrate your coaches and recognize them for their contributions to your programs!

MGA

• The MGA will be sharing any posts in our Stories that recognizing your club’s coaches on Instagram and Facebook if we are tagged (@manitobagymnastics)!
• You can thank your coach by nominating them to win one of seven $50 gift cards (for vendor of their choosing) during the week! Selection will be done by draw; all nomination fields must be completed. Coaches must be active for the 2026-2027 season. Duplicate submissions for the same coach from the same individual will be removed prior to drawing. Winning coaches will be announced daily on Instagram and Facebook!  Use the link below to submit nominations, deadline to enter is September 17th 11:59 PM: https://am.lol/p/XOcKtw3

Sport Manitoba

• Tag Sport Manitoba in your #ThanksCoach posts using @sportmanitoba
• Stop by the Sport Manitoba Courts at 145 Pacific Avenue on L2 to participate in their “Thanks Coach” Gratitude Wall!
• Sport Manitoba is also looking for:
  • Mentees for their Female Mentorship Program
  • Nominees for Sport Manitoba Coaching Awards (Deadline to Apply: Sept 30^th, 2026)
• There will some learning opportunities as well:
  • Sept 14^th – Between Fine and Not Fine: Coaching Before the Crisis – Teams Webinar from 7:00 – 8:15 pm
  • Sept 15^th – Communicating Effectively with Officials  – Teams Webinar from 12:00 – 1:30 pm
  • Sept 16^th – Sidelined: The Colour of the Game Documentary – 6:00 pm at Sport Manitoba
  • Sept 17^th – Creating Safer Spaces in Sport for Non-Binary Athletes –12:30 – 1:30 pm at Sport Manitoba
  • Sept 18^th – Give and Go Sports Documentary – 9:00 – 4:00 pm at Sport Manitoba, 35 min video playing every hour on the hour
• There are free NCCP courses which offer PD points for all coaches who require them for maintaining their certification, space is limited and reimbursement is processed following the completion of the course:
  • Sept 15 – Zoom – Manage a Sport Program – 5:30 – 9:30 pm
  • Sept 16-17 –  Zoom – Coaching and Leading Effectively (Part 1) – 5:30 – 9:30 pm
  • Sept 18th – Zoom – NCCP Mentorship – 4:30 – 9:30 pm
  • Sept 19-20 – Zoom – NCCP Prevention and Recovery – 9:00 – 2:00 pm

 CAC

• Free Online Courses with Promo Code (only valid for that day)

• • September 14: NCCP Coach Initiation in Sport (Promo Code: CI-58166-NCW)
  • September 15: NCCP Creating a Positive Sport Environment (Promo Code: CPSE-45439-NCW)
  • September 16: NCCP Sport Nutrition (Promo code: Nutri-61827-NCW)
  • September 17: NCCP Coaching Athletes with a Disability (Promo code: COACH-4825-NCW)
• Visit CAC’s Website for more resources!