Track and Field (Boys) Varsity Head Coach

OVERALL DUTIES

• Coaches individual participants in the skills necessary for excellent achievement in the sport involved.
• Establishes and sustains a level of success in the following areas: participation in the 9-12 program, relative competitiveness at the conference level, and responses on student-athlete satisfaction surveys.
• Oversees the safety conditions of the facility or area in which assigned sport is conducted.
• Pursues and maintains competency in understanding and enforcing WIAA, Big 8 Conference and school board rules, policies, and procedures.
• Maintains, monitors, and reacts to daily attendance reports and participant emergency medical cards necessary.
• Develops a consistent and positive public communications procedure demonstrating interest and enthusiasm through the school and media to inform and promote the specific athletic program.
• Acts as a liaison with the booster clubs.
• Keeps other coaches informed of rules and other relevant changes within the particular sport.
• Demonstrates knowledge in the areas of physical and emotional health and safety.
• Encourages students to participant in multiple activities in and out of school.
• Works closely with High School Athletics and Activities Director in scheduling contests, recommending the purchase of equipment, and maintaining a program budget.
• Uses generally accepted practices and discretion in determining the proper course of action; using good decision-making skills.
• Demonstrates emotional maturity.

PRE-SEASON DUTIES

• Plans, communicates and runs a pre-season meeting for prospective student-athletes and their parents to communicate team schedule, policies and procedures.
• Develops and distributes a team handbook by the first team meeting to include at least the following: practice schedule, team rules and policies, coaching philosophy statement, special dates and events, game schedule, team tryout process and criteria, lettering policy, how parents/students should communicate with head coach, and how players earn playing time.
• Attends and participates in Athletic Department sponsored athletic code meetings and successfully completes an annual National Federation of High School Athletics exam.
• Selects and defines responsibilities of student managers.
• Determines and communicates responsibilities of assistant coaches.
• Provides inservices for assistant and sub-varsity coaches via staff meetings, program goals, duties definition and expectations, etc.
• Recommends assistant or volunteer coaches to the High School Athletics and Activities Director.

IN-SEASON DUTIES

• Takes the initiative to communicate activity on a regular basis to the High School Athletics and Activities Director.
• Plans and executes a regular program of practice in season.
• Develops and completes practice plans for each practice session.
• Provides documentation for each practice session upon request of administration.
• Maintains accurate statistics, records, and results of the season.

POST-SEASON DUTIES

• Collections, inventories, and arranges to clean and repair all equipment.
• Provides inventory documentation upon request of administration.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervises students of particular program.