About This Role
The baseball coach plans and runs practices and games, teaches fundamental skills, and ensures the team and staff follow all relevant policies and procedures. This role suits an individual who can motivate staff and players while maintaining professional relationships with various stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Cooperate with the building principal and athletic director
- Develop rapport with coaching staff within the school
- Organize coaching staff
- Develop positive relationships with participants, student body, faculty, parents, community, officials, news media, and opponents
- Employ appropriate conduct during practices and games
- Attend league, conference, and WVSSAC meetings
- Participate in activities that foster growth and development
- Motivate staff and players toward desired goals
- Command respect by example in appearance, manners, behavior, and language
- Develop high caliber and quality instruction
- Teach fundamental skills
- Handle athletic injuries
- Care for equipment
- Supervise participants and discipline the team appropriately
- Design quality organization of practice sessions
- Design pre-season planning
- Supervise managers and other support personnel
- Manage budget
- Follow purchasing procedures
- Initiate game organizational skills
- Follow league, conference, and WVSSAC policies
- Devote time and energy to coaching duties
- Follow end of season procedures
- Complete WVSSAC Training & Certification Program
- Take KCS Staff Development Training on Concussions
- Apply for positions annually (for non-teaching applicants)
- Keep certification valid and current (for non-teaching applicants)
- Attend Kanawha County Schools' Orientation (for non-teaching applicants)
Requirements
- Valid WV teaching certification or WVDE teaching permit or substitute permit
- High school diploma or GED
- WVSSAC certification
- Complete WVSSAC Training and Certification Program (estimated cost: $250.00 for non-teaching applicants)
- Submit to a criminal background check (estimated cost: $47.25 for non-teaching applicants)
- Submit to a substance screening test (for non-teaching applicants)
- Be eligible and apply for certification as Coach through the WV Department of Education (estimated cost: $35.00 for non-teaching applicants)
- For new teachers hired after July 1, 2012 who apply to coach on the secondary level (grades 6-12), complete a three-hour training session provided by Kanawha County Schools and the On-line Concussion Awareness Course through the KCS Staff Development Site (estimated cost: $15.00)
