Girls Basketball Sub-Varsity Coach

Association of Independent Schools in New England; Reading (MA); On-site; USD 2,000 - 5,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Preparatory School in Reading, Massachusetts, invites applications for a Girls Sub-Varsity Basketball Coach for the 2026-2027 school year. The position supports the Head Basketball Coach with administrative, instructional and programmatic duties.

The ideal candidate will have prior playing or coaching experience, strong communication with student-athletes and families, and a commitment to safety and positive, inclusive team development.

Qualifications

• Previous playing and/or coaching experience in the sport preferred.
• Ability to teach fundamental skills and develop student-athletes.
• Commitment to Austin Prep’s Augustinian mission and values.
• Ability to work collaboratively with the varsity/head coach and Athletic Department.
• Strong communication skills with student-athletes, families, and other coaches.
• Ability to create a positive, inclusive, development‑focused team environment.
• Commitment to student‑athlete safety and appropriate coach/student boundaries.
• Dependability and willingness to attend scheduled practices and competitions.
• Ability to follow all Austin Prep, NEPSAC, school, and sport‑specific policies.
• CPR/AED, First Aid, and concussion training as required.

Responsibilities

• The Sub‑Varsity Coach provides administrative, instructional and support services under the direction of the Head Basketball Coach.

Skills

Coaching experience

Communication

Team leadership

Safety awareness

Job description

Austin Preparatory School, located in Reading, Massachusetts about 20 miles north of Boston, has an immediate opening for the position of Girls Sub-Varsity Basketball Coach, beginning of Winter 2026.

Founded in 1961, Austin Prep is a Catholic independent co‑ed school serving students in grades 6-12. Austin Prep has a talented faculty of approximately 75 that administers a challenging curriculum that prepares students well for success in high school and college.

Austin Preparatory School is seeking a Girls Sub-Varsity Basketball Coach for the 2026-2027 school year. The Sub‑Varsity Coach provides administrative, instructional and support services under the direction of the Head Basketball Coach. Austin Prep is a member of the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC).

Qualifications

• Previous playing and/or coaching experience in the sport preferred.
• Ability to teach fundamental skills and develop student‑athletes.
• Commitment to Austin Prep’s Augustinian mission and values.
• Ability to work collaboratively with the varsity/head coach and Athletic Department.
• Strong communication skills with student‑athletes, families, and other coaches.
• Ability to create a positive, inclusive, development‑focused team environment.
• Commitment to student‑athlete safety and appropriate coach/student boundaries.
• Dependability and willingness to attend scheduled practices and competitions.
• Ability to follow all Austin Prep, NEPSAC, school, and sport‑specific policies.
• CPR/AED, First Aid, and concussion training as required.

Our Commitment to Mission

The mission of Austin Prep is to “inspire hearts to unite, minds to inquire, and hands, to serve” which we exemplify through the Augustinian charisms of veritas, unitas, and caritas. Austin Prep a Roman Catholic Augustinian secondary school committed to Catholic social teaching which is based on and inseparable from our understanding of human life and human dignity. Every human being is created in the image and likeness of God and is therefore invaluable and worthy of dignity and respect as a member of the human family.

In the spirit of Pope Leo XIII, who emphasized that “those who are engaged in education should be deeply imbued with right principles,” Austin Prep welcomes candidates who are committed to academic excellence and who will actively support and advance the School’s Roman Catholic Augustinian mission.