About This Role
This coaching position involves leading a baseball team, setting a strong moral example, and upholding high teaching and coaching standards. The coach will prioritize good sportsmanship and collaborate with faculty and staff to support student-athletes' academic and athletic success.
Responsibilities
- Promote the sport within the school
- Implement athletic policies with the entire coaching staff and athletes
- Provide and promote safe coaching mechanics, techniques, and supervision
- Maintain good public relations with parents, officials, Booster Clubs, volunteers, and fans
- Understand the proper administrative line of command and refer all requests or grievances through proper channels
- Maintain discipline, address grievances as appropriate, and work to increase morale and cooperation
- Develop a program in compliance with the Rockingham County Schools Athletic Handbook and the NCHSAA
- Assist the athletic director in scheduling, budget development, administration of the athletics budget, and making travel arrangements, when necessary
- Provide documentation to fulfill state and system requirements concerning physical examinations, parental consent, and eligibility
- Provide training rules and any other unique regulations of the sport to each athlete who is considered a participant
- Give constant attention to student athletes' grades and conduct
- Be present at all practices and games
- Provide assistance, guidance, and safeguards for each participant
- Complete and submit proper paperwork on all disabling athletic injuries to the athletic director and school administration within 24 hours
- Organize parents, coaches, players, and guests for pre-season meetings
- Participate in the budgeting function with the Athletic Director by establishing requirements for the next season
- Assist in the necessary preparation to hold scheduled sport events or practices and adhere to scheduled facility times
- Provide proper safeguards for maintenance and protection of assigned equipment sites
- Be accountable for all equipment and/or collection of fees for any lost or unreturned equipment
- Arrange for issuing, storing, and reconditioning of equipment and submit annual inventory and current records
- Properly mark and identify all equipment before issuing or storing
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Athletic Director/Principal
Requirements
- May be asked to obtain a North Carolina CDL license to transport students to sporting events
- Must complete CPR & AED certifications
- Must complete the NFHS required course(s)
