Head Coach - Competitive Travelling - 2025 / 2026

Maverick Volleyball; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Maverick Volleyball seeks dedicated Head Coaches for the 2025/2026 competitive season, responsible for delivering quality coaching and leadership, creating training plans, and mentoring assistant coaches. Ideal candidates should have significant coaching experience, effective planning skills, and strong interpersonal abilities.

Benefits

Semi-annual honorarium based on experience

Benefits associated with coaching position

Qualifications

• 3 years of coaching experience at any level.
• 1 year of mentoring/training assistant coaches.
• Extensive knowledge of volleyball technical and tactical concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and adjust an appropriate yearly seasonal training plan.
• Manage athletes’ growth, expectations, and goals.
• Mentor assistant coaches in their development.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Planning

Mentoring

Education

NCCP Trained Development Coach Certification

Job description

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.

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 Program Coordinator, the Head Coach is responsible for providing quality coaching and leadership to a competitive travelling team. This includes, developing an appropriate yearly seasonal training plan, planning and executing practices, coaching tournaments and games, managing athletes' expectation and goals, communicating with athletes and parents, mentoring and developing assistant coaches, as well as some other administrative tasks.

Key Responsibilities include :

• Develop and adjust an appropriate yearly seasonal training plan
• Planning and executing practices
• Coaching tournaments and games
• Managing athletes’ growth, expectation and goals
• Communicating with athletes and parents about schedule, etc.
• Mentoring assistant coaches in their development
• Completing administrative tasks

Essential Qualifications

Experience

• Experience as a post-secondary athlete OR
• 3 years of coaching experience at any level
• 1 year of mentoring / training assistant coaches
• Extensive knowledge of volleyball technical and tactical concepts (skills, techniques, rules, game play, etc.)
• Mastery of various coaching & learning theories and strategies
• Ability to lead and manage a team
• Effective planning
• Superior interpersonal skills, especially regarding communication with athletes, mentoring coaches and interacting with parents

Education

• NCCP Trained Development Coach Certification

Asset

Education

Language

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 .