Girls Assistant Basketball Coach 2025-2026

About the role

This is a stipend position with long term employment possibilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise athletic activities, contests, and practice sessions, to promote individual growth in athletic skills, teamwork, discipline, respect, and good sportsmanship.
• Cook up and oversee the development, promotion, and retention for the boys Basketball Program from Lower School to Upper School.
• Coordinate with team prospects and encourage potential athletes to participate in the girls basketball program.
• Ensure all-boys basketball coaches work together toward a common goal within the girls basketball program and provide unity within the youth community programs.
• Develop a regular practice schedule and organize practice time to provide both individual and team development.
• Hold a preseason meeting with all student-athletes and parents before the first official game.
• Apply and enforce student discipline during athletic contests, practice sessions, and trips off school property, encouraging sportsmanlike conduct in all phases of athletic participation.
• Maintain and secure all basketball equipment and uniforms.
• Aid student-athletes with college recruitment.
• Cooperate with the Athletic Director with the scheduling of games and coordinate arrangements.
• Represent Jennings School District and the boys basketball program professionally.
• Maintain nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.
• Attend staff development meetings, clinics, and other professional activities to improve coaching performance.
• Perform any other related duties as assigned by the Athletic Director or other appropriate administrator.

Requirements

• 2-4 years of experience coaching basketball at the high school level.
• Must possess effective coaching techniques and skills.
• Must possess knowledge of the rules, regulations, strategies, and techniques of the sport.
• Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school administrators, governing organizations (MSHSAA), opponents, officials, staff, parents, and students.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge of the game is paramount alongside extensive knowledge of current coaching techniques and procedures.
• Knowledge of NFHS and MSHSAA rules.
• Demonstrated ability to instruct and supervise student-athletes.

Skills

• The applicant must possess the ability to communicate well.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• The applicant must possess the ability to relate to students and to teach them on and off the court.
• The applicant must be willing to accept a high level of accountability.
• The applicant must possess the ability to assess players and coaches effectively.