GCCOA Membership Dues
GCCOA Registration for the 2026–2027 School Year
Registration for the 2026–2027 GCCOA membership year opens on June 1, 2026, and will be available for the sports listed below.
For your convenience, GCCOA recommends paying your association dues at the same time you complete your MHSAA Registered Official registration. Completing both registrations together helps ensure you are fully registered and prepared for the upcoming officiating season.
IMPORTANT: Membership in the GCCOA does not authorize you to officiate MHSAA-sanctioned contests. To officiate MHSAA athletic events, you must be a registered and certified official with the MHSAA.
GCCOA membership dues support the local officials association and help fund official training, recruitment efforts, continuing education, mentorship, and ongoing support for MHSAA sports officials throughout the local area.
- Football
- Basketball
- Baseball
- Softball
- Girls Lacrosse
Annual membership dues are $36.50, which provides membership for all sports offered by the association.
Effective June 1, 2026: Membership dues paid through our online payment system will be $36.50, which includes the $1.50 processing fee charged by our financial institution.
You may PAY online by clicking the button below or send a check to Terry Scrivener, GCCOA Treasurer (address below). If paying by check, the membership dues is $35 as there is no processing fee to deposit checks.
Note: If you are submitting your payment by check, please notify the appropriate contact by email, text message, or phone call when the check has been mailed. Once your payment has been received and processed, please verify that you have received a confirmation email for your records.
7141 Sharp Rd, Swartz Creek, MI 48473
Email: Terry Scrivener
Cell Phone: 810-938-0283
Home Phone: 810-655-8525
Please retain a copy of your payment receipt for your records. If there is an issue with your due’s payment in MIGS, your receipt may be required to verify payment.
MHSAA Registration (Renew & New)
Renew Registration
For individuals that have ever been registered as an official with the MHSAA.
Registration Fees
- Standard registration: $70 registration includes two sports and $16 per any additional sport.
- Student Legacy registration: $38 registration includes two sports and $16 per any additional sport.
Officials registration renewals must be applied for annually.
Registration Dates & Deadlines
Applications for registration are submitted online with the fees being paid by credit card or debit card. All registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable so make certain you are applying for registration in the correct year.
Registration is for the current school year only and runs from June 4, 2025 to May 18, 2026.
Registration opens June 4, 2025 and closes on:
- October 29, 2025 – Football
- May 18, 2026 – All other sports
- All football registrations received after August 18, 2025 will incur a $30 late fee.
- All basketball registrations received after November 17, 2025 will incur a $30 late fee.
- All baseball, softball, & lacrosse registrations received after March 25, 2026 will incur a $30 late fee.
If you need help with your registration, please email MHSAA or call the officials department at 517-332-5046.
New Official Registration
For individuals that have NEVER officiated with the MHSAA.
Student Legacy Program Requirements
A currently-enrolled high school student (9th-12th grades) at least 14 years of age.
- 9th and 10th grade students may officiate contests at the middle school/junior high school level only while working with a mentor official.
- 11th and 12th grade students may officiate any subvarsity contests while working with a mentor official.
Reciprocal Official
Officials who reside and are registered as officials in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin can apply for reciprocity using the Reciprocal Registration Form.
Transfer Official Information
If you live outside of Michigan and are moving to our state, please view the Transfer Official Information.
If you need help with your registration, please email MHSAA or call the officials department at 517-332-5046.
Officiating Regular Season Contests
MHSAA Registered officials are independent contractors and determine for themselves what schools and dates they work. Most MHSAA member schools utilize the services of third-party assigners for hiring officials to work their contests. Officials may contact Registered Assigners and Local Approved Associations through the MHSAA Officials page. These are the best resources for new officials to begin receiving games. For those schools that do not use an assigner, officials may inquire about receiving contests from the school’s athletic administrator directly.
Preliminary Requirements
- Registration application submitted by the official and accepted by the MHSAA; and
- At least 18 years of age, graduated from high school or no longer attending a high school (see Student Legacy Program Requirements for an exception); and
- Submit to criminal history check; and
- Completion of the Principles of Officiating online course and quiz, achieving a minimum score of 70% in three (3) opportunities (for new registrants only); and
- Completion of the Officials Guidebook test with a minimum score of 70% (for new registrants only); and, if applicable,
- Basketball and Football Only – Completion of the mechanics exam with a minimum score of 70% (for first-time registrants or for those not registered in the sport during the previous season)
- Mechanics manuals (where applicable) can be found on the sport’s corresponding tab of the MHSAA’s Officials page.
Unless the preliminary requirements, including any mandatory exams, have been completed, officials will not be eligible to officiate in any sport. Emblems, rule books and case books will not be sent to officials until registration has been completed. Officials shall not officiate any contest(s) involving an MHSAA member school (grades 7-12) until all requirements of the registration have been completed, and no official may officiate a sport for which registration has not been approved. An official determined to have worked unregistered or in sports which registration has not been approved may be subject to denial/withdrawal of registration status in all sports, probation and/or financial penalties.