GHS - Varsity Football Head Coach

The following vacancy exists in Goshen Community Schools for the
2026-27school year:

The Head Coach is responsible for ensuring all student-athletes acquire knowledge and apply skills – enhancing tomorrow’s opportunities.

• Develops a transformational coaching statement which is clearly communicated to staff, team members and parents.
• Supports GHS athletics vision and values statement (Refer to the Athletic Handbook).
• Works with other coaches to support multi-sport athletes.
• Works with the Athletic Director for all matters relating to the organization, administration and philosophy of the sport under his/her direction.
• Serves in a leadership capacity to the community program.
• Oversees the high school program in his/her sport and supports the middle school and elementary programs.
• Coaches individual participants in the skills necessary for excellent achievement in the sport involved.
• Maintains competency in IHSAA rules, event procedures, coaching techniques and general information about all aspects of the sport.
• Is a member of the state coaching association that honors Academic All-state student athletes
• Recommends teams that may be scheduled to the Athletic Director.
• Works closely with the Athletic Director to schedule facility use.
• Works with the coaches and/or Athletic Director to plan transportation and appropriate supervision at away contests in compliance with the corporation travel policy and guidelines.
• Models sportsmanship-like behavior and maintains appropriate conducts toward players, officials and fans.
• Attends all Head Coaches meetings.

• Assists the Athletic Director in recruiting and hiring all coaches.
• Evaluates all assistant coaches in his/her sport.
• Assigns duties to coaching staff.
• Supports and promotes leadership programs and participates when applicable.

• Maintains an accurate and current team & program roster and submits copies to the Athletic Office.
• Works closely with the Athletic Director in the financing of his/her sport by preparing and submitting an annual budget; follows school board policies regarding setting funding criteria and handling financial transactions and sets parameters.
• Supervises fundraising efforts for all teams under his/her direction and submits proper forms as required by board policy.
• Submits annually expense reports for youth leagues and camps and an elementary sport summary.
• Maintains sport webpage and keeps it up to date.
• Develops a consistent and positive communications procedure through the school and media to inform the parents and the general public about his/her sport.
• Maintains accurate statistics, records, and results of the season.
• Arranges for the presentation of team awards through the Athletic Office.
• Submits annually inventory list.

• Enforces all rules of the IHSAA related to his/her sport.
• Enforces discipline and sportsmanship-like behavior at all times and establishes and oversees penalties for breach of such standards by individual students.
• Ensures that no bullying/hazing occurs in his/her sport.
• Establishes performance criteria for participation in interscholastic competition in his/her sport.
• Checks with Athletic Office on individual athlete’s eligibility.

• Cooperates with the Athletic Director to verify that no participant is issued equipment or allowed to practice until his/her physical examination card has been completed.
• Oversees the safety condition of the facility or area in which assigned sport is conducted at all times that students are present.
• Enforces rules and regulations concerning conditioning of players and their health and safety.
• Reports injuries to the athletic trainer through personal communication, as well as completing and submitting incident reports to the athletic trainer and Athletic Office.
• Exercises great care in dealing with all injuries and particularly those that are of a serious nature. In all cases, the coach should assure that the injured athlete receiving competent medical care. Following injuries of a serious or…