Assistant JV Baseball Coach

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Builds and maintains a productive sports program. Provides and ensures the maintenance of adequate and safe areas of play. Ensures that all participants undergo thorough conditioning and proper education on the fundamentals of the sport.
• Responsible for the health and safety of student athletes. Ensures that proper safety and first aid procedures are followed at all times. Follows all appropriate emergency procedures. Makes sure that all participants have a valid physical examination before participation. Follows up on all injuries by calling parents, visiting at the emergency room/hospital, etc.
• Promotes and maintains positive relationships with parents and student athletes. Conducts parent meetings prior to the beginning of the season. Provides parents with his/her coaching philosophy and expectations, discusses “lettering” policy, insurance information, and warns of inherent risks of injury, etc.
• Ensures that the sports program complies with the rules and regulations of the school and District, the South Carolina High School League. Complies with all other legal requirements of school athletic programs. Communicates to members of his/her team all policies, rules, procedures, and requirements as they pertain to the team.
• Ensures appropriate behavior of assigned coaching staff, players, and other team personnel at all times.
• Ensures effective practice organization. The expectation is that all coaches will have a written daily practice plan and a master practice plan.
• Oversees the distribution and return of athletic equipment. All equipment must be accounted for before an athlete is eligible for a “letter” award or for further participation in athletic activities. Follows up on all delinquent equipment or uniforms owed to the school or District. Ensures the inventory and proper storage of equipment and uniforms at the end of the season.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

• School district employee (when available). A minimum of one year of coaching experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of the policies, procedures and activities of the school district which pertain to the specific duties and responsibilities of the position. Thorough knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the sport and of district athletic and extracurricular programs.
• Knowledge of the records, forms and reports which must be prepared and maintained.
• Knowledge of proper maintenance of equipment, materials and supplies used in daily activities for athletic and extracurricular programs.