Administrative Skills, Budgeting, CPR Certification, Calendar Management, Coaching, Conference Management, Consulting, Football, Identify Issues, Organizational Skills, Patient Care Authorizations, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Quovadx QDX Integrator (fka Cloverleaf), Safety Equipment, Team Building, Team Lead/Manager, Training/Teaching, Transportation Planning
Title: Middle School Football - Head Coach
Reports to: Athletic Director, Principal, Local Superintendent
Work Activity Classification: Medium
Employment Status: Part-time
FLSA Status: Exempt
Qualifications:
- State of Ohio Teachers Certificate preferred, not required
- Coaching and administrative abilities
- Obtain Pupil Activity Supervision Validation and CPR Certification
- Ability to relate to and inspire young athletes
- Knowledge of the care of and prevention of athletic injuries
- Organizational skills and resources to enhance the program
- Skill in oral presentations
- Able to get along with other coaches
- Desire to invest time during season
- Knowledge of training and conditioning techniques
- Ability to diagnose player deficiencies and prescribe corrective activities
- Demonstrate aptitude for successful completion of tasks assigned
Essential Functions:
- Attend Athletic Boosters Club meetings
- Attend Athletic Council meetings
- Attend Rules interpretation meetings
- Participate in clinics in your sport area
- Actively participate in all conference, sectional, district, and state level meetings and obligations
- Proper attire shall be worn during practice and games
- Establish team rules concerning attendance, practice, and training rules and enforce them, ensuring each athletic director and athlete receives a copy prior to the beginning of practice
- Publicize results, win or lose, to athletic director, student body, and news media
- Supervise all team members before, during, and after practice and games
- Aid in planning schedules, transportation, officials, and setting up for home games
- Correspond with college coaches interested in any of our players as potential collegiate student athletes
- Submit awards list to athletic director as soon as possible
- Secure all league, local, district, and state awards and submit to athletic director
- Coordinate the total interscholastic football program in the Cloverleaf Schools
- Communicate football needs with grounds keeper and custodian whenever needed to provide a better place to practice and play
- Assist in scheduling non-conference games for varsity, junior varsity, and freshman teams
- Ensure O.H.S.A.A. tournament games take precedence over conference games and non-conference games
- Responsible for assisting in obtaining assistant coaching positions
- Selecting a squad will be the final decision of the coach or coaches
- Be responsible for the information in the Athletic Handbook and ensure all assistants are aware of this material
- Responsible for the distribution and collection of all uniforms and equipment
- Inform athletic director when difficulties arise
- Carry required emergency forms for all players, scorekeepers, and managers for all practices and games
- Responsible for physical cards, emergency medical authorization forms, and code of conduct for all players in your program
Responsibilities:
By the end of the first week of practice, the coach shall provide the athletic director with a roster of all student athletes and communicate roster updates if necessary.
Conduct himself/herself on the field at all times in such a manner that he/she will not insult players, officials, or spectators. Do not argue a judgment call by the officials. Know the rules. Be responsible for the conduct of your players. Teach by example. Encourage positive fan involvement.
Organize practices, off-season workouts, and conduct staff meetings.
Evaluate coaches and make recommendations for the next year.
Complete any entry forms or materials needed for your team to be eligible to compete.
Outline the skills you want mastered at each grade level. Be the advisor and consultant to middle school coaches.
Outline specific assignments for all coaches associated with your program.
Be responsible for delegating responsibilities to all coaches.
Inform all participants of the safety precautions associated with their sport or activity and teach proper skills to reduce the chance of injury. Check all equipment routinely for safety concerns.
Be responsible for all equipment, including proper storage daily and inventory.
Assist athletic director in preparing budget.
Responsible for reporting and care of all injuries.
Other Duties and Responsibilities:
Serve as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible intelligent human beings.
Help instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values.
Conduct other coaching duties as assigned by the athletic director or principal as permitted by the negotiated agreement.
Additional Working Conditions:
Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids, and tissue.
Occasional interaction among unruly children.
Terms of Employment:
One-year contract