The team manager coordinates all team activities and ensures that parents and players follow SCLL policies and the rules of the game. The manager is approved by the league president, or designated committee, and is typically the team's head coach. The manager is the primary point of contact for the team and provides leadership for the team and assistant coaches. Managers must attend every game and hold weekly practices. Managers must attend required meetings and training sessions and represent the team to the league.

Assistant coaches are selected by the team manager and approved by the league president, or designated committee. The assistant coach must be available for games and practices, and support the manager in the operation of the team.

The Team Parent is typically the most important volunteer within a Little League organization. The Team Parent is the liaison between the team's players and parents, the manager and coaches, the league volunteer coordinator, and other key members of the league. The team parent assists the manager in whatever tasks to help run the team, for example, organize parents to meet volunteer requirements and to provide snacks for players on our younger teams. The Team Parent will also obtain regular input from other parents about how the season is progressing, and provide feedback to the League President.

Umpires enjoy the best seat in the house!

South County Little League games are officiated by both adult volunteers and paid youth umpires.  The league provides training for new umpires, which is typically scheduled for a Saturday morning in March.  Please check the events page to see when the next training is scheduled.

Contact Information

Contact the chief umpire at [email protected] if you are interested in participating as an umpire.

Sign-up for Games

Registered umpires may sign-up to officiate regular season games for which they are qualified - a Sign-up Genius link is provided to facilitate scheduling umpires for games. The following guidelines are typically followed for aligning umpire skills and experience to games.

League Division	Plate Umpire (PU)	Base Umpire (BU
Juniors	Adult Mature Teen with UIC Approval	Adult Mature Teen with UIC Approval
Majors	Adult Mature Teen with UIC Approval	Age 14 and up
AAA	Adult with teen BU Age 13 and up with adult BU	12 and up
AA	Age 12 and up	12 and up
Softball 10U	Age 12 and up	12 and up
Softball 8U	Age 12 and up	12 and up

Compensation

Junior Umpires, defined as aged 12 years old to 17 years old will be eligible for compensation or community service hours for umpiring eligible SCLL baseball/softball games. A schedule of compensation rates for PU and BU positions by division will be provided to registered youth umpires.

Procedure

All Junior Umpires will be required to complete an “Official Game Record” form for each game worked. The form is ¼ letter size, so it will easily fit within a pocket. The form must be completed in advance of the game, and then signed by the home team manager at the plate conference. 

At the completion of the game, the junior umpire will be required to deposit the completed and signed “Official Game Record” form in a locked mailbox that will be located in the green Umpire’s Shed, located at the entrance to LP1.

A supply of “Official Game Record” forms will be stored, along with writing instruments, in the Umpire’s Shed at the locked mailbox.

There will typically be two pay periods where “Official Game Record” forms will be removed from the locked mailbox, compiled and then submitted to the Treasurer. The pay periods will be identified and communicated to registered junior umpires at the start of the season.

All completed “Official Game Record” forms must be deposited within the locked mailbox before the end of the pay period in order to be processed. SCLL will not be responsible for forms that have not been deposited within the locked box. No missing forms can be paid.