Girls Flag Football Assistant Coach

About the role

Lakeside School, an independent 5-12 coeducational day school located in North Seattle is currently recruiting for a Girls Flag Football Assistant Coach. The season is scheduled to begin in mid-November and concludes in mid-February, 2027.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Girls Flag Football Head Coach, join an athletics program that includes 26 varsity teams, most of which have both sub-varsity and middle-school counterparts.
• Responsible for coaching duties with the team, as well as other program-wide duties as assigned by the director of athletics.
• Compliance with all Lakeside School, Metro League and WIAA policies and procedures.
• Commitment to providing supports, messaging, actions, and opportunities to a diverse student body who come to school with different and evolving lived experiences and levels of preparation as athletes.
• Supervision and instruction of student-athletes during team activities.
• Manage the day-to-day operations from field set-up to game-day preparations to coordination of support staff.
• Maintenance and inventory of team equipment and apparel.
• Attendance at required program and interscholastic athletics program meetings.
• Support of multi-sport participation for student-athletes.
• Promotion of balanced achievement in all areas of school life for student-athletes.

Requirements

• At least 25 years of age, with a clean driving record preferred.
• Availability for all practices and competitions from 3pm daily during the coaching season, with availability on weekends as required.

Qualifications

• Experience coaching football (flag or traditional) at the middle school, high school, or college level.
• Demonstrated cultural awareness, including knowledge of themselves and the cultural lenses they bring to interactions; ability to understand different perspectives, interact respectfully with cultures other than their own, and cultivate meaningful relationships with people who have different cultural frameworks