Wrestling Assistant (Boys) Coach
About The Position
Upper Merion Area School District anticipates a vacancy for a High School Boys Assistant Wrestling Coach for the 2026–2027 school year. The coach will teach and demonstrate fundamental and advanced wrestling skills, lead practices, collaborate with the head coach on practice schedules, match strategy, and lineup development, and supervise and travel with student-athletes for practices and competitions. The position requires availability on nights and weekends during the season and assistance organizing team wrestling tournaments. Required clearances, a physical, a TB test, and other District requirements must be completed before employment. The District is an equal opportunity educational institution and strongly encourages minority applicants to apply.
Requirements
- Mastery of fundamental wrestling skills in neutral, top, and bottom positions.
- Knowledge of takedowns, takedown finishes, takedown defense, escapes, reversals, breakdowns, rides, and pinning combinations.
- Ability to teach and demonstrate advanced wrestling techniques, including leg riding, leg passes, and funk rolls.
- Availability on nights and weekends during the season.
- All required clearances, a physical, a TB test, and District requirements must be completed before employment.
Responsibilities
- Teach and demonstrate fundamental wrestling skills across neutral, top, and bottom positions.
- Teach and demonstrate wrestling techniques including takedowns, takedown finishes and defense, escapes, reversals, breakdowns, rides, pinning combinations, leg riding, leg passes, and funk rolls.
- Collaborate with the head coach to create and implement daily practice schedules.
- Lead practices, including warm-ups, direct instruction, small-group and whole-group instruction, wrestling drills, situational wrestling, and live goes.
- Collaborate with the head coach on match strategy and lineup development.
- Supervise players before, during, and after matches, tournaments, and practice sessions.
- Travel with the team to away matches and tournaments.
- Model and promote good sportsmanship.
- Communicate with parents, players, and athletic department staff.
- Assist in organizing team wrestling tournaments.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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