Coach

Doniphan-Trumbull Public Schools

Coach Job Description

Job Title:  Coach

Department:  Activities

Education Level and Certification:  High school degree or GED required.  Nebraska Teaching or Administrative and Supervisory Certificate, with a Special Services Certificate in coaching, preferred. Any other mandatory training and/or certification is required. First Aid and CPR training required (may be obtained on the job and must be kept current). Must possess a motor vehicle operator’s license with a certificate to operate a school van.  On-staff certificated employee preferred. Coaching experience preferred. 

Reports To:  Activities Director

Required Job Tasks 

1. Oversee and manage the assigned team.
2. Use good judgment to determine athlete participation during practices and games, including squad level and playing time.
3. Positively promote the athletic program within the schools and the community,
4. Assist in the selection and evaluation of assistant coaches.
5. Coordinate with the Activities Director in planning and scheduling practices, announcements, competitions, and the like.
6. Supervises locker rooms and playing areas during and following periods of team participation.
7. Remains with students and supervises them when traveling to away events. 
8. Oversees and tends to injured athletes. 
9. Cares for and maintains equipment and annual inventories. 
10. Works closely with custodians in control at facilities.
11. Serve as a role model to all students.
12. Serve as a positive member of the community in a way that does not negatively affect the District’s reputation or image in the community.
13. Refrain from engaging in conduct that interferes with the operations of the District, including the education of students.
14. Develop and maintain a positive and professional working relationship with other staff and administration.
15. Adhere to all District policies, rules, regulations, and supervisory directives.
16. Maintain confidentiality of information concerning staff, students, and parents in accordance with law and District rules.
17. Adhere to the code of ethics of the District and the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE Rule 27).

FLSA Status:  Exempt. Professional exemption:  The employee has a primary duty of performing work requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction and study or has a primary duty of teaching, tutoring, instructing, or lecturing in the activity of imparting knowledge and is employed and engaged in this activity as a teacher.

Essential Functions: The essential functions of the Coach position include: (1) regular, dependable in-person attendance on the job; (2) the ability to perform the identified tasks and to possess and utilize the identified knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the identified work activities; and, (3) the ability to perform the following identified physical requirements:

It is the policy of Doniphan-Trumbull Public Schools not to discriminate on the basis of sex, disability, race, color, religion, veteran status, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, or other protected status in its educational programs, admission policies, employment policies or other administered programs.  Persons requiring accommodations to apply and/or be considered for positions are asked to make their request to the Superintendent.

Salary : $1,152 - $3,309