Head Boys’ Swimming Coach

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Supervises, coordinates and promotes all phases of the middle school interscholastic athletic swimming program.
• The coach assumes responsibility for teaching student-athletes the sport of swimming and utilizes demonstrations of skill development progression to teach fundamental skills and team strategy.
• Teaches sportsmanship and stresses responsibility to one's team and respect for others; plans and schedules conditioning activities to develop sport fitness needed to achieve a degree of individual and team success.
• The person is directly responsible to the principals and works in cooperation with the faculty manager.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to teach swimming techniques, swimming rules, swimming strategies and tactics.
• Ability to teach sportsmanship, cooperation and responsibility to team members.
• Demonstrates through experience, a commitment to devote long hours and weekends to the swimming program.
• Ability to supervise and conduct safe practices and contests.
• Ability to accurately assess the talents and abilities of team members.
• Ability to promote athletes to college recruiters.
• Ability to display competency in coaching philosophy, knowledge of PIAA rules and regulations, and NCAA Student-Athletic Eligibility requirements.