Coaching - HS Assistant Girls Basketball Coach

Cincinnati Public Schools•Cincinnati, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The HS Assistant Girls Basketball Coach will assist the Varsity Coach with the Girls Basketball Program. This role involves developing and training student-athletes for competitive basketball, monitoring, motivating, supervising, and mentoring them both on and off the court. The coach will instruct student-athletes in fundamental skills, strategies, and physical training to achieve individual and team success, while also guiding them in the formulation and enhancement of moral values, pride, acceptable social behavior, and self-confidence. Key responsibilities include fostering teamwork, sportsmanship, and skills development, managing game day strategies and logistics, and ensuring the safety and well-being of student-athletes. The coach must cooperate with the School Athletic Director and District Athletic Department, meet all requirements set forth by the District Board of Education, OHSAA, and ODE, and adhere to District Athletic Department Policies. The role also requires modeling expected behavior, maintaining suitable sideline conduct, accepting constructive criticism, implementing administrative policies, providing training rules, following due process procedures, participating in clinics and school events, ensuring team preparedness, and maintaining equipment inventory.

Requirements

Must be passionate and dedicated to inspire student-athletes
Have the ability to motivate and inspire student-athletes
Serve as a positive role model
Demonstrated knowledge and skills associated with the sport
Evidence of a successful past coaching experience required
Provide satisfactory result of County Police Records Check, State BCII Check, and a FBI Fingerprint Background Check
Possess an Ohio Department of Education (ODE) Pupil Activity Permit (PAP)
Provide proof of completion of Coaches Tool Chest (CTC) Training/Certification

Nice To Haves

Fundraising experience
Previous coaching experience preferred
Ohio Secondary Teaching Certificate preferred

Responsibilities

Assist the Varsity Coach with the Girls Basketball Program
Develop and train student-athletes to play competitive Basketball
Monitor, motivate, supervise, and mentor student-athletics on and off the Court
Instruct/guide student-athletes in fundamental skills, strategies, and physical training necessary for them to realize a degree of individual and team success
Instruct and guide student-athletes to lead them to the formulation and enhancement of moral values, pride of accomplishments, acceptable social behavior, and self-confidence
Foster teamwork, sportsmanship, and skills development
Manage game day strategies and logistics
Ensure the safety and well-being of student-athletes
Cooperate, in a timely manner, with School Athletic Director and the District Athletic Department, in regard to requests for information that might be pertinent and/or periodically required
Meet all requirements set forth by the District Board of Education, The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA), and The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) relative to the mandated Coaches Tool Chest (CTC) Training/Certification and the ODE Pupil Activity Permit (PAP)
Follow the District Athletic Department Policies as outlined in the Coaches Handbook and meet all criteria as outlined in the job description
Model the behavior expected of our student-athletes including timeliness to practices and games, being positive and enthusiastic, being respectful, and practicing constructive criticism while upholding the disciplines of the program
Maintain a suitable sideline conduct, including the use of appropriate language, at all times
Accept and profit from constructive criticism and suggestions for improving coaching performance
Recognize the need to be aware of and implement all applicable administrative polices set forth by the District Board of Education, Superintendents of Schools, School Principals, Conference Leagues, ODE, and OHSAA
Provide all applicable in-season training rules as well as any that may apply to out-of-season conduct to student-athletes prior to the start of the season
Follow appropriate due process procedures when violations occur
Participate in Clinics and other available programs to improve coaching performance
Participate in School events (i.e., Awards Night, Pep Assemblies, Athletic Boosters Meetings, etc.)
Ensure that team is well-prepared for opponents
Maintain accurate inventory of equipment and supplies
Additional responsibilities as needed