Middle School Boys Basketball Coach - YES Prep Northwest Secondary (26-27)

About the role

YES Prep creates pathways to extraordinary opportunity through best-in-class development, competitive compensation and benefits, and recognition for your impact. Grow as an authentic leader and be part of a high-performing, team-oriented culture.

Responsibilities

• Organizing practices and games
• Making sure student athletes’ academic progress is monitored throughout the school year
• Issuing and collecting uniforms
• Providing an orientation of a sound program to all student athlete participants
• Communicating with coaches and athletic director on the progression of the student athletes and the team
• Ensuring the athlete is a student first; academics have priority over athletics
• Being on time to all scheduled athletic events
• Practicing with a plan and purpose
• Training each student-athlete to become in the best physical condition as possible
• Putting the team first, and the individual second
• Staying with the team, at all times, until the last student-athlete and their parents/guardians
• Collecting athlete documentation such as physicals and other important paperwork in a designated Athletics Binder in order to remain in compliance with State and YES Prep policies
• Additional duties as assigned

Requirements

• 0-3 years of coaching experience
• Strong knowledge of specific sport including rules, terminology, etc.
• Must hold a valid certification for both CPR and AED use from a nationally recognized organization, or attend a district required training to become certified within a given time frame

Nice to haves

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution
• Continued Education in specific sport
• Coached specific sport
• Experience working with kids

Benefits

Compensation – This position is a temporary, non-exempt, hourly position. 26-27 rates are not guaranteed for future school years.

Perks

• Award Winning Culture – The strong cultures of our campuses and Home Office are just one of many reasons we were named Houston’s Best Place To Work in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2025.
• We won the 2012 Broad Prize for Excellence in Urban Education and were a 2016 finalist as well.
• YES Prep is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or parenthood.