Area Secondary 1_ Boys Basketball Head Coach (Towers HS) 2026 -2027

Qualifications

• Ability to organize and supervise a total sports program.
• Previous successful coaching experience in assigned sport (major sports).
• Substantial knowledge of the technical aspects of the sport and a commitment to examining new theories and procedures pertinent to the field.
• Must serve as an appropriate role model for student athletes through instructions and actions.

Reports to: The athletic director, who provides overall objectives and final evaluation in conjunction with the high school principals.

Responsibilities

General

• Instruct athletes in fundamental skills, strategy, and physical training to achieve individual and team success.
• Demonstrate behaviors that foster socially acceptable character development, self-discipline, self-confidence, and pride of accomplishment in student athletes.
• Upgrade knowledge and skills through coaching clinics, observations, and consultation.
• Understand the influence of athletic programs on the community’s image and balance public pressure for winning with objectives of good sportsmanship and mental health.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Thorough knowledge of all athletic policies approved by the Plainwell Community Schools' Board of Education and responsible for their implementation.
• Knowledge of existing system, state, and league regulations; implements and interprets them consistently for staff.
• Understands proper administrative line of command and refers requests or grievances through proper channels.
• Attends all required public, staff, and departmental meetings.

Staff Responsibilities

• Establish the fundamental philosophy, skills, and techniques to be taught by staff.
• Design conferences, clinics, and staff meetings to ensure staff awareness of the overall program.
• Train and inform staff, encourage professional growth through clinic attendance.
• Delegate specific duties, supervise implementation, and evaluate staff effectiveness at season’s end.
• Maintain discipline, adjust grievances, and work to increase morale and cooperation.
• Perform other duties assigned by the athletic director or principal.

Administrative Duties

• Assist the athletic director in scheduling, transportation, and requirements for tournaments and special sport events.
• Prepare for scheduled sport events or practices and adhere to facility times.
• Coordinate program with maintenance and school employees.
• Provide documentation for state and system requirements concerning physical examinations, parental consent, and eligibility.
• Ensure proper safeguards for maintenance and protection of assigned equipment sites.
• Advise the athletic director and recommend policy, method, or procedural changes.

Student Responsibilities

• Serve as a mentor to promote character traits of trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship in student athletes.
• Monitor student athletes’ grades and conduct.
• Provide assistance, guidance, and safeguards for participants during practices, games, and travel.
• Communicate training rules and sport-specific regulations to athletes.
• Initiate programs and policies concerning injuries, medical attention, and emergencies.
• Complete and submit paperwork for disabling athletic injuries within 24 hours.
• Direct student managers, assistants, and statisticians.
• Enforce discipline, delineate due process procedures, and contact parents when necessary.
• Assist athletes in college or advanced educational selection.

Finance and Equipment

• Participate in budgeting with the athletic director by establishing requirements for the next season.
• Recommend equipment guidelines regarding type, style, color, or technical specifications.
• Operate within budget appropriations and account for all equipment.
• Collect costs for lost or unreturned equipment.
• Arrange for issuing, storing, and reconditioning of equipment; submit annual inventory and records.
• Properly mark and identify all equipment before issuing or storing.
• Monitor equipment rooms and coaches’ offices, authorizing access as needed.
• Permit athletes only in authorized areas of the building at appropriate times.
• Inspect locker rooms before and after practices and games for cleanliness.
• Maintain cleanliness and upkeep of specific sport equipment.
• Secure all doors, lights, windows, and locks before leaving if custodians are not on duty.
• Instill respect for equipment and school property in players.

Public Relations

• Organize preseason meetings for parents, coaches, players, and guests.
• Promote the sport within the school by recruiting athletes not in other programs and externally through news media, little league programs, or other feasible methods.
• Maintain quality, effectiveness, and validity of oral or written releases to local media.
• Maintain good public relations with news media, booster clubs, parents, officials, volunteers, and fans.
• Present information to news media concerning schedules, tournaments, and results.