Head Boys’ Tennis Coach – High School

REQUIREMENTS:

• Possesses a valid First Aid card.
• Completion of an annual Bloodborne Pathogen Course.
• Possesses a high level of competence which may include prior participation in the sport, prior coaching experience, and completion of courses and/or clinics sufficient to provide the knowledge and skill to meet the performance responsibilities described below.
• Has experience teaching, working with, and/or coaching students of high school age.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Encourages good sportsmanship, fair play, ethical conduct, good scholarship and desirable pupil-teacher relationships.
• Oversees the coordination of the 7-12 program for the particular sport, including philosophy, system of play, training of coaches, and program expectations.
• Provides leadership, guidance and training for the other coaches and volunteers in the high school and middle school programs.
• Plans for and conducts organized practice sessions which actively involve all participants in conditioning, skill development and play practice.
• Ensures a fair and consistent system for determining which students make the team, what level of play a participant is assigned (varsity, JV, etc.), what position a participant plays, and how much playing time a participant is given.
• Makes recommendations to the athletic director in matters of scheduling and financing.
• Implements an effective system for ensuring the care by the participants in his/her sport and the marking of equipment and supplies. Completes and submits to the athletic director an accurate and up-to-date inventory immediately following the close of the season.