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Become a Football Official

The process of joining our association for football is as follows:

• First, register with Florida High School Athletic Association http://fhsaa.org our states athletic association. Use WCOAFB (West Coast Officials Association Football)

• Second, register with West Coast Officials Association by completing the registration form below.

Once you’ve completed these tasks, you will be put into an Arbiter Sports booking program. Arbiter will send you notifications of meetings and events. It is also how you will receive your booking assignments for games you will be working.

Finally, you will need to get fingerprinted with Hillsborough County School. Jerome Ford will help you with this process once the first two steps are completed. Email wcoafingerprint@gmail.com

If you have any questions or need any help with the process, please reach out to Justin Crowe and Andrew Linden at WCOA.Football.Training@gmail.com

Become A Basketball Official

West Coast Officials Association offers training bi-annually to prepare new member officials learn the NFHS Rules, On Court Mechanics & Confidence, Film Breakdown, FHSAA state exam preparation and Association protocols. No Experience required. Bi-Annual Training will be approx. Spring; April-June & Fall: Sept-Oct one day weekly. A training fee of $30 will be required before the start of training. Please send questions and inquiries to wcoarecruit@gmail.com

Complete the WCOAB Onboarding Steps

Please complete the registration form below…

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Jessica Lunsford Act

The Jessica Lunsford Act is the informal name given to a 2005 Florida law designed to punish sex offenders and reduce their ability to re-offend.

This means that your local officials association will need your finger print clearance prior to assigning you. You may contact your local county school district office for information regarding locations to complete the fingerprint process.

Officials are independent contractors and require a level 2 screening (background check). This is a check of a person’s background via state and national databases to ascertain whether the individual has been convicted of a crime(s) and its/their nature. It requires you to file with the district school board a set of fingerprints taken by an authorized law enforcement agency or an employee of the school or school district who is trained to take fingerprints.

You may refer to Florida Statutes 1012.467 and 1012.468 by clicking here