SHS Head Varsity Volleyball Coach; Teaching

SHS Head Varsity Volleyball Coach (Teaching Position Possible)

Silver City Consolidated School District 1, Silver High School - Silver City, New Mexico.

Job : 5498767
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Re-Posted: Jan 23, 2026 7:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: To Be Determined

Position: Head Coach

Supervisor: Athletic Director

General

Job Description:

To establish and maintain an athletic program of the highest caliber in the sport(s) to which they are assigned.

• Help each participating student achieve a high level of skill, an appreciation for the values of discipline, teamwork, and sportsmanship, and an increased level of self-esteem.
• Assist in the screening, employment, supervising and assignment of assistant coaches in his/her major sport.
• Be responsible for the scouting program of assigned sport.
• Be responsible for monitoring, representing, and having a working relationship with radio, television, print media, and booster clubs.
• Be responsible for helping represent the district in his/her major sport.
• Be responsible for a coordinated program, in cooperation with the Athletic Director, in grades eighth (8th) through twelfth (12th) in his/her major sport.
• Monitor effective working relationship with junior high school coaches in his/her major sport.
• Supervise the overall program to which the head coach is assigned in cooperation with the Athletic Director and principal.
• Coach individual participants in the skills necessary for excellent achievement in the activity involved.
• Plan and schedule a regular program of practice in season.
• Work closely with the Athletic Director in scheduling interscholastic contests.
• Monitor the response to all rules and regulations in all activities to which they are assigned responsibilities.
• Recommend purchase of equipment, supplies, and uniforms, as is appropriate.
• Maintain necessary attendance forms, proof of insurance records, physical records, codes of ethics, parent permission forms, and similar paperwork.
• Oversee the safety condition of the facility or area in which assigned sport and/or activity is conducted at all times that students are present.
• Establish additional performance criteria for eligibility in interscholastic competition in his/her sport and/or activity.
• Enforce discipline and sportsmanship behavior at all times, and establish and oversee penalties for breach of such standards by individual students.
• Attend to the academic classroom work which may be assigned using acceptable methodology and techniques of teaching.
• Prepare and submit to the athletic office:
  • A list of all athletes participating in your program at least two weeks before the first contest (for eligibility purposes).
  • A list of lettermen in your program at the end of the season. (Requirements for lettering are determined by each head coach in their particular sport).
  • A complete inventory of equipment at the end of the season.
• Compile and distribute to all faculty members, assistant principals, and attendance office, a list of athletes that are to be excused from school on each road trip.
• Call transportation 2 to 3 days in advance of all road trips to confirm the date and time of your scheduled departure.
• Provide a safe keeping for valuables during practice and game time.
• See that all athletes under his/her jurisdiction are well informed as to all athletic eligibility rules and regulations.
• Limit the time athletes will be out of school to a minimum.
• See that no student in his/her program participates in more than the maximum number of games/contests than is permitted.
• Be knowledgeable of rules and regulations regarding his/her sport as presented in the NMAA handbook.
• Conduct himself/herself, when serving in the capacity as a representative of the district, in a manner that will not cause any embarrassment to the team, school, or community. Demand the same expectations of all of his/her assistant coaches.

• While many of the aforementioned responsibilities may be delegated to an assistant coach, it remains the head coach’s responsibility to see that his/her program is in total compliance.
• Other tasks as…