About This Role
This role involves planning, implementing, and administering a comprehensive interscholastic athletic program for middle and high school students. The position focuses on overseeing athletic operations, coordinating events, and ensuring compliance with athletic association rules.
Responsibilities
- Plan, implement and administer a comprehensive interscholastic athletic program for boys and girls at the high school and middle school level, including intramural, varsity, junior varsity and club sports
- Assist principals in the selection and development of high school or middle school athletic directors and/or sport coaches
- Develop fall, winter and spring sport schedules for all middle school, varsity and junior varsity interscholastic sport contests
- Schedule and re-schedule officials for games and contests by coordinating with a variety of official associations
- Supervise sports booking commissioners in the operation of the officials associations assignments, disciplinary action, and compliance with Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) rules, registration and clearance
- Know, interpret, and enforce applicable rules for middle, junior varsity and varsity scholastic sports
- Develop and implement an annual athletic director training manual for all middle and high school athletic directors
- Organize, oversee, and support Broward County Athletic Association (BCAA) special events including the annual Scholar Athlete Banquets, county championships, all-star contests, recruiting fairs, coaches and athletic director trainings, combines and skill camps for interscholastic sport programs
- Coordinate district participation in Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) District, regional and state athletic playoff and championship series events involving Broward County Athletic Association (BCAA) conference teams
- Coordinate game day operations, which includes ensuring the availability of adequate police, security and emergency medical services, for all district sponsored interscholastic contests and rental events at Lockhart Stadium
- Work with professional sport franchises, community organizations, and tournament sponsors in the promotion of athletic events and trainings to benefit students and coaches
- Work with the Department of Logistics on preparing contract bids and catalogue purchases for all athletic equipment purchased by the school district by ensuring that all athletic equipment purchased by schools and the district meet all local, state, and federal standards
- Ensure that the essential personal safety equipment required for interscholastic sports, such as football shoulder pads, helmets, etc., meets safety requirements and is available at all times by overseeing and coordinating the reconditioning/replacement of equipment
- Occasionally perform tasks which require the physical ability to lift material or equipment weighing an average of thirty (30) pounds
