Coach - Assistant HS Softball (Effective 2026 - 2027 SCHOOL YEAR)

Sylvania; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Rincon High School in Tucson is seeking a coach to promote sportsmanship, foster character, and ensure the safety and welfare of student-athletes during practices, locker rooms, buses, and all season events.

This temporary position offers a stipend for the 2026-2027 school year, with season dates Feb 8, 2027 to May 15, 2027, and requires NFHS coaching and concussion certificates, CPR/First Aid, and a current Arizona IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card.

Qualifications

• Promote sportsmanship and foster good character in student-athletes.
• Ability to supervise and ensure safety during practice and events.
• Demonstrate patience, diplomacy, and effective communication with players, parents, staff, and officials.

Responsibilities

• Promote sportsmanship and foster good character in student-athletes.
• Supervise students in practice areas, locker rooms, buses, and at all times during the season.

Skills

Coaching

Student supervision

Education

Coaching certificates (NFHS)

CPR/First Aid

Arizona IVP Clearance Card

Job description

Now Hiring with Higher Pay! Thanks to community support, our posted rates now include increases funded through a community-approved override guaranteed through June 2031.

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)
• Current Arizona IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card

REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO START DATE

• Bloodborne pathogen training after hire by TUSD Risk Management Department*
• Proof of immunity to rubeola (measles) and rubella (German measles), or proof of MMR immunization.

COMMENTS

Effective: 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR

LOCATION: Rincon High School-5th St & Swan Area

Season Dates: 2/8/2027 - 5/15/2027

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.