Coach- Track (Indoor Head Coach)

Athletic Office; Canton (OH); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Plain Local School District Athletic Office in Canton, Ohio seeks an Indoor Track Head Coach to organize and supervise coaching staff, teach fundamentals, and manage the total program for the squad. The role requires ensuring safe practices, enforcing conduct codes, and coordinating with the Athletic Administrator.

The successful candidate will oversee equipment, attend department meetings, and be present at all interscholastic meets, home and away, to support the district’s athletic program.

Responsibilities

• Organize and supervise coaching staff in teaching fundamentals of interscholastic track.
• Oversee behavior of the squad and coaching staff at practices and interscholastic meets.
• Direct total program of the sport; assign tasks to assistant coaches with Athletic Administrator approval.
• Safeguard the physical well-being of all participants and ensure proper conduct.
• Manage equipment inventory and accountability; ensure secure storage at season end.
• Attend Athletic Department meetings and interscholastic contests with minimal exceptions.

Job description

Coach- Track (Indoor Head Coach)

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Job Details

Job ID: 5963805

Application Deadline: Nov 01, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Posted: Oct 19, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• 1. Is responsible for the organization and supervision of his/her
• coaching staff in teaching the fundamentals of interscholastic
• sports.
• 2. Is responsible for the behavior of the entire squad and coaching
• staff at all practice sessions and in all interscholastic games.
• 3. He/she also has these further duties:
• a. Is responsible for the supervision and direction of the total
• program of his/her sport.
• b. Directs the work and assignment of his/her assistant
• coaches with the approval of the Athletic Administrator.
• c. Safeguards the physical well-being of all participants.
• d. Controls his/her behavior and that of his/her team at practices
• and games, since he/she is the person most instrumental
• in crowd control.
• e. Informs all athletes of the guidelines, conduct code, policies
• and procedures of the department and the OHSAA.
• f. Is financially responsible for all equipment in his/her inventory.
• Equipment issued must be accounted for at the end of the season.
• g. Along with other coaches, is expected to cooperatively supervise
• the locker room and team area.
• Coaches are expected to be at
• their area of practice at all times and must be present in the
• locker room until all athletes have gone from the area. At no time
• are the athletes to be in an unsupervised area.
• h. Is responsible for special courtesies shown to officials and
• visiting teams.
• Officials and visiting teams should be shown to
• their dressing rooms.
• i. Arranges for storage at the conclusion of the season- all jackets,
• sweaters, shoes, hats and any other coaching staff equipment
• purchased by the athletic fund.
• j. Attends all Athletic Department meetings unless excused by
• the Athletic Administrator.
• k. Is in attendance at all interscholastic contests involving his/her team,
• at home or away, unless there is an extenuating circumstance.
• l. Keeps expenditures within the budget.
• m. Is cognizant of the tremendous influence coaches and sports have
• on athletes. The head Coach must approach the task of coaching
• at all times with the thought in mind that what one says and does,
• both desirable and undesirable, has tremendous consequence
• upon the actions and reactions of the young adults.
• n. Secures athletic scholarships for deserving seniors.
• 4. Assists in the planning of special events such as assemblies,
• Homecoming, pep rallies, Booster Club programs, banquets, etc.
• 5. Serves as an advisor to the players on his/her squad to help
• them with problems.
• 6. Is interested and loyal to the school’s program. The coach is
• expected to support the entire program, encouraging athletes
• to participate in other sports, and to be an active participant in
• striving to improve the athletic program as well as the total
• educational program of the schools.
• 7. Performs other coaching-related duties as directed by the
• Principal or Athletic Administrator.

Position Type: Part-Time

Contact Information

• Brent May
• 901 44th St NW
• Canton, Ohio 44709
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]