The Coach of the Year Award is new – it’s different, and we think it’s important. NI Volleyball want to acknowledge the work and successes of one of the groups who are helping to drive our game forward and raise standards…….. the Coaches. To make this happen, we need your support.

This new award will add to the picture of celebrating the good things about NI Volleyball. The Coach of the Year award is open to all affiliated clubs both junior and senior, across all of the playing divisions.

The voting process is simple and has three steps.

Step 1 – your club nominates a coach from another club to be considered for the award. This will be someone who has impressed you this year. Someone who has made their team stronger, or tougher to compete against, or better at performing. You identify someone you think meets the criteria and send in their name on a voting form to NI Volleyball. Each Club can nominate a maximum of three coaches to be considered for the award. Click here to download this nomination form.

Step 2 – if your Coach has been nominated NI Volleyball will send you a form to ask you to tell us about all the good things your coach has done, and why you think he or she has been successful – it’s really a letter of endorsement.

Step 3 – a Panel of judges will consider the submissions, make a decision based upon the evidence and testimonies which have been supplied, and the winners will be presented with their awards at the Cup Finals

There will be two awards for Male Coach of the Year and Female Coach of the Year. The initial voting forms will be mailed to your club – please help us celebrate one of the successes stories of NI Volleyball by participating in this project. The deadline for return of these will be the 4th April 2010.

The awards will be presented at the end of year award ceremony after the NIVA Cup Finals on the 24th April.