26/27 Assistant Boys Soccer Coach (Lincoln College Prep)

Salary Grade: $4500/season | Department: Athletics | Reports To: Athletic Director/Building Principal

About the Role

Provide leadership for the school's athletic program through the continuous development, implementation, and enhancement of the sport(s) assigned, while promoting student-athlete growth, program excellence, and alignment with district goals and expectations.

Responsibilities

• Assist with practices by placing emphasis on the importance of teamwork, skill development, learning rules and strategies, and student-athlete improvement.
• Engage in academic monitoring with teachers, counselors, and other academic support staff.
• Supervise student-athletes before, during, and after practices and contests, including in locker rooms, on buses, and at all other times.
• Attend all practices and games on time and remain until all student-athletes have left.
• Assume responsibility for constant care of equipment and inventory.
• Complete required paperwork including rosters, physicals, insurance forms, and parent consent forms.
• Provide information for transportation, facilities, officials, and game management.
• Conduct team and self in an ethical manner during practices and contests, exemplifying the highest standards of sportsmanship.
• Assist in the coordination of the program and promote student-athletes' accomplishments academically and athletically.
• Pursue professional growth through clinics and professional publications.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Student-athletes

Requirements

• Knowledge of the particular sport (philosophy and coaching).
• Successfully complete the MSHSAA/NFHS Coaching Principles Course and Sports First Aid Courses.
• A strong commitment to the student-athlete concept and working knowledge of all collegiate eligibility center regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Be a full or part-time employee in the District.
• Employed in the school as a teacher or administrator where the candidate applies for the position.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands and fingers, and reach with hands and fingers.
• Ability to bend, stoop, and lift objects of at least 25 pounds.