Physical Education (PE) Coach – Sports Development & Athletics (Grades 3–9)
Location: Leesburg
Position Type: Full-Time
School: First Trinity Academy
First Trinity Academy is a private school focused on academic excellence, leadership, character development, and well-rounded student growth. Through small class sizes and meaningful student engagement, we strive to build confident, disciplined, and healthy young leaders both inside and outside the classroom.
We are seeking an energetic, inspiring, and highly engaging Physical Education Coach to teach students in grades 3 through 9.
The ideal candidate is passionate about youth athletics and capable of teaching both the theory and practical application of sports. This coach should know how to develop students’ athletic skills, teamwork, confidence, sportsmanship, discipline, and game understanding through structured instruction and active participation.
This role includes teaching students how to properly play and understand sports such as:
- Basketball
- Volleyball
- Soccer
- Flag Football
The coach will also organize and lead school athletic activities and special events, including a large annual Field Day/Sports Day event where families can attend and watch students demonstrate their skills and participate in organized competitions.
Responsibilities
- Teach PE and sports instruction to grades 3–9
- Instruct students in the rules, techniques, strategies, and skills of multiple sports
- Teach proper athletic fundamentals including coordination, conditioning, teamwork, and sportsmanship
- Lead structured drills, scrimmages, and skill-building exercises
- Maintain strong classroom and gymnasium management
- Encourage student participation, confidence, discipline, and healthy competition
- Organize school-wide athletic events, competitions, and Field Day activities
- Coordinate sporting activities where parents and families can attend and support students
- Promote physical fitness, leadership, and character development
- Ensure safety procedures and proper use of equipment at all times
- Participate in school meetings, events, and professional development opportunities
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education, Sports Science, Education, or related field (required)
- Florida teaching certification preferred, but not required
- Strong knowledge of basketball, volleyball, soccer, and flag football fundamentals and coaching techniques
- Excellent leadership and classroom management skills
- Ability to motivate and engage elementary and middle school students
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Prior coaching or athletic instruction experience preferred
Ideal Candidate
- Passionate about youth athletics and student development
- Highly energetic, structured, and engaging
- Able to teach both sports theory and practical athletic skills
- Encourages teamwork, discipline, and confidence in students
- Strong role model with professional leadership presence
- Strong classroom management skills
- Creative in organizing athletic activities and student events
Compensation
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Small class sizes and supportive work environment
- Opportunity to build and grow the school’s athletics culture and programs
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Innovators In Education
Our education vision as a school is to equip our pupils with the skills and mindset to thrive in the academic realm for the remainder of the educational career. We foster enthusiastic learners prepared to engage in their intellectual, emotional, and physical development.
To educate all pupils to the highest levels of academic achievement, to enable them to reach and expand their potential, and to prepare them to become productive, responsible, ethical, creative and compassionate members of society.
We strive to consciously create an environment of respect and inclusion and to support ethnic and socio-economic diversity among all the constituencies of the school. We strive to support this environment by building a more inclusive curriculum, addressing a range of learning styles, offering a wide array of diversity efforts and programs, and by participating in the wider community.
First Trinity Academy empowers all of our pupils to embrace learning, achieve their personal best and build their emotional, social and physical well-being. Our vision is to empower pupils to acquire, demonstrate, articulate and value knowledge and skills that will support them, as lifelong learners, to participate in and contribute to the global world and practice the core values of the school: respect, tolerance and excellence.