About this role
REPORTS TO
Principal
SUPERVISES
Assistant Coaches and Athletes (Directly)
JOB GOAL
Supervises a particular sport and to assure that the sport is successful in meeting the needs of the athlete, the school, and the community.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Has full responsibility for the over-all supervision of his/her program, including Freshmen, Sophomore and JV teams.
- In charge of assignments and duties of assistant coaches working in his/her sport.
- Responsible for keeping practice periods for his/her sport within the confines of the time specified by the Athletic director; and is to keep the Director
informed of practice schedules during any holiday period.
- Responsible for the general upkeep and protection of equipment under his/her jurisdiction.
- Directly responsible for a complete inventory of the equipment used for his/her sport.
- Responsible for drafting and submitting a budget for his/her sport when requested by the Principal or Athletic Director.
- Has the main responsibility for striving to build good sportsmanship and developing good public relations in the school and community.
- Maintains information for athletes, pertaining to insurance, permission forms, KHSAA guidelines, athletic guidebooks and physical forms.
- Responsible for assuring that the assistants as well as the head coach know the rules of the KHSAA and at all times abide by them.
- Responsible for seeing that each athlete trying out for a squad has had a physical exam upon making the squad the current school year, and that they
have adequate insurance coverage as specified by the KHSSA and the local policy.
- Checks athlete eligible in compliance with KHSAA and local guidelines and reports concerns to the Assistant Principal for Athletics.
- Responsible for the actions and conduct of the team whenever they are under his/her jurisdiction.
- Responsible for seeing that all participants have transportation home when returning from road trips in late evening hours.
- Makes recommendations for letter awards, and is responsible for clarification of the award policy to athletes.
- Responsible for explaining all policies, including the Athletic Code, to all members of the team.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Assistant Principal for Athletics or the Principal.