Wrestling - Assistant - Coach

Classification: Supplemental – Reports to Athletic Director – Calendar: Athletic Calendar

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct practices that develop individual and team athletic skills.
• Teach sport-specific fundamentals, strategies, and rules.
• Promote student-athlete growth, sportsmanship, and positive character.
• Supervise and manage student-athletes during practices, competitions, and team activities.
• Prepare teams for competitions and coach during games with professionalism.
• Prioritize athlete safety and follow all injury prevention and emergency protocols.
• Establish and enforce team expectations aligned with school and district policies.
• Communicate effectively with students, parents, administrators, and athletic staff.
• Assist with program administration, including equipment, records, and required documentation.
• Comply with all school, district, and athletic association rules and professional standards.
• Trained and drive a 14-passenger activity bus.

Requirements

• Valid Arizona Driver’s License
• DPS IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card
• CPR/First Aid/AED Certification
• NFHS Course Certificates:
  • Bullying, Hazing and Inappropriate Behaviors
  • Concussion in Sports
  • First Aid, Health and Safety
  • Fundamentals of Coaching
  • Heat Illness Prevention
• Additional course certifications as required by sport type.

Core Values

• Excellence in all we do. No matter how large or small, we value excellence in all parts of this organization. Excellence is a value, a quality, and our most important product.
• Equity and fairness in all things. Education is the greatest leveler, and we intend for all our students, staff, and patrons to have the opportunity, tools, and ability to succeed and excel.
• Collaboration is an effective decision-making model as well as an effective morale-enhancing model.
• Integrity is simply non-negotiable. Honesty, integrity, and reliability are the foundations of our organization.
• Efficiency is the essence of being a good steward of public trust. We are supported by our community because we continually demonstrate our ability to produce the very best by carefully using the resources available.

Professional Qualities

• Respond to all internal and external customers, as it relates to position, in a prompt, efficient, friendly, and patient manner.
• Function effectively as a team member.
• Be responsible, reliable, and punctual.
• Be flexible and adaptable to change.
• Positively accept direction.
• Maintain courteous, cooperative working relationships with students, staff, and parents.
• Direct constructive criticism toward improving the district.
• Exercise positive problem-solving behavior and conflict resolution skills.
• Adhere to the dress code appropriate to the site and job.
• Share sensitive student and staff information on a need-to-know basis.
• Be a positive role model.
• Work with a large cross-section of people in a professional and non-judgmental manner.

Physical Requirements

• Often requires physical activities such as stooping, kneeling, crouching, standing, walking, and sitting.
• Involves finger or manual dexterity, repetitive finger motion, speaking, hearing, seeing (with correction), and focusing ability.
• May be exposed to travel, odors, dust, poor ventilation, workspace restrictions, and loud noises.
• May require lifting or exerting up to 40 pounds of force occasionally and up to 10 pounds of force frequently.

Reasonable accommodation may be available for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.