Available as Adjunct or Extra Duty Assignment
2024-2025 School Year
Job Title: 8th Grade Football Coach
Reports To:
Athletic Director/Assistant Athletic Director
JOB SUMMARY
This position is responsible for coaching and providing direction to student-athletes so that they might achieve a high level of skill as well as an appreciation for discipline, sportsmanship, and teamwork in football.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential duties of this position include the following.
Employees in this position perform some or all of the following tasks. Other duties may be assigned.
1. Follows and maintains knowledge of all District policy(ies) and procedures.
2. Exhibits loyalty to CBMS sports programs.
3. Assists instruction and demonstrates skill sets and techniques necessary for individual and team achievement in football.
4. Planning and setting up activities, practices, and games.
5. Respect the time allotted to football practices.
6. Travels with student-athletes on the team bus both to and from games.
7. Adheres to all financial policies of the District in regard to the collection and disbursement of money, expenses, and receipts.
8. Maintains necessary records and completes required paperwork in a specified time and manner.
9. Enforces discipline policies and emphasizes sportsmanship and healthy lifestyles.
10. Supervises students in locker rooms at home and away games and ensures appropriate behavior.
11. Checks and secures all office, storage room, outside doors, locker rooms, and all lights after the last player leaves after games and practices.
12. Ensures that appropriate rules and regulations regarding the conduct and eligibility of athletic activities and athletes are explained and followed.
13. Maintains a safe environment and facilities for student-athletes at all times.
14. Ensures that medical and safety requirements are followed.
15. Interacts thoughtfully and courteously with students, staff, parents, fellow coaches, and officials and resolves conflict in a professional manner.
16. Appropriately maintains and secures confidential student records and inquiries.
17. Professionally represents the school and the District in interactions with students, parents, community, staff and the media
18. Completes and maintains appropriate certifications and training hours as required, including OSAA Coaches Certification Course.
19. Appropriately maintains and secures confidential records and inquiries.
20. Complies with applicable District, state, local, and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
21. Attends work regularly and is punctual.
MARGINAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Marginal duties of this position include the following.
Employees in this position perform some or all of the following tasks. Other duties may be assigned.
1. Attends in-service training and staff meetings as needed.
2. Sanitizes and cleans equipment.
3. Inspects facilities and athletic fields for health and safety concerns.
4. Chaperones/supervises athletic events, as needed.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
All school employees have some responsibility for supervising students and assisting in maintaining a safe environment.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Education and/or Experience:
- High school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) and/or at least six months related experience preferred.
- Prior successful experience working in a school setting or coaching student-athletes is strongly preferred.
- Must have CARE and PREVENTION of Athletic Injuries
- Experience participating in student athletics is desirable.
Interpersonal Skills:
- Works well with others from diverse backgrounds.
- Focuses on solving conflict, maintaining confidentiality, listening to others without interrupting, keeping emotions under control, remaining open to others’ ideas, and contributing to building a positive team spirit.
- Demonstrated ability to successfully coach, lead, and/or motivate adolescent students.
Language Skills:
- Ability to communicate fluently verbally and in writing in English.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond effectively to questions in one-on-one, small group situations to students and other school staff.
- Ability to verbally respond to common inquiries from students.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, procedure manuals and regulations. Ability to write general reports and correspondence.
Mathematical Skills:
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
Reasoning Ability:
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions in varying forms.
- Ability to problem solve and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Computer Skills:
- General knowledge of computer usage and ability to use e-mail, internet software, and word processing software.
- Ability to type accurately and proficiently.
Other Skills and Abilities:
- Demonstrated knowledge of child growth and development at each level of instruction and of the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of adolescent students.
- Demonstrated ability to participate in physically demanding athletic activities.
- Possesses knowledge of effective behavior management methods.
- Ability to exercise good judgment and work in a dynamic environment.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
Certificates as determined by the District and OSAA.
Ability to obtain a valid CPR/First Aid card, Oklahoma Driver's License, coaching certification through the National Federation of High Schools and/or the American Sport Education Program, bloodborne pathogen training, and blood spill training.
Preferred CDL training.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
The employee is frequently required to walk, run, jump, stretch, stand, sit, use hands for fine manipulation, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 100 pounds.
The employee may occasionally climb stairs, ropes, or ladders.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, the ability to adjust focus, and peripheral vision. The employee must have the ability to demonstrate the proper techniques and skills needed for athletic participation.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those encountered by an employee while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
The work environment is a standard football field and other athletic practice and event settings.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but occasionally high depending upon student population and activities.
The employee is regularly exposed to wet or humid outdoor weather conditions.
The employee may be exposed to bodily fluids and/or bloodborne pathogens.
OTHER Note:
This is not necessarily an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify, or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems advisable.
Contact Rod Sitton, rod.sitton@sandites.org (918-246-1475) for more information.