Baseball Assistant Coach – Athletics- School Year 2024-2025

The head coach will organize, coordinate, and promote a comprehensive program that is designed to meet the needs and interests of the school community. The head coach will stress the importance of academic achievement. In carrying out these duties, the head coach will demonstrate a high degree of ethics, professionalism, human relations, and be a positive role model for all students.

Essential Duties:

• Informs students about the program and encourages their participation;
• Communicates to all participants and parents the policies of the team,
• Works with the Principal to maintain communication and to solve problems at the school level while supporting the ideas of the program/parent concern procedures;
• Provides positive and appropriate communication and correspondence to players and parents;
• Submits forms to the Athletic Director as required by, Manassas City School Board, and Metz Middle School (i.e., eligibility roster, players’ addresses, accident reports, );
• Ensures that adequate supervision is provided for all students involved in the program;
• Provides an atmosphere conducive to good sportsmanship;
• Plans, organizes, and implements the teaching of fundamentals, strategies, rules, and proper conditioning;
• Ensures safety of participants by inspecting facilities and equipment and being aware of adverse environmental conditions;
• Reports any unsafe conditions to the facilities administrator and completes work orders in a timely manner to correct safety hazards;
• Informs students of insurance program available through the Manassas City Public Schools
• Instructs participants in personal hygiene and safety procedures and the need to report injuries to coach immediately.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationship with students, peers, parents and administrators.
• Excellent oral and written communications.
• Excellent human relations skills.
• Three years successful coaching experience is preferred.
• Playing experience in the sport to be coached is preferred, but not a requirement.
• Qualified applicants should provide evidence of coaching previous experience.
• Maintains school division required certifications.
• Serves as role model.