Head Cheerleading Coach- Basketball

Woonsocket Education Department•Woonsocket, RI

About The Position

The Head Cheerleading Coach for basketball establishes the program’s fundamental philosophy, skills, and techniques and guides assistant coaches in delivering them. The coach trains and informs assistant coaches, supports their professional growth, delegates duties, supervises their work, and evaluates staff effectiveness at the end of the season. The role also includes other duties assigned by the Athletic Director or Principal. The coach is responsible for monitoring student safety at all times and providing training rules and sport-specific regulations to participants. The coach monitors students’ grades and conduct, attends practices and games and accompanies students while traveling, completes and submits paperwork for disabling athletic injuries within 24 hours, directs student managers and statisticians, and handles discipline and related due-process procedures. The coach contacts parents when a student is dropped from the team or becomes ineligible and assists athletes with college or advanced educational selection.

Requirements

Ability to organize and supervise a total sports program.
Previous successful coaching experience in the assigned sport.
Substantial knowledge of the technical aspects of the sport and willingness to continue examining new theories and procedures pertinent to the field.
Proof of competency in first aid.
Coursework in the prevention and care of athletic injuries.
A course, workshop, or clinic in the specified sport, or one season or a verified internship under an experienced head coach.

Nice To Haves

Teaching certificate and experience preferred.
Certificate of completion of a CPR class preferred.
When qualifications are otherwise equal, preference is given to current faculty members.

Responsibilities

Establish the fundamental philosophy, skills, and techniques to be taught by assistant coaches.
Train and inform assistant coaches and encourage their professional growth, including clinic and workshop attendance.
Delegate specific duties, supervise their implementation, and analyze staff effectiveness and evaluate assistants at the end of the season.
Perform other staff duties assigned by the Athletic Director or Principal.
Monitor student safety at all times.
Provide training rules and sport-specific regulations to each participating athlete.
Give ongoing attention to student athletes’ grades and conduct.
Attend practices and games and be present while traveling to provide participants with assistance, guidance, and safeguards.
Complete paperwork for disabling athletic injuries and submit it to the athletic office and school nurse within 24 hours.
Direct student managers and statisticians.
Determine discipline and establish due-process procedures for disciplinary enforcement.
Contact parents when a student is dropped from the team or becomes ineligible.
Assist athletes in their college or advanced educational selection.