- Position Type:
Athletics/Coaching/Non-faculty Volunteer Assistant Coach (DCHS, GV, JMS, Lamar, SC, WV)
- Date Posted:
8/7/2025
- Location:
Southside of Washington County Schools
Role: Assistant Coach
Education and Experiences: - Not less than a high school education or general equivalency diploma;
- At least one (1) year of experience is preferred, but not required, so that with appropriate training, service may be provided in the specific role for which employed; and
- Meets necessary health and physical qualifications.
Summary: Manage and supervise athletic activities, contests, and practice sessions to promote individual growth in athletic skills, teamwork, and good sportsmanship.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Holds tryouts for team prospects and encourages students to participate.
- Assesses skills and determines team members and assigns team positions.
- Develops a regular practice schedule and organizes practice time to provide both individual and team development.
- Coaches and instructs players, individually and in groups, regarding the rules, regulations, equipment, and techniques of the sport.
- Monitors the academic performance of team members to ensure that eligibility requirements are maintained.
- Models sportsmanship-like behavior and reflects appropriate conduct towards players, school community, officials, and spectators regarding policies, procedures, performances, and problems.
- Communicates with the Principal and Athletic Director regarding policies, procedures, performances, and problems.
- Maintains eligibility forms, emergency data cards, physicals, equipment/uniform inventory, and other related records.
Physical Demands:
This job requires lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., or the average weight of a child, if assigned to elementary grades, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs or more.
Other physical demands that may be required are as follows.- Pushing and/or pulling
- Climbing
- Stooping, kneeling and/or crawling
- Reaching
- Talking
- Hearing
- Seeing
Vocational Preparation:
The required vocational preparation may come from any of the following:- Vocational education
- Apprentice training
- On-the-job training
- Essential experience in other jobs
TEMPERAMENT (Personal Traits): - Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
- Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.
- Adaptability to dealing with students.
- Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.
Capacity and Ability Requirements:
Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.- Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments.
- Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them.
- Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the hands easily and skillfully.
- Form Perception: To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures.
- Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color.
Work Conditions:
Normal working environment.
General Requirements:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so assigned.