Swim Coach

About the role

Position is responsible for coaching student athletes in game strategies and techniques to prepare them for athletic competition. Position motivates student athletes to develop an appreciation of the sport and supervise students under their control in keeping with the school's Catholic character and Gospel values. Reports to Principal & Athletic Director.

Responsibilities

• Holds organizational meetings for team prospects and encourages potential athletes to participate in the sport.
• Assesses player's skills and assigns team positions.
• Develops a regular practice schedule and organizes practice time to provide both individual and team development.
• Works with the athletics director in scheduling facilities for practices and competition.
• Assigns duties to an assistant coach as necessary.
• Coaches and instructs players, individually or in groups, regarding the rules, regulations, equipment, and techniques of the sport.
• Observes players, during competition and practice to determine the needs for individual or team improvement.
• Determines game strategy based on the team's capabilities.
• Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior and provides proper supervision of athletes at all times.
• Monitors the academic performance of team members to ensure that eligibility requirements are met; and encourages student athletes to maintain a high academic standard.
• Follows established procedures in the event of an athlete's injury.
• Conferences with parents/guardians, as necessary, regarding the athletic performance of their student.
• Follows state, regional, district, and school regulations governing the athletic program.
• Models sportsman-like behavior and maintains appropriate conduct towards players, officials, and spectators.
• Acts as a team representative and promotes the sport by communicating with the news media, booster clubs, service clubs, and other organizations.
• Follows established procedures for the proper care, maintenance, and requisitioning of equipment, supplies, and uniforms.
• Works with the athletic director to develop a policy for awards and submits 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.
• Maintains eligibility forms, emergency data cards, insurance records, equipment inventory, and other related records.
• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.
• Encourages student athletes in developing their faith, and in upholding Christian values.
• Complies with state and diocesan policies and fulfills all training requirements.
• Attends staff development meetings, clinics, and other professional activities to improve coaching performance.
• Performs any other related duties as assigned by the Principal & Athletic Director or other appropriate administrator.

Requirements

• Pennsylvania and Diocesan credential authorizing secondary teaching (Teacher/Coach).
• Sufficient education to meet knowledge, skills and abilities for coaching; many possess a bachelor's degree in sports science, exercise, kinesiology, fitness, physical education or physiology.
• Familiarity with the rules and regulations of the sport to be coached, acquired through playing and studying the sport.
• Training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and completion of any necessary state‑required training or education programs.
• Leadership skills to set an example for players.
• Excellent communication skills to inspire players and work with them on improvement.
• Meets all diocesan employment requirements.
• Physical demands: regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear; frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms; occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, run, throw, catch, bend, crawl, squat, twist, tumble, swing, stretch, push, pull, reach, grasp, etc., for periods up to 20‑30 minutes; must demonstrate athletic movement and sports skills and participate in sports activities with moderate to extensive physical stress; depending on sport, occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds; requires distance vision, peripheral vision, ability to hear conversations in quiet and noisy environments, and ability to speak clearly.