Varsity Soccer Coach

Woodlands Academy is seeking a Varsity Soccer Coach for the 2024-2025 academic year. The ideal candidate will possess the ability to effectively relate and communicate to diverse constituents a high level of knowledge about the fundamentals and strategies of Soccer to the student-athletes of Woodlands Academy.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership that promotes positive attitudes and good sportsmanship.
• Notifies all members of the team of all Woodland’s Academy Athletic Program policies, procedures, and training rules as they pertain to the team.
• Implements programmatic instruction of sequential fundamentals and proper conditioning for all levels of the program.
• Plan and communicate to Junior Varsity practice sessions and competition strategies that ensure the health and physical well-being of student participants.
• Coordinates in conjunction with the Athletic Director practice schedules, team tryouts, meetings, team workouts, and end of the season awards.
• Maintains the proper supervision of student-athletes at practices, games, in locker rooms, and on school-provided transportation.
• Conducts a mandatory preseason parent meeting.

Requirements:

• Previous Soccer coaching experience.
• Meet IHSA criteria.
• Must be available from the first allowable date of play as designated by the IHSA for all practices, games, and regional/state finals.
• A willingness to be an active, enthusiastic member of the Woodlands Academy community.
• Completion of Virtus: Protecting God’s Children training.