MADISON CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS
Position Title: Athletic Coach
Reports to: Athletic Director, Assistant Athletic Director, & Principal
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Summary of the position: A Coach, or Head Coach, guides and teaches athletes the skills they need for a specific sport.
Their duties include skills coaching, helping to condition athletes, and enforcing safety procedures.
Qualifications: Appropriate knowledge of sport and rules of specific sport wishing to coach.
Prior coaching experience is preferred.
Supervises: Student-Athletes and Assistant Coach(s)
Essential Functions: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.
Major Coaching Responsibilities
Communicate effectively- with Student-Athletes, Parents, & Athletic Department
Responsible for knowledge and effective administration of all Madison Student Athletic Handbook & Coaches Handbook.
Responsible for following all IHSAA Policies as dictated by IHSAA By-Laws
Completion of IHSAA Rule Meetings on time
Completion of National Federation of High School Sports Courses
Completion of CPR/AED certification
Knowledge of Academic Eligibility Requirements for Athletes
Scheduling Transportation
Keeping Accurate Stats
Seeking Professional Development Opportunities
Attending Regularly Scheduled Athletic Meetings with Athletic Director and/or coaching staff
Maintaining Athletic Equipment
Maintaining Athletic Facilities
Financial/Budgeting/Fundraising
Assist with Off-Season Conditioning
Proactive communication to the Athletic Department, specifically regarding student-athletes, parents, other coaches, etc…
Responsibilities to Student-Athletes
Be a Great Role Model
Supervises practice, games, team trips, & locker room.
Hold student-athletes accountable at all times.
Build Positive Relationships with all student-athletes.
Takes all necessary measures to help keep players safe and provide a safe environment.
Explain process when enforcement of discipline is necessary.
Communication with Athletic Department and Parents of student-athletes
Be Dependable
Help student-athletes obtain their academic & athletic goals
Expect your student-athlete and parents will complete evaluations on your program after your season.
Will organize/assist with the planning and execution of off-season training for your sport.
Be involved at all levels of the specific sport- youth, middle and high school
Personnel
Evaluations/End-of-Season Meetings
The Athletic Director will be responsible for Evaluating Varsity Head Coaches
Varsity Head Coaches will be responsible for Evaluating Assistant Coaches and Jr.
High Coaches
Head Coaches are responsible for completing self-evaluations through the Coach Evaluator
Awards Recognition Programs
Organizes all athletic recognition programs such as the End of Season Awards Programs.
All end of-end-season programs will be completed in the timeframe set by the Athletic Department
All award certificate information needs to be submitted to the Athletic Department within a week of the end of the season
Community Relations
You are always representing Madison Consolidated Schools and your program – realize the power of your example
Promote and publicize efforts and achievements by promptly and consistently reporting results to the media and athletic office within a week of the event.
Positively represent your Program and MCS throughout the community.
Find ways to give back to Our Community, the expectation is that your program(s) does at least one community outreach each season.
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
The employee is frequently required to sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.
The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Responsibilities and tasks outlined in this document are not exhaustive and may change as determined by the needs of the district.
It is the policy of Madison Consolidated Schools not to discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or age, in its programs or employment policies as required by the Indiana Civil Rights Act (I.
C.
1971, 22-9-1); Public Law 218 (I.
C.
1971, Title 20); Titles VI and VII (Civil Rights Act 1964); the Equal Pay Act of 1973; Title IX (1972 Education Amendments); Public Law 94-142; and Public Law 93-112, Section 504.