What are the responsibilities and job description for the High School Head Nordic Coach position at Lake County High School?
Stipend Amount: Starts at $2,333/year; follows coaching salary schedule
Supervisor: Athletic Director
Estimated time commitment: 10-20 hours per week during the season (The official season is mid-November 2026 until February 2027)
Detailed description of duties/responsibilities:
- Lead Lake County School District Nordic program
- Determine training plans and locations
- Instruct in skiing skills and technique
- Wax skis for competition, and lead students in waxing for practice and storage
- Communicate positively and clearly with parents and athletes
- Complete certifications required by CHSAA and Lake County School District
- Build a positive team environment
- Promote physical fitness, sportsmanship, academic excellence and positive school behavior
- Available to work afternoons, evenings and weekends and travel with the team for meets
- Cooperate/communicate with Lake County athletic director
- Handle the distribution, collection, storage, and ordering of equipment, supplies and uniforms
- Possess and maintain a moral character that is in congruence with the expectations of the Board of Education
- Possess the ability to address situations dealing with first aid
- Represent Lake County at the Ski League Meeting (1st Friday in October)
Special qualifications, if any:
- Experience coaching, preferred
- Experience working with high school students preferred
- Knowledge of and experience in Nordic skiing
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Maintains appropriate confidentiality.
- Promotes a harassment-free environment.
- Must possess leadership skills, and be able to set an example for the players
- Excellent communication skills in order to inspire players and work with them on improvement.
- Establishes and maintains effective working relationships; demonstrates a commitment to teamwork.
- Ability to learn and upgrade job skills in order to meet changing demands of the position.
- Ability to react well under pressure, handle and balance multiple demands at one time, work with frequent interruptions, and perform duties and tasks at expected levels of professionalism.
- Knowledge of and ability to perform duties in full compliance with all district, Board of Education, state and federal laws, methods, requirements, policies, procedures, and activities pertinent to the duties of this position.
- Ability to use independent judgment and demonstrates initiative to act without being asked.
- Strong attention to detail
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in this environment is quiet to loud. The work environment may vary from extremely cold to extremely hot depending on the activity and the season of the year. In-district and out-of-town travel required as necessary for training and/or to carry out duties and responsibilities.