Coach - Assistant HS Boys Basketball (Effective 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR)

Tucson Unified School District; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 17,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Tucson Unified School District is seeking a temporary site-based sports coach for the 2026-2027 school year. The role focuses on promoting sportsmanship and ensuring the safety and welfare of student-athletes during practices and events.

Applicants must hold NFHS coaching and health/safety certificates, CPR/AED, concussion training, and have an Arizona IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card. The stipend is prorated for days missed; district benefits do not apply.

Qualifications

• Proof of immunity to measles and rubella (MMR) or documented immunization.

Responsibilities

• Promote sportsmanship and foster good character in student-athletes.
• Provide for the safety and welfare of all participants.
• Supervise students in practice areas, locker rooms, buses, and at all times during the season.
• Exercise patience, tolerance, and diplomacy with players, parents, co-workers, officials, and spectators.

Education

NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching

NFHS Concussion

ATC Health & Wellness

Student Mental Health

CPR w/AED

Bloodborne Pathogen Training

Arizona IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card

Job description

SUMMARY

Promote sportsmanship and foster good character in student-athletes. Provide for the safety and welfare of all participants. Supervise students in practice areas, locker rooms, busses, and at all times during the season. Exercise patience, tolerance, and diplomacy in relations with all players, parents, co-workers, contest officials, and spectators. Interscholastic activities are an extension of the classroom and as such, your actions, behavior, and interactions with our student-athletes should be reflective of this.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching certificate (at employee's expense) Fundamentals of Coaching Course
• NFHS Concussion certificate Concussion in Sports Course ATC Student-Athlete Health & Wellness certificate (must review PowerPoint and sign a document affirming PowerPoint has been reviewed)
• Act on Facts Suicide Prevention Training OR NFHSStudent Mental Health and Suicide Preventioncertificate Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Course
• Current CPR w/AED (On-lineclassesare not accepted; EMT license supersedes this requirement) Current First Aid(On-lineclassesare not accepted;EMT license supersedes this requirement)
• Bloodborne pathogen training
• Current Arizona IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card

REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO START DATE

• Proof of immunity to rubeola (measles) and rubella (German measles), or proof of MMR immunization.

COMMENTS

Effective: 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR
LOCATION: Site - Intersection
Season Dates: November 2026 into February 2027

STIPEND to be prorated for days missed in the sports season due to late starts or early terminations.

This position is temporary and not eligible for district benefits.

Tucson Unified School District is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination based on disability, race, color, religion/religious beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or national origin.