Background checks for basketball coaches — $5 each.
Coaches, AAU program staff, and travel chaperones spend gyms, weekends, and road trips with your players. Screen every volunteer with an FCRA-compliant national criminal and all-50-state sex-offender check, plus identity verification, for $5.
FCRA-compliant No per-seat fees Results in minutes
In the gym
Who's coaching your players?
Rec, school, and AAU basketball put coaches and volunteers in the gym and on the road with kids for long stretches. These are the adults worth verifying.
Head & assistant coaches
Practices, games, and film sessions.
AAU & travel-program staff
Year-round, high-travel schedules.
Team managers & scorers
Close to players and rosters.
Tournament chaperones
Overnight trips and hotels.
Referees & clinic staff
On-court contact with young players.
Teen assistant coaches
Under-18 helpers — screened with guardian consent.
VolunteerBadge · Basketball
Every $5 volunteer check
Criminal records
650M+ county, state & federal court records
Sex-offender registries
All 50 states + national registry
Identity verification
Government photo ID + biometric selfie
Address history
SSN-traced — free on every check
Watchlists
FBI Most Wanted + OFAC / global
Cleared before tip-off
Send the application
Email a link or post a QR code for coaches and volunteers. They apply from their phone in minutes.
We verify + screen
Government ID + selfie confirms the real person, then the $5 national check runs. Under-18 assistants get guardian consent automatically.
Get a clear status
A green “verified” badge (or a flagged review) lands on your roster — with FCRA adverse-action built in.
On a program budget? Let coaches cover their own $5.
Flip on volunteer-pays and each coach pays for their own check at sign-up — screening stays free for the program, and you still get a verified result for everyone.
Screening for youth basketball, rec, and AAU programs
Basketball — rec leagues, church leagues, school programs, and year-round AAU travel — puts coaches and volunteers in the gym and on the road with kids for long stretches, often with overnight travel to tournaments. Screening every coach, team parent, and program staffer is a fundamental safeguard, and a $5 check makes it affordable across a single team or a large club.
VolunteerBadge runs a full national criminal background check across 650M+ county, state, and federal court records, sex-offender registries in all 50 states, FBI Most Wanted, and OFAC/global watchlists — with a free SSN-traced address-history check on every applicant, no per-seat fees, and no annual contract.
And because a clean name is not a verified person, VolunteerBadge confirms each coach with a government photo ID and a biometric selfie matched to the ID.
Build your program’s screening policy — free
Generate a branded, FCRA-aware background-check policy in minutes.
Basketball screening — questions programs ask
How much does a basketball coach background check cost?+
It is $5 per coach or volunteer through VolunteerBadge — a full national criminal check with a free address-history check and FCRA adverse-action workflow, and no per-seat or monthly fees on pay-as-you-go.
Does it include a sex-offender registry search?+
Yes — all 50 states plus the national registry, alongside 650M+ court records, FBI Most Wanted, and OFAC/global watchlists, on every $5 check.
Do AAU and youth leagues require background checks?+
Most leagues and sanctioning bodies require a criminal background check for coaches and volunteers with player contact. VolunteerBadge is an affordable, FCRA-compliant way to meet that requirement; confirm your program’s specific policy.
Can we screen teen assistant coaches under 18?+
Yes. VolunteerBadge screens applicants as young as 14 and collects a parent/guardian authorization for anyone under 18 before the check runs.
Can coaches pay for their own $5 check?+
Yes — turn on volunteer-pays so each coach covers their own check, keeping screening free for the program.
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Put a verified bench on every court
Set up your program in a few minutes and screen your first coach for $5 — no contract, no per-seat fees, cancel anytime.
Screen a volunteer for $5