Non Faculty Coach

About the Role

This position is responsible for the specific athletic team/program as assigned. The Non-Faculty Coach assists with conducting practices, motivating students, and instructing student athletes in game strategies and techniques.

Responsibilities

• Assists the head coach with instructing students in the rules, regulations, equipment, and techniques of the sport.
• Organizes and directs individual and small group practice activities/exercises as directed by the head coach.
• Assesses player's skills, monitors students during competition and practice, and keeps the head coach informed of the athletic performance of students.
• Assists with determining game strategy.
• Assists the head coach with supervising athletes during practices and competition.
• Follows established procedures in the event of an injury.
• Models sports-like behavior and maintains appropriate conduct towards students, officials, and spectators.
• Maintains the equipment room in orderly condition and assumes responsibility for its security.
• Distributes equipment, supplies, and uniforms to students as directed by the head coach.
• Assists the head coach with submitting a list of award winners at the end of the season.
• Participates in special activities to include parent's night, banquets, award nights, and pep assemblies.
• Performs support tasks such as distributing and maintaining eligibility forms, emergency data cards, and other related records.
• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Some experience as a Wrestling coach at the high school or college level preferred.
• Must possess effective coaching techniques and skills.
• Must possess some 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, parents, and students.

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
• Manual dexterity to dial a telephone, see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids.
• Ability to hear and understand speech at normal levels, outdoors and on the telephone.
• Ability to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly.
• Physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height; and to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk, and reach overhead.

Reports to: Athletic Director/Principal