Football Assistant Coach

🇺🇸In-Person - Columbus, OH$28K–$42K/yri5h ago

K-12 Teaching Coaching Athletics Student Support Sports Instruction Team Leadership

Role Snapshot

The Football Assistant Coach supports and leads various aspects of KIPP Columbus's sports program, providing student supervision, serving as a positive role model, and ensuring compliance with OHSAA regulations and school standards.

Key Responsibilities: Assist with coaching, equipment maintenance, student recruitment, and performance monitoring while facilitating training sessions and supervising competitions. Coordinate student development initiatives, enforce eligibility criteria, and ensure student safety during all athletic activities and off-campus trips.

Skills & Tools: Strong coaching and athletic instruction abilities, excellent communication and mentoring skills, knowledge of OHSAA regulations, and demonstrated commitment to student development and safety.

Qualifications: Not explicitly stated in description. Typically requires high school diploma or equivalent and previous coaching or athletic experience; may require specific certifications depending on state requirements.

Location: In-Person - Columbus, OH

Compensation: $28K–$42K/yr (estimated)

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Job Description

The Opportunity

The Football Assistant Coach is responsible for supporting and also leading various aspects of the sports program such as providing supervision of students during all aspects of the program, serving as a positive role model to the student-athletes, and represents KIPP Columbus in an excellent and equitable manner, upgrading his/her knowledge and skills through coaching clinics, and observations consultation.

As an Assistant Coach you are required to abide by all OHSAA rules and regulations as well as the character and learning environment standards of KIPP Columbus.

Key responsibilities include the following:

Coaching

Preparing and maintaining training equipment and facilities.
Assisting with the recruitment of students for the program.
Monitoring and evaluating team performance.
Maintaining records of students, training sessions, games, performance statistics, and equipment.
Facilitating and supervising training sessions and individual workouts.
Fulfilling other duties as assigned by the head coach.
Building a positive team environment

Student Development

Work with other members of school staff to plan and put in place instructional goals and objectives to ensure the overall educational development of student-athletes.
Monitor and enforce student eligibility criteria for extracurricular participation
Instruct and advise students on regulations with regard to academic requirements for scholarships and recruiting practices.
Align with and maintain KIPP’s learning environment standards for behavior and conduct during athletic contests, practice sessions, and while on trips off school property

Student Safety and Operations

Take all necessary precautions to protect student-athletes, equipment, materials, and facilities
Accompany and supervise student-athletes during competitions on out-of-town trips.
Encourage sportsmanlike conduct in all phases of athletic participation

General

Doing whatever it takes for our students and team to be successful
Participating in staff meetings, professional development, as appropriate
Perform other duties as assigned by the Senior Athletics and Wellness Coordinator or Head Coach