St. Anthony’s CYO is a non-profit organization run by volunteers. If you would like to volunteer your time as a Coach for St. Anthony's please contact Ronele Schaefer, Athletic Director at ronele.stanthonyscyo@gmail.com.

ST ANTHONYS CYO COACHING REQUIREMENTS: 

1. Live Scan Fingerprinting: this must be done before your first practice. You will not be allowed to start practicing until this is completed. Coaches only need to be fingerprinted once for St. Anthony’s CYO. If you have been fingerprinted for another agency, you must also complete this process with St. Anthony’s. 

 2. Virtus Training: this must be done before your first practice. You will not be allowed to start practicing until this is completed. This is online training. Please go to https://athletics.cccyo.org/content/30043/Virtus-Coaches-Age-18 to complete this training. Must be renewed every three years. 

3. Coaches Clinic: Marin CYO League holds an annual coaches clinic in November, and all first year coaches must attend.  (Sunday, November 17, 2024)

2024-25 COACHING ASSIGNMENTS: Below please find our volunteer coaching assignments for this season. 

IMPORTANT LINKS FOR COACHES:

 Marin CYO schedules and standings: https://athletics.cccyo.org 

 Coaches VIRTUS certification link: https://athletics.cccyo.org/content/30043/Virtus-Coaches-Age-18

IMPORTANT DATES FOR COACHES:

Monday, September 30, 2024: Coaches meeting at St. Anthony's, 6:30-7:30pm

Player Evaluation Night: See schedule for your team for the week of Oct 21-24

Program Orientation Night: Monday, October 28. 2024 at the Hill Gym, 6:30-7:30pm. Program wide orientation followed by your parent/player team meeting.

TOURNAMENT RESOURCE LIST FOR COACHES:

Tournament information we receive for tournaments you can register for is below. Know of a tournament we should add to this list? Contact Ronele Schaefer, Athletic Director know and she'll add it to our list.

Marin CYO Thanksgiving Jamboree: November 29-December 1, 2024. $375 per team. To register: Coaches should contact Ronele Schaefer, St. Anthony's Athletic Director with your intentions for your team to participate by Wednesday, November 13, 2024. The head coach's email address will be forwarded onto Marin CYO and they will be in contact regarding schedule/brackets, etc. Once the fee/number of games is confirmed by Marin CYO please collect the fee from your team and forward it to Ronele Schaefer. Checks made payable to "St. Anthonys" are recommended. St. Anthonys will then make one payment for all teams that participate. 

 NBBA Holiday Classic (https://northbaybasketball.com/holiday-classic/) December 14 & 15, 2024. See their website for more information and register on your own if your team would like to participate. 

 Kevin Brown Tourney (St. Isabella CYO: https://www.sicyo.com/home) See their website for more information and register on your own if your team would like to participate.

SF Flame Tournaments: (https://www.sfflame.com/) See their website for more information and register on your own if your team would like to participate.

4th Annual Father Sauer Academy Holiday Hoops:  (https://www.dawgsclub.com/) Dec 20 - 22, 2024. See their website for more information and register on your own if your team would like to participate.

CYO GAME PRAYER:

Catholic Charities CYO Athletics

CYO Athletics serves the needs of all youth in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, reflecting the diversity of the community in Marin, San Mateo, and San Francisco counties. The mission of Catholic Charities CYO Athletics program encourages the healthy growth and development of the whole person by helping young people practice and live Christian values of respect, love, and compassion through sports. 

 The intention of introducing prayer into CYO Athletics is to more deeply promote the mission of CYO Athletics. CYO Athletics helps young people integrate their physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual strengths. We believe that sports is not just about the final score but about the formation and dignity of the whole person. The use of prayer enhances the overall well-being of the young athletes by helping to put sports into a broader perspective - emphasizing not only the number of games won or lost, but impacting participants' attitude in victory or defeat. 

Game Prayer 

 God, we pray that our hearts be open to see your presence in and through sports: 

 We pray for athletes… 

 who, through sports develop character and values. 

 We pray for coaches… 

 who place players before winning and value sportsmanship. 

 We pray for parents… 

who love their children for who they are, not for how they perform. 

 We pray for officials… 

who inspire fair play.

 We pray in God’s name. 

 Amen.