What are the responsibilities and job description for the Varsity Assistant Softball Coach position at Loomis Institute?
Varsity Assistant Softball Coach
The Loomis Chaffee School seeks an assistant varsity softball coach for the 2025-26 academic year.
A Loomis Chaffee Girls' Softball coach has experience coaching and mastery of the game. A strong candidate can motivate, inspire, and be a role model for high school students. They are enthusiastic and passionate about their sport, adaptable, and collaborative, working with the coaching and athletic staff.
This position involves assisting the head coach in managing a dynamic program competing in the Founders League, including identifying and helping to recruit mission-appropriate student-athletes, supporting practice and game protocols, promoting the values of sportsmanship and leadership, and collaborating with the college office for players seeking to continue their softball careers at the collegiate level. In addition to serving as the assistant softball coach, a successful candidate may take on other roles on campus, such as teaching or working in an administrative capacity, and may reside on campus with residential life responsibilities. A full-time employee living off campus or a part-time per diem coach may also fill this position.
Desired qualifications include working in a private or boarding secondary school setting; experience coaching softball at a school, club, or collegiate program; and/or having played at the collegiate or high school level.
Candidates should submit a cover letter, current resume, and a list of at least three references to the employment section of the Loomis Chaffee website. Additionally, candidates must satisfactorily complete a criminal background check and possess or be willing to obtain a First Aid and CPR certification before the start of the season.
The Loomis Chaffee School is an independent, coeducational boarding/day school of 725 students and 180 faculty members, located in the historic town of Windsor, Connecticut. Chartered in 1874, the school provides an academically challenging curriculum within a supportive community that affirms individual beliefs and differences. Need-based financial aid is currently awarded to 33 percent of the student body.
Loomis Chaffee does not discriminate against employees on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, or disability. This policy applies to, but is not limited to, admission, financial aid, employment, use of school facilities, and participation in school activities.
