About This Role
This assistant coaching position involves planning, coordinating, and directing specific athletic activities for middle school football. The role focuses on fostering participation, friendly competition, and the holistic development of student-athletes through sportsmanship and physical activity.
Responsibilities
- Be responsible to the building principal and the school Director of Physical Education and Athletics
- Establish objectives for the program and develop a plan for the implementation of these objectives
- Develop his/her part of the athletic program to the utmost, realizing that the main objective of the program is participation and friendly competition, and the won-lost records are of secondary importance
- Recognize athletic activities as an integral part of a well-balanced educational program
- Coordinate closely any athletic activities that might conflict with the normal school program
- Provide vigorous activities that will develop the physique, increase the efficiency of the cardio-vascular system, and contribute to the development of physical skills
- Develop in students the principles of leadership and good citizenship through experiences in sportsmanship
- Foster self-expression, self-confidence, and self-discipline through physical, emotional, and social experiences
- Be knowledgeable of those rules, regulations and policies as set forth by the Hammond School Board, the School Administration, the Supervisor of Physical Education and Athletics, the Indiana High School Athletic Association, and the Indiana Lake Shore Conference
- Know his or her part in preparing an athletic budget, selecting and hiring officials, requisitioning equipment and supplies, providing team transportation, arranging schedules and the various other duties necessary for the efficient operation of an athletic program
- Follow the outlined procedures "Caring for An Injured Athlete" when injuries occur in a sport, which can be found in the Handbook for Interscholastic Athletics under the heading "Athletic Injuries"
- Ensure that every boy and girl participating in his or her sport has had the required physical examination and has the required IHSAA "Parent & Physician's Certificate" signed and on file in the principal's office
- Work closely with the school Director of Physical Education and Athletics in checking player eligibility, making out eligibility lists, and sending the IHSAA entry lists in on time
- Work with the Director of Athletics in developing plans for issuing and receiving play equipment
- Be jointly responsible with the school athletic director for the condition and disposition of all equipment assigned to his sports
- Develop sound public relations with parents and newspaper and radio personnel
- Attend departmental staff meetings, clinics, and other types of professional growth activities as approved by the principal
