2026-2027 - Boy's Soccer - Freshmen Head Coach

San Dieguito Union High School District•San Diego, CA

About The Position

The Freshmen Head Coach leads the boys’ soccer team for the 2026–2027 season. The coach is expected to understand the sport’s fundamental and advanced techniques and to teach, enforce, advocate, and model appropriate behavior, character traits, and educational values for student-athletes. The role requires sport experience; experience working with youth is preferred. Coaches must follow the National Federation of High Schools and California Interscholastic Federation Coaches Codes of Conduct, along with applicable school, district, conference, and team rules. A one-time stipend is paid at the end of the coaching season: fall coaching stipends are paid in December, winter in March, and spring in June. The posting is open until filled. Employment is contingent on successful completion of a post-offer background check, fingerprinting, physical exam including tuberculosis screening, drug and alcohol screening, and an Oath of Allegiance. Effective January 1, 2026, applicants for non-teaching positions must disclose all previously held employment with specified public and private schools, including full-time, part-time, or substitute employment.

Requirements

Knowledge of the sport’s fundamental skills and techniques, as well as advanced techniques.
Demonstrated ability to teach, enforce, advocate, and model appropriate behavior, character traits, and educational values to student-athletes.
Demonstrated ability to follow the National Federation of High Schools Coaches Code of Conduct and the California Interscholastic Federation Coaches Code of Conduct.
Sport experience.
Maintain current CPR and First Aid certificates and TB clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with youth.

Responsibilities

Recognize that academics are a priority and monitor student-athletes’ academic performance.
Develop team rules and expectations and communicate them to the team and parents.
Provide schedules for practices, tournaments, and games, and communicate schedule changes in a timely manner.
Arrive on time and prepared for all practices and games.
Maintain current CPR and First Aid certificates and TB clearance.
Encourage all student-athletes to do their best.
Apply school and team rules equally to all student-athletes.
Act professionally and create a positive environment for the team.
Communicate with individual student-athletes about their roles on the team.
Clearly communicate NFHS, CIF, SDUHSD, conference, and team rules to student-athletes and parents.
Return parent phone calls and emails in a timely manner.
Notify parents as soon as possible about student-athlete injuries when an athletic trainer is absent.
Explain the vacation and absence policy.
Allow student-athletes time away from practice to make up tests missed due to athletic competition or to attend tutoring.
Off-campus walk-on coaches must turn in their keys to receive payment.
Obtain Athletic Director permission before using district facilities out of season.
Maintain CIF Home and MaxPreps results and statistics.
Input the schedule into Arbiter when required by the sport assignor.
Adhere to the sport’s CIF summer dead period.