High School Girls Swimming Head Coach

Hannibal School District 60•Hannibal, MO

About The Position

The High School Girls Swimming Head Coach instructs athletes in fundamental skills, strategy, and physical training to support individual and team success. The role also promotes moral values, pride of accomplishment, acceptable social behavior, self-discipline, and self-confidence. The coach has overall responsibility for supervising the varsity, junior varsity, freshman, and middle school programs.

Requirements

Certification in CPR, First Aid, and AED.

Responsibilities

Supervise the varsity, JV, freshman, and middle school programs.
Know, understand, and implement MSHSAA rules and regulations, and attend mandatory rules clinics and coaches’ meetings.
Verify each athlete’s academic and medical eligibility.
Supervise and conduct practices and contests safely.
Manage uniforms, equipment, and facilities responsibly.
Notify the Athletic Director of annual budgetary needs.
Promote sportsmanship, cooperative work ethic, and responsibility.
Develop positive public relations with parents, the school, the booster club, and the community.
Communicate with the Athletic Director, administrators, assistant coaches, players, and parents.
Direct injured athletes to the trainer and report injuries to the nurse.
Provide team rules and practice schedules to athletes, parents, and the Athletic Director.
Teach relevant skills, tactics, and techniques.
Monitor and enhance performance through encouragement and constructive feedback.
Assess participants’ strengths and weaknesses and identify areas for further development.
Adapt coaching to the needs and interests of groups or individual participants.
Communicate instructions and commands in clear, simple language.
Demonstrate activities by breaking tasks into a sequence.
Encourage participants to develop skills, knowledge, and techniques.
Ensure participants train and perform to a high standard of health and safety.