JV Girls Lacrosse Coach

Job Goal:

The coach works as a member of the Athletic Department to provide students with a comprehensive and interscholastic program. Such programs to lead students to achieve and maintain physical fitness, a sense of pride and competence in acquiring new skills, promotion of their sense of self and sportsmanship.

Qualifications:

• Experience as participant and/or coach of the assigned post at the secondary or collegiate level.
• Demonstrates interest in and aptitude for performing the tasks listed.
• Red Cross certification in the area of first aid and CPR training must be current and within a reasonable period of time upon assumption of duties.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications a the School Committee may find appropriate and acceptable.

Responsibilities:

• Coaches individual participants in the skills necessary for excellent achievement in the sport involved.
• Plans and schedules a regular program of practice in season.
• Recommends purchase of equipment, supplies and uniforms, as appropriate.
• Maintains necessary attendance forms, health records, insurance records and similar paperwork.
• Oversees the safety conditions of the facility or area where the sport is conducted while students are present.
• Established performance criteria for eligibility in interscholastic competition in his /her sport.
• Enforces disciplined and sportsmanlike behavior at all times, and establishes and oversees penalties for breach of such standards by individual students.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the program and interprets it to the public, the staff and the administration.
• Assumes responsibility for carrying out all the health aspects of the program.
• Provides constant supervision of all participants involved in the assigned sport.
• Supervises transportation as needed.