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Guidelines for 2026-2027 Program Year

2026-2027 CYM Online Registration is Open

  • Administrators:
    • Families who thought they registered their children for the 2026-2027 year before Thursday, June 5th must return to update the registration.
    • All new families must complete their CYM league registration before they complete your parish’s sport-specific registration. This also applies to returning athletes requesting to change their affiliation to your parish/school. Coaches and administrators at affiliated programs should not provide commitment or guarantees to a family that they will be assigned to your parish/school.
  • Parents & Guardians
    • Athletes must register with the CYM league before registering with the parish. 
    • Families should not create a new account or registration if there is already a past account/registration. Duplications will be deleted.
    • The 2026-2027 CYM authorization form with your parish/school as the affiliation must be handed in to the parish/school/coach prior to the start of participating with the affiliated programs, parish or school.
    • Families may contact the office with questions or issues with the online registration. (catholicyouth@cdow.org)
  • Coaching Requirements
    • Coaches should update/complete their coach profiles two weeks prior to the start of official practices. They can see via their online profile what requirements are current, missing, or about to expire to complete what is necessary to be added to the CYM roster.
    • Please provide your new coaches with your parish/school’s process for completing the background check. We frequently refer new coaches to the parish/school or AAP for instructions. 
    • Coaches and Administrators can email the office (catholicyouth@cdow.org or cymsports@cdow.org) directly when they have received a background check results and/or concussion training certificate. This is to notify the office and for us to connect with the appropriate authority.
      • Background check results should not be forwarded to us.
      • We are not authorized to view or approve them.
      • We request the clearance date from the Diocese’s Safe Environments Coordinator.
  • Change of Affiliation Request
    • Families can request your parish/school when updating/completing the CYM online registration. The office will get back to them with the details of the process.
    • Families that contact affiliated program administrators directly can be referred to the office or to complete/update the request through their CYM registration before completing the parish/school registration.
    • Affiliation requests must be completed as soon as possible. Athletes do not participate if they are not affiliated with your parish/school.
      • We need to avoid receiving affiliation requests the week leading up to the first weekend of games. 
    • Families must be active members of your parish for more than 60 days when the request is submitted as a change in parish; otherwise, they select special circumstances with the details as to why they are making the request. A confirmed change to a Catholic School or active parish membership for more than 60 days results in an approved change without review. The Catholic school or parish must confirm the athlete/family’s status. 
  • CYM Online Rosters
    • Fall teams can begin practicing on the first Monday of August. The start date for this year is August 3rd. Please ensure your coaches and athletes are on the roster to coach and participate before your first practice. 
    • Contact the office if you are a coach or administrator and are missing or have too many rosters.
    • Let the office know if there are players or coaches who you do not see to add to the roster. A representative of CYM can tell you why and what needs to be done.
    • Athletic Association Representatives, Local Coordinators, and Head Coaches have access to add assistant coaches and athletes. Only the AAR and the local coordinator can add the head coach. Please confirm internally who is responsible for completing the rosters and be sure that person is aware of this responsibility, which includes adding all coaches and athletes and submitting the completed roster for the AAR to review and approve.
    • CYM will lock the rosters on Thursday afternoon before the first weekend of games this fall and all rosters should be approved by the AAR.
  • Fall Forms
    • The CYM Sports Coordinator will send team submission, conflicts, and gym availability forms in early July.
    • It is important to submit the forms by the deadline. Teams may be added or receive administrative penalty for failure to submit by the deadline. No extensions will be offered.
    • The conflict form can be shared directly with your parish/Catholic school office and your DRE to provide dates to avoid. This should also be provided to your coaches for conflicts. Most calendars will be completed, and having as many known conflicts as possible before the completion of the final schedule will reduce the number of rescheduled games throughout the season and avoid a delay in posting the final schedule.

To be sent to all Athletic Association Representatives for forwarding on June 5th, 2026

Parent Expectations & Agreements

Parent Expectations

New Coach Registration

Instructions for new coaches and volunteers to create accounts, complete coaching profiles and training materials.

New Coach Instructions

New Family Registration

New Family Registration link below provides step by step instructions to register a family.

New Family Registration Instructions