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.

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 covers 30 days of publication.

For Division II and III: 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.  For Division I, utilize the scheduling platform tool introduced in the summer of 2025 for your scheduling board needs.

Visit our join page for membership registration forms.

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.

The NFHCA offers Institutional Memberships at every group level.

An institutional membership provides up to five high school or college coaches from the same educational institution or organization and up to ten club coaches from the same club, 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 certain NFHCA coach awards, 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.

High school coaches are 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 or club must have a current head coach membership in order to be eligible to nominate student-athletes for awards.  Club coaches can nominate their players for Player of the Month, Watchlist, All-Region, and All-American awards. Academic award nominations may only be submitted by high school and college coaches with an active NFHCA membership.

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 are available to current members during open nomination periods. Communication is emailed to all active member head club, high school, and college coaches when the nominating period opens. Club, high school, and collegiate head coaches can nominate their players for All-Region and All-American honors.

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.  High school and college head coaches with active membership are eligible to nominate their student-athletes’ for academic awards.  Club coaches cannot nominate players for academic awards.

Visit the nomination calendar for important and relevant dates.

Forms will be available to current members through the member portal during open nomination periods. Student-athletes and teams who meet the nominating criteria will be recognized with the appropriate academic award (National Academic Squad, Scholar of Distinction, National Scholar-Athlete, Impact Senior, National Academic Team).

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.

Email help@sportsrecruits.com or call Call 212-414-8417 for assistance. You can also visit SportsRecruits FAQs page.  Online requests can be submitted here.