8th Grade Boys Basketball Head Coach (Black Team)

West Ottawa Public Schools; Michigan; On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

West Ottawa Public Schools seeks an 8th Grade Girls Basketball Head Coach (Black Team) to lead student-athletes at Harbor Lights & Macatawa Bay Middle Schools. After-school availability and effective coaching are essential.

The position requires attending department meetings, managing equipment, and upholding sportsmanship and safety standards while promoting academic achievement among players.

Qualifications

• Experience in coaching basketball.
• Must be available after school.

Responsibilities

• Attends athletic department meetings when scheduled.
• Submits an End of the Season Checklist in a timely manner.
• Maintains athletic uniforms and equipment for the team.
• Keeps the Athletic Director informed of problems before, during, or after events.
• Encourages athletes to excel in academic work.
• Enforces discipline and reports incidents to the Athletic Director.
• Maintains safety conditions during practice and games.

Skills

Coaching basketball

Job description

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Frontline Applicant Tracking - West Ottawa Public Schools

8th Grade Girls Basketball Head Coach (Black Team) JobID: 4145

• Date Posted:
  10/19/2026
• Location:
  Harbor Lights & Macatawa Bay Middle Schools
• Date Available:
  01/04/2027

Notice of Schedule B Posting

Position: 8th Grade Girls Basketball Head Coach (Black Team) Posting # 4145

Reports To: Athletic Director

Qualifications:

• Experience in coaching basketball
• Must be available after school

Responsibilities:

• Attends athletic department meetings when scheduled.
• Submits an annual inventory of athletic uniforms and equipment that is used by his/her team.
• Maintains professional competency by attending clinics.
• Keeps the Athletic Director informed of any or all problems, before, during, or after all sporting events.
• Encourages athletes to excel in academic work.
• Submits an End of the Season Checklist in a timely manner.
• Issues, cleans, stores, cares and returns all athletic equipment.
• Oversees the safety conditions of the area when team members are practicing.
• Enforces disciplined behavior, code of fair play, and establishes standards. Reports all incidents to the Athletic Director.
• Establishes an effective relationship with players, parents, and administrators.
• Attends practices, games, and meetings punctually.
• Uses professional conduct, language, and decorum with players, opponents, officials, and fans.
• Works with the athletic director to maintain player eligibility information.
• Teaches individual participants in the skills necessary for the highest possible achievement in the sport involved.
• Each practice session is planned out ahead of time.
• Submits necessary rosters, physical forms, eligibility list forms, and training rule forms signed by the parents.
• Is a positive role model.
• Adheres to those rules and regulations as detailed by the MHSAA and Board of Education policies and regulations.
• Maintains team attendance records and medical emergency cards.
• Works to promote increased participation to improve methods, techniques, strength and endurance both in and out of season.
• Submits written criteria for "cutting" athletes at tryouts.
• Displays self-control and maintains a positive profile with officials.
• Provides supervision of locker room and training room.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
• The worker should provide consistent and reliable in person attendance

Postings current as of 10/21/2026 8:16:32 AM CST.

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