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Head Football Coach

TeachIowa
Elk, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/8/2026
Summary: Under the general direction/supervision of the Activities Director and MS/HS School Principal,
assumes responsibility for planning and administering specified sports programs and related activities
including coaching an interscholastic athletic team and performing other duties directly related to this
position description.
Essential Job Functions:
  • Make sure athletes have completed pre-season physical examinations and concussion forms before
practicing
  • Plan and direct practices and training sessions
  • Teach basic skills and knowledge essential to the performance of the sport.
  • Provide individual and team counseling and motivation as required
  • Plan for and direct the team at scheduled contests and post season playoffs
  • Make arrangements for transportation of team to contests and supervise team while traveling to
and from contests
  • Supervise team members in locker rooms
  • Perform athletic trainer duties and emergency first aid as required
  • Plan and direct the acquisition, issuance, maintenance, inventory, and repair of uniforms and
equipment
  • Be aware of pupil eligibility lists and assists in resolving contested eligibility problems
  • Maintain and publish individual and team records
  • Assist in the preparation/administering of athletic budget
  • Assist in the planning/direction of awards ceremonies
  • Coordinate scouting of prospective opponents
  • Plan and direct the services of assistant coaches if assigned
  • Maintain liaison with principal, league officials, activities directors and others to ensure the orderly
conduct of practices and contests
  • Meet and confer with parents as required
  • Attend clinics and workshops to keep abreast of rule changes and to update coaching skills
  • Accept responsibility for knowledge of and enforcement of state, conference, and district rules and
regulations
  • 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 are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.
Education and Experience:
  • Coaching Endorsement or Coaching Authorization
  • CPR Certified
  • Attend rules meeting every coaching season
Physical Requirements: 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.
Coaches need the ability to work at a desk, conference table or in meetings of various configurations and to
stand and circulate for extended periods of time. The ability to see for purposes of reading instructional
materials, documents and printed matter, for observing students and for safe operation of facilities and
equipment, and to hear and understand speech at normal levels in person and/or on the telephone.
Coaches need the ability to routinely lift/carry athletic equipment and supplies weighing up to 50 pounds,
and to operate recreation/athletic equipment with dexterity and in a safe and efficient manner.
Indoor and outdoor working environment subject to bending, crouching and kneeling to assist students;
pushing/pulling and lifting of recreation equipment; standing/walking for prolonged periods of time;
occasional running and jumping; and reaching in all directions.
Work Environment: Work is predominantly in athletic office and outside school, athletic field(s)
environment. Temperature – normal climate, occasional adverse weather conditions.

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