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.  

2024-25 COACHING ASSIGNMENTS: Below please find our volunteer coaching assignments for this season. If you are interested in volunteering to be an assistant coach, or fill one of the vacant head coaching spots listed below, please contact ST. Anthony's Athletic Director Ronele Schaefer at ronele.StAnthonysCYO@gmail.com.

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.

CYO GAME DAY 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.