Associate Your Coach Account with a School

A guide for coaches and tournament administrators on linking a BAI account on nasptournaments.org to a school so the BAI can manage its archers and tournament registrations.

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Before You Start

  • Coaches: Use your own nasptournaments.org login linked to your BAI record. If you need an account, select Get a Username from the login page. Account creation requires an active NASP® or Centershot BAI certification.
  • Tournament administrators: Use your administrator login to add a BAI. You can add a BAI without being associated with the school or having your own BAI number.
  • If you already have an account but cannot sign in, use Forgot Username or Forgot Password on the login page.
  • Have the school's name, city, and state/province ready, and confirm that the school has authorized you to manage its archer information and tournament registrations.

Method 1: Associate Your Own BAI Account

Follow these steps while signed in to the account that should receive access.

  1. Log in to nasptournaments.org with your BAI account.
  2. In the navigation menu, open School > School Manager. On a smaller screen, select Menu first.
  3. Check Associated Schools. If your school is already listed, use Open beside it. Otherwise, select Find & Associate a School.
  4. On NASP® School Database Search, select the school's Country and State / Province.
  5. Enter part of the name in School Name or a ZIP/postal code in ZIP, then select Search. At least one of these fields must contain a value.
  6. Check the School, City, and State in the results. Select Associate This School only for the correct school.
  7. The site returns you to School Manager. Look for the school under Associated Schools or Pending Associations, then follow the instructions below.
Already associated? That label in the search results means the school is already linked to your account. Select Finished to return to School Manager.

Check Approval and Confirm Access

Your association may become active immediately, or it may need approval from a coach already associated with the school.

  • Associated Schools: Your account is linked to the school. Select Open to enter School Manager for that school. If Open is unavailable, read the school-status message and the troubleshooting section below.
  • Pending Associations: Review the request status, Response Expiration, and the coaches listed under Approvers. Those coaches can approve or deny the request during the three-day response period. If no one responds, the request is automatically approved after the response period.
  • Need approval sooner? Contact a coach listed under Approvers. They can open the school, select Coach (BAI) Associations, and select View beside your pending request to review it.

The BAI receives an email when the association becomes active, whether it is immediate, approved by a coach, or approved automatically. Return to School Manager to confirm the school appears under Associated Schools. Repeat the process for each school you coach.

Method 2: Ask an Associated Coach or Tournament Administrator to Add You

A coach already associated with the school or a tournament administrator can add your BAI account directly. Share your BAI number and full last name as recorded on your BAI record so they can find you.

  1. The BAI being added must first have a login account on nasptournaments.org linked to their BAI record.
  2. The person adding you logs in, opens School Manager, and opens the school. A tournament administrator can use Admin: Find & Open Any School to find the school and select Open School.
  3. Select Coach (BAI) Associations, then Add BAI Association.
  4. Enter the BAI # and full BAI Last Name, then select Search. Both fields are required and must match the same BAI record. Last-name matching is case insensitive: Smith and SMITH match.
  5. Verify the BAI number, name, and location, then select Add for the correct person and confirm the prompt.
  6. Sign in with your own account and open School > School Manager to find the school under Associated Schools.
This method grants access immediately and emails the BAI who was added. A result marked No login account cannot be added until a nasptournaments.org login account is linked to that BAI record. Already associated means the BAI already has an association with this school. If that BAI already has a pending self-association request, adding them also completes that request.

What an Association Allows

An active association lets the BAI use their nasptournaments.org account to:

  • Open the school in School Manager and view or maintain its archer records.
  • Manage existing tournament registrations and create new registrations when the school meets the tournament eligibility requirements.
  • Use the school's other available School Manager tools, such as schedules and reports.
  • Open Coach (BAI) Associations to add or remove other associated BAIs.
An association is shared management access, not read-only access. It does not make the BAI a website administrator or coordinator, change the BAI's certification status, or approve a pending school.

Troubleshooting

  • No BAI search result when adding a coach: Confirm the BAI number and enter the complete last name as recorded on the BAI record, including any spaces or hyphens. Both fields must match the same person. Capitalization does not matter.
  • Add BAI Association is unavailable: Sign in as an active BAI associated with the school or as a tournament administrator.
  • Cannot find your school: Check the country and state/province, try a shorter part of the school name or its ZIP/postal code, and review any additional results pages. If the school is still missing, select Add School To Database and follow the Add a New School guide. Use the official school name and avoid creating a duplicate. A new school requires coordinator approval.
  • School is Inactive: Select Open to manage archers, transfer archers out, or manage coach associations. Reactivation instructions depend on the organization type. NASP School and Other organizations can be included in a BAI annual report recording their instruction. Only NASP Schools can submit an in-school commitment for tournament competition. Centershot organizations cannot be included in a NASP BAI annual report or submit a commitment; contact your coordinator for reactivation help. New tournament registration is unavailable while the school is inactive.
  • School listed, but you cannot open it or register: Review the school-status message and confirm that your BAI certification and school association are active. Contact your state/provincial coordinator about pending school approval, holds, or tournament eligibility.
  • Request denied: Contact an associated coach or the school's principal to resolve the access question.
  • Still waiting after the response expiration: Return to School Manager and check Associated Schools again. If access is still missing, contact support.

For help, email support@nasptournaments.org with your BAI number, the school name, city, and state/province, and a description of the problem.

Removing Access

Removing a BAI association ends the access provided by that association. When another coach removes your association, you receive an email identifying who removed it. Questions or disputes should be resolved with the school's principal.