Middle School Basketball Coach- Winter 2026

River Delta Unified School District•Rio Vista, CA

About The Position

The Middle School Basketball Coach leads the basketball program and supports student-athletes’ knowledge, skills, motivation, and safety. The coach ensures that team members comply with applicable athletic rules, regulations, and district and school policies, and is directly responsible to the school’s Athletic Director and Administrator. The position includes coordinating coaching staff, practices, games, facilities, equipment, student supervision, team conduct, and program administration. The listed head coach stipend is $1,700.00.

Requirements

Complete required district-assigned training certificates: Sexual Harassment training, General Coaching Course, Sports Specific Course, Concussions in Sports training, Sudden Cardiac Arrest training, Heat Acclimatization training, Bloodborne Pathogens training, Youth Suicide Prevention training, Title IX Protecting Students training, Asthma Awareness training, Social Media for Sports training, Homeless Education training, Sportsmanship training, and Bullying/Hazing training.
Pay any fees required for coursework; the coach is responsible for those costs.
Provide a negative TB test.
Hold a First Aid/CPR certificate.
Have a valid driver’s license.
Complete California State Mandated Reporting requirements.
Ensure compliance with the applicable athletic rules, regulations, and school and district policies.
Any driver transporting student-athletes must meet district requirements and be at least 21 years old, with clearance verified through the site secretary.

Responsibilities

Serve as liaison between the coaching staff and the Athletic Director.
Know and apply the rules and bylaws of the California Interscholastic Federation, the league, and the River Delta Unified School District, including clearance requirements for staff and student-athletes.
Follow the administrative chain of command, route requests and grievances through proper channels, and attend required meetings.
Establish the program’s coaching philosophy, skills, and techniques, and organize conferences, clinics, and staff meetings.
Train and inform staff and encourage their professional growth, including promoting clinic attendance.
Delegate duties, supervise their implementation, analyze staff effectiveness at the end of the season, and evaluate assistant coaches.
Maintain discipline, mediate grievances, and promote morale.
Assist the Athletic Director with scheduling and transportation arrangements for games, tournaments, and special events.
Help prepare for home contests and practices and comply with scheduled facility-use times.
Coordinate facility needs and repairs with maintenance and school employees.
Safeguard assigned equipment and recommend policy, method, or procedural changes to the Athletic Director.
Monitor athletes’ grades and conduct.
Be present to provide assistance, guidance, and safeguards at practices, games, and travel to and from off-campus events.
Complete required paperwork for disabling athletic injuries and submit it to the Athletic Director by the next school day.
Direct student managers, assistants, and statisticians.
Determine discipline, establish due-process procedures when discipline is enforced, and contact parents when a student is suspended, dropped, or becomes ineligible.
Participate in budgeting by submitting needs for the next season; recommend or select equipment and uniforms within budget appropriations.
Account for program equipment, report lost or damaged items and items not returned or returned late, arrange equipment issuing, storage, and reconditioning, and submit an annual inventory.
Mark and identify equipment, secure doors, lights, windows, and locks, store equipment before leaving, and supervise the locker room before and after practice.
Teach players to respect, care for, and properly use equipment and school property.
Maintain good public relations with news media, parents, officials, volunteers, and fans.
Report scores and information after every home contest to the Sacramento Bee and provide statistics required by local media, league representatives, and MaxPreps; these duties may be delegated.
Ensure drivers meet district requirements, are at least 21 years old, and are cleared by the district before transporting student-athletes; do not allow athletes to drive themselves or ride with other athletes or uncleared drivers.
Ensure district equipment and vehicles are used only for official school business and operated safely.
Perform other duties assigned by the Athletic Director or Principal.
Ensure volunteer coaches and adult helpers are cleared by the district before working with athletes.
Carry a binder containing insurance and powers of attorney for each athlete.
Ensure each player signs the Athletic Code of Conduct.
Obtain Athletic Director approval before making athletic purchases.