Assistant Coach-Baseball

Collierville Schools; Collierville (TN); On-site; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Collierville Schools in Tennessee seeks a dedicated athletic program coach to train and coach the program in season and off season, coordinate development and promotion, and ensure compliance with policies. The role requires positive relations with parents and community, and leadership to foster values, work ethic, teamwork, and sportsmanship.

The coach will implement knowledge of athletic policies, attend required meetings, manage equipment inventory, schedule events with the Athletic Director,

Qualifications

• Performs other functions as assigned
• Complete the TBI/FBI background check performed by Collierville Schools
• Ability to organize and supervise a sports program/team

Responsibilities

• Train and coach the members of the program in season and off season
• Coordinate the development and promotion of the program
• Comply with school and school board policies and regulations
• Relate positively to parents and other community representatives
• Provide instruction that will lead to the formulation of moral values, strong work ethic, responsibility, team work, sportsmanship, self-discipline, leadership, and self-confidence
• Has a thorough knowledge of school, conference, TSSAA, and NCAA athletic policies and is responsible for their implementation
• Attends all required meetings and submits all required paperwork in a timely manner
• Maintains discipline and works to increase morale and cooperation within the school athletic program and school community
• Completes all TSSAA rules exams and attends meetings
• Supervises practices, games, and team trips
• Communicates and works with athletic training staff
• Maintains inventory of uniform/equipment
• Schedule games with approval of the Athletic Director and school sponsor
• Represent the school and system in a professional manner
• Supervises the Booster club and its activities
• Maintains good public relations with media, Booster club and volunteers
• Ensures that facilities and grounds are safe to use and communicates with Maintenance staff about all issues

Education

Tennessee Teacher License or ASEP/NFHS Coaching Certification

Job description

The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

Essential Functions

• Train and coach the members of the program in season and off season
• Coordinate the development and promotion of the program
• Comply with school and school board policies and regulations
• Relate positively to parents and other community representatives
• Provide instruction that will lead to the formulation of moral values, strong work ethic, responsibility, team work, sportsmanship, self-discipline, leadership, and self-confidence
• Has a thorough knowledge of school, conference, TSSAA, and NCAA athletic policies and is responsible for their implementation
• Attends all required meetings and submits all required paperwork in a timely manner
• Maintains discipline and works to increase morale and cooperation within the school athletic program and school community
• Completes all TSSAA rules exams and attends meetings
• Supervises practices, games, and team trips
• Communicates and works with athletic training staff
• Maintains inventory of uniform/equipment
• Schedule games with approval of the Athletic Director and school sponsor
• Represent the school and system in a professional manner
• Supervises the Booster club and its activities
• Maintains good public relations with media, Booster club and volunteers
• Ensures that facilities and grounds are safe to use and communicates with Maintenance staff about all issues

Minimum Qualifications

• Performs other functions as assigned
• Complete the TBI/FBI background check performed by Collierville Schools
• Valid Tennessee Teacher License (if applicable) or ASEP/NFHS Coaching Certification
• Ability to organize and supervise a sports program/team

Preferred Previous Coaching Experience In Assigned Sport

• Knowledge of technical aspects of the assigned sport and willingness to continue to learn and examine new ideas pertinent to the assigned sport or coaching in general
• Good role model
• Special Note: Extra assignments for which supplements are provided and upon which initial employment was based may not be relinquished in part by the employee without the approval of the person making the assignment

Performance Aptitudes

• Data Utilization: Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.
• Human Interaction: Requires the ability to provide guidance, effective supervision, assistance, and/or interpretation to others regarding the application of procedures and standards to specific situations.
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
• Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.
• Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to interpret graphs.
• Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems, philosophies, laws, regulations, and procedures; to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form; and to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.
• Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria and the goals and priorities of planning and development programs.

Ada Compliance

Physical Ability: Tasks require the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (up to 50 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.

Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.

Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as rude/irate customers.

FLSA: EXEMPT