2025-26 Assistant Boys and Girls Track and Field Coach (Southeast High)

Kansas City Public Schools; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Kansas City Public Schools is seeking a dedicated individual for the role of Assistant Coach for middle school sports. This position involves providing instruction, leadership, and supervision to student-athletes, ensuring their development both academically and athletically. The ideal candidate will emphasize teamwork and skill improvement while maintaining high standards of sportsmanship and ethics. Responsibilities include supervising practices and games, managing equipment, and engaging in academic monitoring.

Qualifications

• Assist with academic monitoring and skill development.
• Supervise student-athletes during practices and contests.

Responsibilities

• Provide instruction and leadership to middle school students.
• Help coordinate the sports program and promote student-athlete accomplishments.

Skills

Teamwork

Leadership

Communication

Job description

PURPOSE OF JOB: Provide instruction, leadership and supervision to middle school students participating in the sports program.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Assist with practices by placing emphasis on the importance of teamwork, skill development, learning rules and strategies, and student-athlete improvement.

2. Assist with engaging in academic monitoring with teachers, counselors, and other academic support staff.

3. Help supervise student-athletes before, during, and after practices and contests, including in locker rooms, on busses and at all other times. The assistant coach will be at all practices and games on time and not leave until all student-athletes have left.

4. Help assume responsibility for constant care of equipment and inventory being used.

5. Follow through on all required paperwork including, rosters, physicals, insurance forms, and parent consent forms.

6. Help provide information for transportation, facilities, officials and game management.

7. Conduct team and self in an ethical manner during practices and contests, always exemplifying the highest standards of sportsmanship

8. Assist in the coordination of the program;

9. Promote student athlete’s accomplishments academically and athletically.

10. Continue professional growth through clinics and professional publications.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES : Student-athletes

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job requires that the employee be able to: sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, and reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, and lift objects of at least 25 pounds.