Team Parent Responsibilities

The Team Parent is the liaison between the Manager and the team parents and allows the Manager and Coaches to better focus on leading the ballplayers. Team Parent meetings will be offered during the pre-season; more detailed information will be presented there.

All managers and coaches must be approved by the EMNLL Board of Directors and must complete a Little League Volunteer Application and pass a background check; the Volunteer Application is available on the website, and will also be provided to you if you indicate interest in managing on the Registration form.

Responsibilities of the Team Parent include:

• Prepare and distribute a team roster, complete with phone numbers and email addresses.
• Prepare and distribute schedules to parents (i.e., scheduling post-game snacks, scorekeeping duty, etc.)
• Stay in constant communication with the parents about things they need to know (rainouts, reschedules, photos, team party, money owed).
• Coordinate uniforms with the League.
• Coordinate your team for participation in the Opening Day parade and Family Day.
• Coordinate with the League about team/individual photo distribution.
• OPTIONAL: Plan a team party at the end of the season. This can be held at a local restaurant or at someone’s house.
• OPTIONAL: Plan and purchase manager/coach appreciation gifts. Purchase and present player trophies or other mementoes at the team party.
* Note that some managers may elect to handle some of these duties themselves