Junior High Football Coach
About The Position
This role involves planning, organizing, and conducting practice sessions, conditioning programs, and competitive events for junior high football. The coach will teach fundamental skills, strategies, and techniques specific to the sport, while also monitoring and assessing athletes’ performance, development, and fitness levels. A key aspect of the role is ensuring the safety, well-being, and academic balance of all team members, maintaining discipline, respect, and a positive team culture. Responsibilities also include coordinating with athletic trainers, academic staff, and other coaches, maintaining equipment, uniforms, and facilities, and adhering to all institutional, conference, and governing body rules and regulations. The position operates within the ISP Principles, emphasizing a focus on children and students, treating everyone with care and respect, operating effectively, being financially responsible, and learning continuously. ISP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This includes undergoing appropriate vetting procedures. ISP is also committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and encourages candidates who share these values to apply.
Requirements
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
- Willingness to undergo appropriate vetting procedures, including online due diligence, references, and Criminal Background Checks.
- Ability to maintain discipline, respect, and positive team culture among athletes.
- Understanding of institutional, conference, and governing body rules and regulations.
Nice To Haves
- Scouting and recruiting potential athletes.
Responsibilities
- Plan, organize, and conduct practice sessions, conditioning programs, and competitive events.
- Teach fundamental skills, strategies, and techniques specific to the sport.
- Monitor and assess athletes’ performance, development, and fitness levels.
- Ensure the safety, well-being, and academic balance of all team members.
- Maintain discipline, respect, and positive team culture among athletes.
- Scout and recruit potential athletes (if applicable).
- Coordinate with athletic trainers, academic staff, and other coaches.
- Maintain equipment, uniforms, and facilities related to the sport.
- Adhere to all institutional, conference, and governing body rules and regulations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
