Head Girls Basketball Coach

Duties

• Apply knowledge of skills, techniques, and rules of the sport to assist athletes to reach their fullest potential;
• Develop positive team spirit and morale;
• Display sound methods to teach skills and techniques;
• Maintain discipline in a firm and friendly manner;
• Conduct well-planned practice sessions;
• Help with the issuing, inventory, and cleaning of equipment;
• Work with appropriate community organizations to foster the development of a feeder program within the high school and parishes.

Relationships With Coaching Staff

• Establish and maintain a positive relationship with all members of the coaching staff;
• Support the philosophy and decisions of the Athletic Director;
• Perform duties assigned by the Athletic Director;
• and Review the academic progress of student-athletes and the ineligibility list.

Relationships With Student-Athletes And Parents

• Establish and maintain a positive relationship with all members of the team;
• Maintain appropriate communication with student-athletes;
• Demonstrate and generate respect for/from student-athletes;
• Serve as a role model to student-athletes and demonstrate good sportsmanship at all times.

Relationship With Parents

• Maintain an appropriate rapport with players' parents/guardians;
• If concerns arise, attempt to address them directly;
• If a solution is not reached, notify the Athletic Director to set up a meeting.

Athletic Personnel Should Treat Other Staff Members

• Treat other staff members with respect and professional courtesy at all times.

Knowledge Of Sport

• Review and understand the rules of the sport, as well as the rules and regulations of the Mid Penn, District III, and PIAA;
• Possess the ability to teach, develop, and improve athletes' skills;
• Possess knowledge of scheme and tactics as related to the sport;
• Demonstrate strength of interest in coaching the sport.

Practice And Competitions

• Demonstrate attendance and punctuality;
• be prompt for meetings, practices, and games;
• be respectful of student-athletes, coaches, and officials;
• motivate student-athletes;
• assist with the organization of practices and contests.

Experience & Education

• Sufficient education to meet knowledge, skills, and abilities;
• A high school coach has to be familiar with the rules and regulations of the sports they plan on coaching;
• This is acquired through playing and studying the sport;
• No specific education requirements for a high school, but many possess a bachelor's degree in sports science, exercise, kinesiology, fitness, physical education, or physiology;
• A coach has to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and partake in any necessary training or education programs required by the school or state;
• A high school coach must be able to set an example for the players;
• Must have excellent communication skills allowing them to inspire players and work with them on improvement;
• Meets all diocesan employment requirements.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job;
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions;
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear;
• The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms;
• The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, run, throw, catch, bend, crawl, squat, twist, tumble, swing, stretch, push, pull, reach, grasp, etc., in a repetitive manner for periods of time, possibly as long as 20-30 minutes;
• The employee must be able to demonstrate athletic movement and sports skills and participate in sports activities with moderate to extensive levels of physical stress;
• Depending on the sport, the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

Specific Abilities Required By This Job

• Distance and peripheral vision;
• The ability to hear conversations in quiet and noisy environments;
• The ability to speak clearly to exchange information.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job;
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions;
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often exposed to outside weather conditions;
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud;
• The employee is required to interact occasionally with dissatisfied or abusive individuals;
• The employee is directly responsible for the safety, well-being, and work output of students.