Assistant Coach - Competitive Travelling - 2025/2026

Maverick Volleyball; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 1,000 - 3,000; Full time

Job summary

Maverick Volleyball is looking for an Assistant Coach for the 2025/2026 competitive travelling season. This role involves providing coaching and leadership during practices and tournaments, emphasizing athlete development and teamwork. Successful candidates will have experience in coaching or as competitive athletes and possess strong communication skills.

Benefits

Semi-annual honorarium based on experience

Opportunities for continued coach development

Qualifications

• Experience as a competitive-level athlete OR 1 year of coaching experience at any level.
• Bilingual (English, French) is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide feedback and instruction to athletes during practice.
• Assist coaching practices, tournaments, and games.
• Complete auxiliary tasks such as video recording and stats tracking.

Skills

Knowledge of volleyball technical and tactical concepts

Clear and effective communication

Education

NCCP Foundations of Volleyball E-learning module

Job description

Assistant Coach - Competitive Travelling

About Mavs

The Maverick Volleyball Club serves Ottawa and its surrounding communities in providing our youth with high-quality volleyball programs. Our Club takes pride in our successful track record of promoting and fostering leadership, organizational, team, and life skills for the benefit of its members. Maverick Volleyball is seeking experiences, dedicated, and team-oriented coaches to become integral members of our dynamic teams in the 2025/2026 competitive travelling season.

Program Descriptions

Maverick teams have been competing successfully across Ontario at the Club level since its inception in September 1985. Competitions depend on program level and can include local and regional tournaments, OVA tournaments across the province / inter-provincially, or can include international and national competitions. Each level is defined by the skill and aspirations of the athlete, combined with levels of time and travel commitment agreeable to the family.

Provincial

The provincial-level competitive program is designed and based on leading-edge athlete development research. In combination with team fortitude and cohesion, the program aims to maximize each athlete’s individual potential and provide them with maximum physical and mental development.

National

The national-level experience provides a solid launch pad for elite athletes as they pursue a post-secondary volleyball career. Our national-level high performance program is developed to fully address all aspects of competition and training that lead to an athlete performing at their highest potential.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Head Coach, the Assistant Coach is responsible for providing high quality coaching and leadership to the team during on-court practice, off-court activities and various tournaments and games. This includes, individualized coaching to athletes, assisting the head coach in drill design and execution, perform auxiliary tasks during games such as video recording or tracking stats, etc.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Providing feedback and instruction to athletes during practice
• Assistant Coaching practices, tournaments and games
• Continued coach development
• Completing auxiliary tasks such as video and stats

Essential Qualifications

Experience

• Experience as a competitive-level athlete OR
• 1 year of coaching experience at any level

Competencies & Skills

• In-depth knowledge of volleyball technical and tactical concepts (rules, game play, etc.)
• Knowledge of the Maverick Volleyball competitive structure
• Knowledge of various coaching & learning theories and strategies
• Clear and effective communication

Education

• NCCP Foundations of Volleyball E-learning module

Assets

Education

• NCCP Trained Development Coach certification

Language

• Bilingual (English, French)

Important Information

All Maverick travelling-level teams are managed under the fully-accredited not-for-profit division of the organization. Coaches are offered a volunteering position with a semi-annual honorarium based on experience and certifications with a series of benefits.

To apply, please submit your resume by July 18th, 2025.