Wrestling Coach: Lead Practices, Safety & Growth

West Virginia Department of Education; Florida; On-site; USD 1,500 - 3,000; Part time

Job summary

West Virginia K-12 Jobs presents an Athletic Coach Wrestling position in Lincoln County. The role involves coaching wrestlers, planning in-season practices, and coordinating interscholastic contests with the athletic director.

You will monitor safety, maintain required paperwork, and enforce eligibility criteria. Applicants must hold a West Virginia teaching certificate and complete NFIS Coaching Principles and NFIS Sports First Aid courses, plus have a high school diploma or GED.

Qualifications

• Valid West Virginia teaching certificate appropriate for assignments.
• Non-professional coaches must complete NFIS Coaching Principles and NFIS Sports First Aid Courses.
• High school diploma or GED required.

Responsibilities

• Coach individual participants in wrestling skills for achievement.
• Plan and schedule regular in-season practices.
• Coordinate with principal/athletic director on interscholastic contests.
• Recommend equipment, supplies, and uniforms as needed.
• Maintain attendance, insurance, and related paperwork.
• Supervise safety and well-being of student athletes.
• Ensure safety conditions of facilities where wrestling is conducted.
• Set and enforce eligibility performance criteria for competition.
• Coordinate medical examinations to confirm athletic fitness.
• Enforce discipline and sportsmanship at all times.

Skills

Coaching

Practice planning

Scheduling

Safety oversight

Discipline management

Education

West Virginia teaching certificate

NFIS Coaching Principles Course

NFIS Sports First Aid Course

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Description: Athletic Coach Wrestling

Job Summary:
1. Coaches individual participants in the skills necessary for excellent achievement in the sport involved.
2. Plans and schedules a regular program of practice in season.
3. Works closely with the principal/athletic director in scheduling inter-scholastic contests.
4. Recommends purchases of equipment, supplies, and uniforms, as appropriate.
5. Maintains or provides necessary information for attendance forms, insurance records, and similar paperwork.
6. Supervises the safety and well being of the student athlete.
7. Oversees the safety conditions of the facility or area in which assigned sport is conducted at all times that students are present.
8. Establishes and maintains performance criteria for eligibility in interscholastic competition in his/her sport.
9. Coordinates and documents that the student athlete is physically fit to participate (medical doctor examination).
10. Enforces discipline and sportsmanship like behavior at all times, and established and oversees penalties for breach of such standards by individual students.

Qualifications:
1. Valid West Virginia teaching certificate appropriate for assignments.
2. Non-professional coaches/sponsors must have successfully completed the National Federation Interscholastic Coaches Education Program in Coaching Principles Course and the National Federation Interscholastic Coaches Education Program in Sports First Aid Course. Must have a high school diploma or GED.

Application Procedure:
Apply online

Selection Procedure:
1.Application
2. Interview
3. Recommendation by the Superintendent
4. Employment by the Board of Education

Term of Employment
Supplemental-Salary Schedule #19-Days and supplemental pay shall be established per contract by Lincoln County Board of Education

Evaluation
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Professional Personnel Extra Curricular Duties Evaluation.

Postings current as of 10/28/2026 8:32:17 PM CST.

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