NAYS celebrates 40 years!
7/28/2021
By John Engh
NAYS Executive Director
2021 marks 40 years since the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) was founded as the National Youth Sports Coaches Association. There have been so many milestones for the organization since my dad (Fred Engh) founded it in 1981, but none have had more impact than the Academy for Youth Sports Administrators, created in 1995. Thousands of youth sports professionals from around the world have joined the ranks as Certified Youth Sports Administrators.
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