Assistant High School Football Coach

Summary: Position is responsible for assisting the head coach with organizing the sport program at the assigned school. Position assists with conducting practices, motivating students, and instructing student athletes in game strategies and techniques.

Essential Job Functions:

• Assists the Head coach with instructing players in the rules, regulations, equipment, and techniques of the sport.
• Organizes and directs individual and small group practice activities/exercises as directed by the head coach.
• Assesses player’s skills, monitors players during competition and practice, and keeps the head coach informed of the athletic performance of students.
• Assists with determining game strategy.
• Assists the head coach with supervising athletes during practices and competition.
• Follows established procedures in the event of an athlete’s injury.
• Models sports-like behavior and maintains appropriate conduct towards players, officials, and spectators.
• Maintains the equipment room in orderly condition and assumes responsibility for its security.
• Distributes equipment, supplies, and uniforms to students as directed by the head coach.
• Assists the head coach with submitting a list of award winners at the end of the season.
• Participates in special activities to include parent’s night, banquets, award nights, and pep assemblies.
• Performs support tasks such as distributing and maintaining eligibility forms, emergency data cards, and other related records.
• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.
• Attends staff development meetings, clinics and other professional activities to improve coaching performance.
• Performs any other related duties as assigned by the Head Coach, Activities Director & Principal or other appropriate administrator.
• Establish and maintain a good leadership model, and demonstrates high standards of sportsmanlike conduct
• Maintain a positive rapport with students, staff, parents and the community
• Cooperate with and work in a courteous manner with co-workers and other personnel
• Demonstrate a positive attitude toward school, students and job and communicate the same to the community
• Accept constructive criticism and suggestions and seek to improve each performance responsibility
• Maintain confidentiality in the school operation
• Adhere to applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations, board policies and administrative rules
• Perform such other duties as assigned by authorized representatives of the Board of Education

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience:

• Coaching Endorsement or Coaching Authorization
• CPR Certified recommended but not required

Physical Requirements: Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height; and to bend, to stoop, to sit on the floor, to climb stairs, to walk and to reach overhead.

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. Duties are normally performed in a school environment or outdoors. Duties may be occasionally performed on field trips away from school. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.