Frequently Asked Questions

If you are a current member, login with your email address and reset your password by selecting “Forgot Password” from the login screen.

In April 2022 the NFHCA transitioned to a new membership management platform. If you are a current member, you can login with your email address, but may need to reset your password. You can do so by selecting “Forgot Password” from the login screen.

NFHCA members can login to the NFHCA member portal and select “Post & Manage Jobs” from the Job Board dropdown menu.

Non-members can pay to post a job on the NFHCA Job Board by selecting the “Non-Members: Post a Job” button. The fee is $50 for 30 days of publication.

Login to the NFHCA member portal and select “workspaces” in the menu. Select your division’s board under “Scheduling Boards” and post a discussion topic with the details of your game or scrimmage request.

Visit our join page for membership registration forms.

Assists the NFHCA staff with convention planning, content, speakers and event execution. The Convention Committee also provides on-site assistance throughout the convention and provides post-convention feedback to NFHCA staff.

Review the pricing table on our join page to review options by member group.

See our member benefits page for a full list of benefits.

Serves the scholastic membership group of the NFHCA and facilitates communication across regions with NFHCA leadership. This committee engages and supports the scholastic membership community, identifies opportunities to enhance the scholastic membership experience, and collaborates with NFHS and other governing bodies for the betterment of the sport and membership.

Promotes retention and growth of the sport at all levels. Specifically:

• Scholastic level – identifying regions where field hockey is not sponsored, approaching districts and sports organizations to begin sponsorship.
• Collegiate level – identifying conferences, addressing reasons to add, risk assessment of program elimination, addressing obstacles to adding or retaining the sport
• USA Field Hockey – collaborate with NFHCA leadership and the national governing body on initiatives to ‘grow the game.’

The NFHCA is now offering Institutional Memberships at every group level.

An institutional membership provides up to four coaches from the same educational institution or organization with individual NFHCA memberships at a discounted rate.

If you are the primary account holder for your Institutional Membership, you can edit your staff members from your member portal by logging in and selecting the “My Account” dropdown menu. After selecting “Employee Accounts” you will be able to edit your Institutional Account and add or remove staff members.

Active members are those actively coaching at the collegiate, high school, and club levels. Active coaches can nominate student-athletes for awards, can vote in group elections, and can vote at official NFHCA meetings.

Affiliate members are those interested in field hockey and who support the mission of the NFHCA, but are not actively coaching at the collegiate, high school, and club level. Affiliate members can only nominate for NFHCA awards (Hall of Fame, Lifetime Achievement, Junior Hockey Award), but cannot nominate student-athletes for awards. Affiliate members can lend their voice to motions at official NFHCA meetings, but they cannot vote.

To learn more about the differences in membership, review our bylaws.

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Email outreach@nfhca.org to see if your institution is already a member. If it is, we can transfer your institution’s membership to you — this is an important step so that we can communicate directly with you regarding award nominations, deadlines, and other group-specific information.

Active memberships reside with the institution, not the individual. If you are no longer working at the institution that your membership was created with, you are no longer an NFHCA member.

We encourage you to join the NFHCA as an affiliate member so you can stay involved in the NFHCA and connected with our community.

Since the adoption of our new bylaws, high school coaches are now referred to as “Scholastic Coaches.”

Scholastic members include elementary and secondary coaches at the junior varsity and varsity levels.

Review the scholastic membership options here.

The Lifetime membership option was eliminated with the creation of the new NFHCA bylaws. Those interested in supporting the NFHCA and who are interested in the sport of field hockey, should register as an affiliate member.

To learn more about the differences in membership, review our bylaws.

An institution must have a current head coach membership in order to be eligible to nominate student-athletes for awards.

All memberships must be established by September 30 annually.

Find all relevant deadlines on our Nomination Calendar page.

Visit the nomination calendar for important and relevant dates.

Forms will be available to current members in their member portal during open dates.

An institution must have a current head coach membership in order to be eligible to nominate student-athletes for ALL awards. All annual memberships must be established by September 30 each year.

Visit the nomination calendar for important and relevant dates.

Forms will be available to current members on their member portal during open dates. Student-athletes who meet the nominating criteria will be recognized with the appropriate academic award (National Academic Squad, Scholar of Distinction, National Scholar-Athlete).

Direct your program’s Sport Information Director to our SID Help page for answers to all of their questions.

If your SID is new to your program, be sure they email outreach@nfhca.org so that they can be added to our SID contact list.