What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head Softball Coach position at Southeastern Regional?
The Head Softball Coach serves as the head varsity coach and supervises the sub-varsity coaches and teams at Southeastern. The Head Softball Coach is responsible for building a culture of respect and inclusion for all coaches, players, and their families.
JOB GOALS:
1. Support Southeastern Regional High School’s academic progress
2. Strive for program excellence and competitive teams
3. Instill the desire to excel through preparation and hard work
4. Produce a program that is a positive image for the community
5. Encourage broad participation among the student body, faculty, staff, and community
6. Help to develop student-athletes into responsible citizens
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Professional qualities and team management:
- Adhere to and communicate district, school and MIAA philosophies and policies as outlined in the district Employee and Student handbooks, as well as the MIAA handbook.
- Possess and demonstrate an understanding of the inner workings of the sport that they are coaching.
- Share knowledge of the sport with assistant coaches and team
- Ensure that assistant coaches are equipped to succeed by supporting them in every possible manner
- Instill teamwork, respect for others, team spirit and develop a sense of responsibility through athletics
- Conduct themselves in a highly professional and ethical manner at all times.
- Attend all team related activities such as: practices, games, award ceremonies, professional development, and Athletic Expectations nights.
- Monitor and encourage educational and behavioral progress of student athletes.
- Maintain and communicate roster changes to the department and the athletic trainer on a regular basis.
- Participate in the creation of schedules, including “senior nights”, and fall “pink nights”.
- Encourage and support athletes participating in other sports.
- Be present and visible in locker room areas before and after practices and games
- Regularly inspect practice/ game facilities and locker areas, and report needs and /or recommendations.
- Attend preseason and postseason meetings with the Athletic Department and be available for midseason meetings upon request.
- Plan and attend preseason meetings with team members and be available for post season discussions as warranted.
- Attend all pre/post season league meetings.
- Complete school and league end of the season reports in a timely manner: includes but is not limited to All Scholastic Nominations, League All Star Nominations, and additional league awards.
- Distribute, care for and collect all team uniforms and equipment as well as maintain and organize team storage spaces.
- Operate in a fiscally responsible way.
- Travel to and from scheduled athletic events in the transportation furnished by Southeastern Regional, unless other previous arrangements are allowed by the AD.
- Ensure that all members of the team travel to and from scheduled athletic events in the transportation furnished by Southeastern Regional, unless other previous arrangements are allowed by the AD.
- Supervise the loading and unloading of athletes and equipment onto/from buses for away contests and/or practices.
- Help supervise the loading of the daily late buses based on when your practice ends. Practices which end before 4 will supervise the 4 and those that end after 4 will supervise the 6.
- Ensure that every athlete is either on the late bus or safely on their way home before leaving campus.
- Report issues to AD in an appropriate and timely manner.
- Report all injuries to the Athletic Trainer.
- Report game results to all appropriate local media and in school social media managers.
- Ensure open communication between coaches and families by utilizing a platform which enables immediate communication with families such as SportsYou. Make weekly posts to keep families informed and up-to-date with all items pertaining to your team.
- A working knowledge of the overall operation of an interscholastic athletic program.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- A commitment to receive your MIAA Coaches Education Certification before or during your first season.
- CPR certification from the American Red Cross or equivalent.
- Ability to adhere to the performance responsibilities listed below
- A minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent;
- A minimum of three years of coaching experience at the secondary or post-secondary level;
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as deemed appropriate and acceptable by the Superintendent.
