Wrestling Coach

Norfolk Public School District•Norfolk, VA

About The Position

The Wrestling Coach is responsible for the safety, well-being, athletic development, and appropriate conduct of student athletes. The coach teaches sport-specific skills and techniques, maintains safe strength and conditioning programs throughout the season cycle, identifies environmental hazards, and provides or delegates emergency care and first aid when the athletic trainer or team physician is unavailable. The coach ensures that parents or guardians are notified when an injury occurs and establishes communication with the team physician, certified athletic trainer, and athletic director regarding injury care and prevention. The head coach plans and manages the sport program, including practices, team and parent meetings, athlete eligibility, equipment, facilities, and season-end records. The coach promotes sportsmanship, academic progress, a positive educational environment, and constructive relationships among the school, athletes, families, and community. This is a part-time, temporary position with no benefits.

Requirements

Hold a current CPR/First Aid certificate.
Hold a VHSL Coaches education certificate.

Responsibilities

Prioritize athletes’ safety and well-being and teach appropriate sport-specific skills and techniques.
Maintain safe strength and conditioning programs, including off-season, pre-season, and in-season sessions, and maintain pre-season conditioning within designated time limits.
Identify potential hazards related to weather, field conditions, and other practice or game environments.
Provide, or delegate to a competent aide, emergency care and first aid for athletic injuries when the athletic trainer or team physician is unavailable, and ensure the parent or guardian is notified.
Establish positive communication with the team physician, certified athletic trainer, and athletic director regarding injury care and prevention.
Conduct pre-season meetings with athletes and parents to address program details, emergency procedures, equipment, techniques, insurance, injury reporting, eligibility forms, VHSL participation requirements, NCAA eligibility, and letter requirements.
Meet with assistant coaches before the season to establish goals, objectives, and a plan for achieving them.
Hold team meetings promoting good sportsmanship and explaining consequences for poor sportsmanship; provide athletes with written team rules, regulations, and consequences.
Plan and organize daily practice schedules.
Provide a complete VHSL eligibility list to the school athletic director seven days before the first game.
Follow rules and regulations established by the Norfolk School Board, VHSL, Eastern Region Council, Eastern District Council, and assigned school.
Attend professional in-service clinics or meetings to improve coaching performance.
Issue and maintain equipment during the season, then collect, organize, repair, and store it at season’s end.
Ensure the safety and proper conduct of squad members during practices and games, and secure rooms, buildings, and practice or game facilities after use.
Provide the school athletic director with inventories, requisitions, and award lists after the season.
Cooperate with media, civic organizations, booster clubs, and other groups promoting interscholastic athletics; direct interscholastic-related questions, complaints, and comments to the athletic director.
Maintain a wholesome educational environment and counsel athletes on academic progress and VHSL and NCAA eligibility requirements.
Conduct supervised study sessions, facilitate tutoring for athletes experiencing academic difficulty, monitor athletes’ grades and academic progress, and monitor their absences.
Represent the school through appropriate dress and professional behavior.
Demonstrate enthusiasm for the sport and coaching responsibilities.
Promote positive relationships among the school, parents, and booster clubs by attending parent meetings, awards banquets, and other activities supporting interscholastic athletics.