Head Coach Varsity Baseball

Primary Role and Purpose:

Provide instruction and coach students to develop skills and ability to excel in sport assigned. Contribute to education program as a whole and to growth of students involved in athletics.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Use a variety of instructional techniques and media to meet the needs and improve the abilities of student athletes in the sport assigned.
  
  
• Manage and supervise athletic activities contests and practice sessions to promote individual growth in athletic skills teamwork and good sportsmanship.
  
  
• Work with other members of school staff to plan and put in place instructional goals and objectives to ensure the overall educational development of student athletes.
  
  
• Establish performance criteria for competition and evaluate students athletic abilities initially and on a regular basis.
  
  
• Take all necessary precautions to protect student athletes equipment materials and facilities.
  
  
• Monitor and enforce student eligibility criteria for extracurricular participation.
  
  
• Work with athletic director to schedule competitions and coordinate arrangements.
  
  
• Develop and coordinate a continuing evaluation of coaching program and make changes based on findings.
  
  
• Accompany and supervise student athletes during athletic competitions in assigned sports on out-of-town trips.
  
  
• Apply and enforce student discipline during athletic contests practice sessions and while on trips off school property in accordance with Student Code of Conduct and student handbook.
  
  
• Encourage by example and through instruction sportsmanlike conduct in all phases of athletic participation.
  
  
• Establish and maintain open communication by conducting conferences with parents students principals and teachers.
  
  
• Assist in selection of equipment and instructional materials.
  
  
• Compile maintain and file all reports records and other documents required.
  
  
• Maintain a current inventory of all fixed assets within program.
  
  
• Oversee process of cleaning repairing and storing all campus athletic equipment.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors degree and/or MSHSAA Requirements for Athletic Coaches

Special Knowledge/Skills:

• General knowledge of coaching techniques and procedures
• Ability to instruct and supervise student athletes
• Excellent organizational communication and interpersonal skills

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Frequent district wide and statewide travel; frequent prolonged and irregular hours outdoor exposure to sun and heat cold and inclement weather.