Asst. Middle School B/G Tennis

Great Bend Unified School District 428•Great Bend, KS

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for an Assistant Middle School Boys' and Girls' Tennis Coach. The coach will be responsible for instructing athletes in fundamental skills, strategy, and physical training necessary for individual and team success. Additionally, the coach will instill positive character development, self-discipline, self-confidence, and pride in student athletes. The role involves upgrading knowledge and skills through clinics and observations, and contributing to the positive image of the school's athletic programs within the community. The coach must uphold good sportsmanship and mental health objectives, while also managing potential risks such as injury and due process predicaments.

Requirements

Ability to organize and supervise a total sports program.
Previous successful coaching experience in the assigned sport (major sports).
Substantial knowledge of the technical aspects of the sport.
Ability to examine new theories and procedures pertinent to the field.
Serve as an appropriate role model for student athletes through instructions and actions.
Thorough knowledge of all athletic policies approved by the Plainwell Community Schools' Board of Education and responsibility for their implementation.
Knowledge of existing system, state, and league regulations; implement same consistently and interpret them for staff.
Understand the proper administrative line of command and refer all requests or grievances through proper channels.
Awareness of all public/staff/departmental meetings that require attendance.
Completes paperwork on all disabling athletic injuries on proper forms and submits to athletic office within 24 hours.

Nice To Haves

Has previous successful coaching experience in assigned sport. (Major sports)

Responsibilities

Instruct athletes in the fundamental skills, strategy, and physical training necessary for individual and team success.
Instruct and demonstrate behaviors that lead to socially acceptable character development, self-discipline, self-confidence, and pride of accomplishment in student athletes.
Upgrade knowledge and skills through coaching clinics, observations, and consultation.
Implement and consistently interpret all approved athletic policies, system, state, and league regulations.
Advise, coordinate, and support a staff of high school assistant coaches and middle school coaches in conjunction with the athletic director and respective principal.
Establish the fundamental philosophy, skills, and techniques to be taught by staff.
Design conferences, clinics, and staff meetings to ensure staff awareness of the overall program.
Train and inform staff, and encourage professional growth by encouraging clinic attendance.
Delegate specific duties, supervise implementation, and analyze staff effectiveness at the end of the season.
Maintain discipline, adjust grievances, and work to increase morale and cooperation among staff.
Assist the athletic director in scheduling, providing transportation, and requirements for tournament and special sport events.
Assist in the necessary preparation to hold scheduled sport events or practices and adhere to scheduled facility times.
Coordinate the program with maintenance and school employees.
Provide documentation to fulfill state and system requirements concerning physical examinations, parental consent, and eligibility.
Provide proper safeguards for the maintenance and protection of assigned equipment sites.
Advise the athletic director and recommend policy, method, or procedural changes.
Serve as a mentor to each athlete to promote the development and demonstration of character traits such as trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
Give constant attention to a student athlete's grades and conduct.
Provide assistance, guidance, and safeguards for each participant through presence at all practices, games, and while traveling.
Provide training rules and any other unique regulations of the sport to each athlete.
Initiate programs and policies concerning injuries, medical attention, and emergencies.
Complete paperwork on all disabling athletic injuries on proper forms and submit to the athletic office within 24 hours.
Direct student managers, assistants, and statisticians.
Determine discipline, delineate procedures concerning due process when the enforcement of discipline is necessary, and contact parents when a student is dropped or becomes ineligible.
Assist athletes in their college or advanced educational selection.
Participate in the budgeting function with the athletic director by establishing requirements for the next season.
Recommend equipment guidelines as to type, style, color, or technical specifications.
Operate within budget appropriations.
Be accountable for all equipment and collect the cost of any equipment lost or not returned.
Arrange for issuing, storing, and reconditioning of equipment and submit annual inventory and current records.
Properly mark and identify all equipment before issuing or storing.
Monitor equipment rooms and coaches' offices, authorizing who may enter, issue, or requisition equipment.
Permit athletes to only be in authorized areas of the building at the appropriate times.
Examine locker rooms before and after practices and games, checking on general cleanliness of the facility.
Be responsible for the cleanliness and maintenance of specific sport equipment.
Secure all doors, lights, windows, and locks before leaving the building if custodians are not on duty.
Instill in each player a respect for equipment and school property, its care, and proper use.
Organize parents, coaches, players, and guests for preseason meetings.
Promote the sport within the school by recruiting athletes not in other sports programs and promote the sport outside the school through news media, little league programs, or other feasible means.
Be responsible for the quality, effectiveness, and validity of any oral or written release to local media.
Maintain good public relations with news media, booster club, parents, officials, volunteers, and fans.
Present information to news media concerning schedules, tournaments, and results.