What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Girls Basketball Coach position at Valley Park High School?
The Valley Park School District is seeking an Assistant Girls' Basketball Coach for the 2025-2026 school year. We encourage passionate, energetic, student-centered coaches to apply. The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding of the game of basketball, and a strong commitment to help student-athletes grow holistically, providing them with endless opportunities to make a positive impact on the world.
Essential duties and responsibilities include:
- Assist the head coach with instructing and training participants in the rules, regulations, equipment, and techniques of the sport;
- Organize and direct individual and small group practice activities/exercises as directed by the head coach;
- Assess strengths and weaknesses in participants’ performance as well as provide encouragement and constructive feedback while keeping the head coach informed of participants’ performance;
- Assist the head coach with determining game strategy;
- Assist the head coach in providing supervision of all participants until they have left the building and/or site;
- Follow established procedures in the event of an student-athlete’s injury;
- Maintain high standards of student-athlete behavior;
- Act as a positive role model to students on and off the court/field/site;
- Encourage student-athletes to maintain a high academic standard;
- Maintain effective working relationships with school administrators, parents, students, and coaches;
- Follow MSHSAA and District regulations; and
- Perform other duties as assigned by the head coach.
Position: Part-time temporary, season-specific
Education: Minimum 60 credit hours.
Certification: Missouri State Teaching Certificate or Missouri Substitute Certificate or NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching Course
Experience: Prior coaching or playing experience in the sport preferred. Working with school-aged children and background in education are strongly desired.
Compensation: Stipend position
Benefits: Not eligible.
FLSA Status: Exempt, Professional Exemption-Teacher