Boys Basketball - Head Coach

Description

Please request application from malcala@trinityclassicalacademy.com to formally apply.

SUMMARY

Trinity Classical Academy seeks a versatile and seasonal coach to teach and mentor student athletes for our Varsity Boys Basketball program in the Department of Athletics. Qualified candidates will be models in their lives and abilities for Boys Basketball.

MISSION

The Mission of Trinity Classical Academy is to offer a challenging education grounded in the Christian faith and the Classical tradition to produce young men and women of virtue, wisdom, purpose, and courage.

CULTURAL VALUES

Trinity Classical Academy's cultural values include peacemaking, honest humility, patient zeal, habitual excellence, intentional relationships, and kingdom service. These values inform how the organization operates and should be reflected in all aspects of work at the school. The cultural values at Trinity Classical Academy encourage a commitment to learning, excellence, and the well-being of all members of the community. The school is dedicated to providing an excellent Christian, classical education that serves all members of the body of Christ and works to grow the classical, Christian education movement.

QUALIFYING CHARACTERISTICS

The candidate is a Christian with an authentic and a mature personal relationship with Jesus Christ in both their professional and personal life with a calling and commitment to Christian education. Qualified candidates will support our School’s Mission, while representing our Cultural Values.

Qualifications

Experience

• Previous experience is preferred
  
  

Essential Skills And Abilities

• Teach/coach/train and disciple student athletes
• Organize and supervise the Varsity Boys Basketball program
• Assists the Director of Athletics with scheduling, utilization of boys basketball budget and overseeing travel arrangements
• Conducts Basketball Clinics for the school
• Preforms preseason, regular season, tournaments and post season activities
• Participates in organizing and conducting a summer boys basketball program
• Handles inventory, maintains all equipment, and complies related statistics as required by the department and/or governing bodies (e.g., NFHS, CIF)
• Trains and evaluates assistant coaches and playing participants.
• Serves as a liaison between the school’s basketball program and staff, administration, the general public, and local media outlets
• Conducts and analyzes scouting reports
• Serves as a trainer during practice sessions and away games
• Coordinates the program’s overall practice schedule
• Continues professional development by attending coaching clinics and conferences
• Completes additional tasks and takes on other responsibilities as assigned by the principal or Head of School
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, faculty, and students of diverse academic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds
• Demonstrate the ability to establish good and appropriate relationships with Students
  
  

Qualifications

• Has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and a demonstrated commitment to the philosophies presented at Trinity Classical Academy.
• Demonstrates a mature Christian lifestyle by active involvement in a local church
• Playing/Coaching experience in the area of competitive basketball
• Positive support of the school's policies and practices
• Service oriented and able to interface with many people
• Truthful, positive, and purposeful when communicating with others
• Flexible and adaptable in dealing with new, different or changing requirements
• Excellent oral and written command of the English language is required.
• Possess excellent organizational skills
• Exercise confidentiality, good judgement, and discernment
• Service oriented and able to interface with many people is mandatory
• Must successfully pass a background investigation
  
  

Working Conditions

• Generally, works in a group environment; noise level can vary from low to high
• Requires standing for long periods of time; will include frequent walking and sitting
• Able to make visual and auditory evaluation of students performance
• Physical Demands: Must be able to sit for extended period of time, repetitious hand and body movements, simple grasping, fine and gross motor skills. Stand and walk when administering care. Must be able to bend, squat, kneel, push, pull and lift up to 30 pounds. Must be able to climb one flight of stairs.
• Mental Demands: Ability to work well under pressure; ability to maintain a level of professionalism and calm when others are behaving inappropriately;
• Use, demonstration, and supervision of gym equipment
• Travel: Travel will be required for basketball games
  
  

Work Schedule

Monday – Friday, 3:15p.m. – 5:30p.m. or as needed beyond these hours. Possible Saturdays for games.