High School Girls' Head Basketball Coach
Albany County School District 1•Laramie, WY
17h
About The Position
The High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach is responsible for providing instruction and coaching to students as a means of developing basketball skills and contributing to all student athlete success in the classroom and on the field. The Head Basketball Coach is further responsible for directly supervising all assigned personnel along with ensuring and encouraging sportsmanlike conduct amongst all students and staff.
Requirements
- Candidate must hold, or be eligible to hold, a Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board (PTSB) endorsement as a Girls’ Basketball Coach.
- Ability to use effective communication skills
- Robust knowledge of the sport of basketball including strategy, rules, and coaching
- Ability to use time effectively
- Good organizational skills
- Ability to maintain a positive relationship with other staff by collaborating and working cooperatively with them (including supervisors)
- Knowledge of physiological, psychological, emotional and educational behavioral development of children and/or adolescents
- Ability to lead meetings
- Ability to help coaches achieve consensus
Nice To Haves
- 3+ years of experience as a high school head basketball coach.
- Valid Wyoming teaching certification
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field
Responsibilities
- Uses a variety of instructional techniques and methods along with media to meet the needs of student athletes and the basketball program as a means of improving the abilities of student athletes in the assigned sport.
- Manages and supervises all high school basketball activities, contests, and practice sessions to promote individual growth in athletic skills, teamwork, discipline, respect, and good sportsmanship.
- Works with other members of school staff to plan and put in place instructional goals and objectives to ensure overall educational development of student athletes.
- Ensures that all basketball coaches work together toward a common goal of success within the basketball program and provide system unity with all lower-level basketball programs within the District.
- Establishes performance criteria for competition and evaluates student athletic abilities on an initial and regular basis.
- Ensures all necessary precautions and safeguards are in place to protect student athletes, equipment, materials, and facilities.
- Monitors and enforces student eligibility criteria for extracurricular participation.
- Works with the High School Athletic Director and other coaches to schedule competitions and coordinate appropriate arrangements.
- Assists in the development and coordination of a continuing system of evaluations of all coaches within the basketball program and makes changes based on findings and the ongoing needs of the basketball program.
- Accompanies and supervises student athletes during athletic competitions in assigned sports when traveling to compete.
- Instructs and advises student athletes on NCAA regulations specific to academic requirements for scholarships and recruiting purposes.
- Maintains a regular system of files containing all material relevant to the basketball program including eligibility forms, transfer forms, grade reports, and ensures that all ACSD#1 District policies are followed.
- Applies and enforces student discipline during athletic contests, practice sessions, and while on trips of school property in accordance with ACSD#1 policies and the student handbook.
- Encourages sportsmanlike conduct in all phases of athletic participation.
- Establishes and maintains open communication by conducting conferences with parents, students, principals, teachers, and Athletic Director.
- Maintains inventory of all fixed assets of the basketball program.
- Oversees process of cleaning, repairing, and storing all program athletic equipment.
- Annually establishes and meets performance goals.
- Other duties as assigned.
