Head Boys Wrestling Coach

North Chicago Community Unit School District #187•North Chicago, IL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Head Coach is responsible for instructing athletes in the fundamental skills, strategy, and physical training necessary for individual and team success. This role also aims to instill moral values, pride in accomplishment, acceptable social behavior, self-discipline, and self-confidence in students. The position involves significant public exposure and community/parent pressure, requiring a balance between winning performance and good sportsmanship/mental health. It also includes aspects such as extended time commitments, risk of injury, and due process considerations. The coach is expected to exercise common sense and good judgment in situations not explicitly covered by this description.

Requirements

Has a valid Illinois teacher certification.
Employed as a teacher or substitute teacher in District 187.
Substantial knowledge of the sport's technical aspects.
Ability to examine new theories and procedures pertinent to the field.
Thorough knowledge of all athletic policies approved by District 187 Board of Education.
Knowledge of existing system and state and league regulations.
Understanding of the proper administrative line of command.
Ability to advise, coordinate, and support a staff of high school and middle school coaches.
Ability to assist in scheduling and providing transportation to tournaments and special sports events.
Ability to assist in the necessary preparation to hold scheduled sports events or practices and adhere to scheduled facility times.
Ability to coordinate programs with maintenance and school employees.
Ability to provide documentation to the Athletic Director to fulfill state and system requirements concerning physical examination, parental consent, and eligibility.
Ability to provide proper safeguards for maintenance and protection of assigned equipment sites.
Ability to provide training rules and any other unique sports regulations to each athlete considered a participant.
Ability to provide assistance, guidance, and safeguards for each participant by being present at all practices, games, and while traveling.
Ability to direct student managers and statisticians on respective teams.
Ability to determine discipline and delineate procedures concerning due process when the enforcement of discipline is necessary.
Ability to contact parents when a student is dropped or becomes ineligible.
Adherence to the rules and regulations of NFHS, IHSA, and School Board Policy for coach conduct, certifications, and protocols.
Ability to collect the cost of any equipment lost or not returned.
Ability to arrange for issuing and storing equipment and submit an annual inventory and current records to the Director of Athletics and Activities.
Ability to recommend budgetary items for next year in the area of the program to the Director of Athletics and Activities.
Ability to monitor equipment rooms and coaches' offices and authorize who may enter.
Ability to permit athletes to only be in authorized areas of the building at the appropriate times.
Ability to examine locker rooms before and after practices and games, checking on the general cleanliness of the facility.
Responsibility for the cleanliness and maintenance of specific sports equipment.
Ability to instill in each player a respect for equipment and school property, its care, and proper use.
Ability to assist the Director of Athletics and Activities in carrying out his/her responsibilities.
Ability to make press releases and school announcements.
Ability to instruct team members as to changes in the rules and teach fundamentals of the sport as outlined by the Director of Athletics and Activities.
Ability to maintain a record of the team statistics and requirements for lettering.
Ability to work within that sport's basic framework and philosophy of the Director of Athletics and Activities.
Ability to attend all required meetings (staff, conference, IHSA, etc.) and carry out scouting assignments as outlined by the Director of Athletics and Activities.
Ability to arrive early before practices, contests, and meetings to prepare adequately and remain long enough afterward to help players with problems or become involved in staff discussions.
Ability to help in the planning and implementing of both in-season and out-of-season conditioning and weight programs.
Ability to strive to improve skills by attending clinics and using resources made available by the Director of Athletics and Activities.
Ability to attend most of the contests, when possible, of other teams in the program.
Ability to perform other duties that are consistent with the nature of the position and that may be requested by the Director of Athletics and Activities.
Achievement focus
Cultural competence
Classroom environment leadership
Collaborative communicator/team player
Reflective learner
Innovative

Nice To Haves

Previous coaching experience in assigned sports is desirable.

Responsibilities

Instruct athletes in the fundamental skills, strategy, and physical training necessary to realize individual and team success.
Instill moral values, pride of accomplishment, acceptable social behavior, self-discipline, and self-confidence in students.
Implement athletic policies approved by the District 187 Board of Education.
Consistently implement existing system, state, and league regulations.
Refer all student and parent requests or grievances to the Director of Athletics and Activities.
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, encouraging professional growth by promoting clinic attendance.
Delegate specific duties, supervise implementation, analyze staff effectiveness, and evaluate assistants.
Maintain discipline, address grievances, and work to increase morale and cooperation within the school sports program.
Advise, coordinate, and support a staff of high school and middle school coaches.
Assist in scheduling and providing transportation to tournaments and special sports events.
Assist in the preparation for scheduled sports events or practices and adhere to scheduled facility times.
Coordinate programs with maintenance and school employees.
Provide documentation to the Athletic Director for state and system requirements concerning physical examination, parental consent, and eligibility.
Provide proper safeguards for the maintenance and protection of assigned equipment sites.
Provide training rules and any other unique sports regulations to each participant.
Provide assistance, guidance, and safeguards for each participant by being present at all practices, games, and while traveling.
Direct student managers and statisticians.
Determine discipline and delineate procedures concerning due process when enforcement is necessary.
Contact parents when a student is dropped or becomes ineligible.
Adhere to the rules and regulations of NFHS, IHSA, and School Board Policy for coach conduct, certifications, and protocols.
Collect the cost of any equipment lost or not returned.
Arrange for issuing and storing equipment and submit an annual inventory and current records to the Director of Athletics and Activities.
Recommend budgetary items for the next year in the area of the program to the Director of Athletics and Activities.
Monitor equipment rooms and coaches' offices and authorize who may enter.
Permit athletes to only be in authorized areas of the building at appropriate times.
Examine locker rooms before and after practices and games, checking on general cleanliness.
Be responsible for the cleanliness and maintenance of specific sports equipment.
Instill in each player a respect for equipment and school property, its care, and proper use.
Assist the Director of Athletics and Activities in carrying out responsibilities.
Make press releases and school announcements.
Instruct team members on changes in rules and teach fundamentals of the sport.
Maintain a record of team statistics and requirements for lettering.
Work within the sport's basic framework and philosophy of the Director of Athletics and Activities.
Attend all required meetings and carry out scouting assignments.
Arrive early before practices, contests, and meetings to prepare and remain afterward to help players or engage in staff discussions.
Help in the planning and implementing of both in-season and out-of-season conditioning and weight programs.
Never criticize, admonish, or argue with the Director of Athletics and Activities or any staff member in players' or parents' presence.
Strive to improve skills by attending clinics and using resources made available by the Director of Athletics and Activities.
Attend most contests, when possible, of other teams in the program.
Perform other duties consistent with the position and requested by the Director of Athletics and Activities.