Varsity Head Coach Girls Ice Hockey

The Girls Hockey Head Coach is responsible for managing the coaching staff and team budget. The ability to manage the program during pre-season is required. This position receives a stipend and reports to the Ice Hockey Program Director and Athletic Director. Winter Season runs from November through mid-February.

Responsibilities:

• Integrating a Catholic and Salesian spirit into their subject matter while keeping St. Francis de Sales’ motto of “fortiter et suaviter” (firmly and gently) as a guiding beacon.
• Giving witness to Christ the Unique Teacher, in both their lives and teaching. As Fr. Brisson, founders of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales writes: “What greater thing in all the world…than to fashion souls. What is greater than to mold the morals of the young? More than any painter, more in genius than the greatest sculptor, is he whose art is to shape consciousness for good and form character who he can recreate in a student the image and likeness of God.”
• Providing an environment which enables students to grow in their faith.
• Encouraging each student to attain true self-knowledge and a valid sense of self-worth as one created by God in his image.
• Providing a college preparatory curriculum that challenges and inspires each student to achieve individual excellence.

Qualifications:

• Experience coaching high school aged students.
• Year-round ice hockey programmatic experience.
• Vision for leading a competitive high school ice hockey team.
• Commitment to the principles of our Catholic college preparatory school.
• Interpersonal skills and record of developing strong relationships with student-athletes, colleagues, administrators, parent/guardians, and others in the school community. Experience and familiarity with DMV competitive high school, or equivalent youth ice hockey programs is desirable.