Requirements:

• High School Diploma/GED
• Currently hold or eligible to hold Wyoming PTSB Coaching Certificate or Coaching Endorsement.  *Applicants currently holding the certification will be considered first.

 

Head Coach Responsibilities include:

• evaluating student athlete performance and providing suitable feedback, balancing constructive criticism with positivity and motivation
• assessing strengths and weaknesses in a participant's performance and identifying areas for further development
• adapting to the needs and interests of group or individual participants
• communicating instructions and commands using clear, simple language
• demonstrating an activity by breaking the task down into a sequence
• encouraging participants to gain and develop skills, knowledge and techniques
• ensuring that participants train and perform to a high standard of health and safety at all times
• inspiring confidence and self-belief
• developing knowledge and understanding of fitness, injury, sports psychology, nutrition and sports science
• working with IT-based resources to monitor and measure performance
• acting as a role model, gaining the respect and trust of the people you work with
• working to a high legal and ethical standard at all times, particularly in relation to issues such as child safeguarding and health and safety requirements.

Head Coaches Planning and administration include:

• producing personalized training programs
• maintaining records of participant performance
• coordinating participants' attendance at meetings and other sports events
• planning and running programs of activities for groups and individuals
• coordinating transportation for participants to and from sports events
• planning practice schedules aligned with FCSD#2 policy and with the input and guidance of the athletic director
• working collaboratively with all other coaches and staff members of FCSD#2