2026-27 Head Girls Golf Coach - River Ridge High School

North Thurston Public Schools • Lacey, WA

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About The Position

The Head Girls Golf Coach provides positive learning experiences through the sports program and gives athletes guidance, leadership, and the fundamental skills needed to participate successfully. The coach leads team organization, style of play, practice schedules, equipment management, and assigned responsibilities. The coach coordinates the activity across all school levels and assigns duties to assistant coaches.

The position requires teaching golf fundamentals, rules, strategies, safety, fair play, respect, and responsibility. The coach prepares players for competition, supervises them at contests and in locker rooms and during travel to and from games, monitors scholastic eligibility, and maintains equipment and inventories. The coach is expected to model ethical and sportsmanlike conduct, encourage appropriate student involvement and decision-making, foster positive relationships, and complete pre-season and post-season duties efficiently. The posting identifies this as not benefit eligible; it separately describes benefit eligibility for employees anticipated to work 630 hours during the school year.

Requirements

• Must be at least 21 years old for a head coach position.
• Demonstrated knowledge of sport fundamentals, practice organization, rules, safety, and game management.
• Ability to organize and demonstrate skills to assistants and athletes.
• Ability to motivate individuals toward a positive learning and playing experience.
• Ability to communicate positively with the media and public.
• Ability to analyze the game and create training sessions based on observations.
• Ability to teach rules, skills, and strategies so participants understand the activity.
• Must possess a First Aid/CPR card.
• General knowledge of training techniques and care of injuries.
• Willingness to maintain and improve knowledge through regular coursework and clinics.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with students, staff, parents, and the community.

Nice To Haves

• Previous coaching experience specific to the open position is desired.

Responsibilities

• Teach the fundamentals, rules, skills, and strategies necessary for successful participation.
• Organize and supervise practices to prepare players for competition and continued improvement.
• Teach and reinforce responsibility, care of equipment and facilities, fair play, respect, personal hygiene, and safety.
• Lead team organization, style of play, practice schedules, equipment, and assigned responsibilities.
• Coordinate the activity program across all school levels and assign duties to assistant coaches.
• Maintain equipment and prepare an inventory.
• Follow school, district, and W.I.A.A. rules and regulations.
• Model ethical behavior and discipline and require ethical conduct from players.
• Monitor and enforce players’ scholastic eligibility.
• Supervise players at contests, in locker rooms, and to and from games.
• Build positive relationships with assistants, athletes, opposing coaches and teams, umpires, staff, parents, and the community.
• Motivate athletes with varied personalities and encourage and recognize positive conduct.
• Communicate positively with the media and public and model sportsmanship toward officials and opponents.
• Analyze the game and develop appropriate training sessions.
• Review and assess the co-curricular program according to an established cycle.
• Update coaching techniques and skills through coursework and clinics.
• Complete pre-season and post-season duties in a timely and efficient manner.

Benefits

• The posting states that this position is not benefit eligible.
• Employees anticipated to work 630 hours during the school year (September 1 through August 31) are eligible for medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and basic life insurance benefits.
• Eligible employees are required to be members of a Washington State Department of Retirement Systems plan.
• Eligible employees may participate in tax-deferred 403(b) and 457 Deferred Compensation Plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed