Junior High Girls Head Basketball Coach

Junior High Girls Head Basketball Coach

Job Title:

Junior High Girls Head Basketball Coach

School:
Chimacum Jr/Sr High School

School Year: 2025-26

Reports to:

Athletic Director

Start Date:

When Filled

Salary Range:
Assistant Coach $3,468.00

Surrounded by farms and forests at the base of the Olympic Mountains and the edge of the Salish Sea, Chimacum Schools are the heart center of a proud and vibrant community in East Jefferson County. We offer a deeply rewarding work environment with dedicated colleagues, enriching professional development, community partnerships, and regionally competitive compensation. Chimacum provides PreK-12 students engaging place-based and hands‑on learning, locally produced school lunches, and an invitation to educational innovation and support, among other amazing opportunities!

Interscholastic sports at Chimacum School District form part of a diverse extracurricular activities program. Athletics will be a positive experience when the student athlete recognizes the importance of embracing a lifestyle dedicated to establishing and maintaining integrity and self‑discipline. The athletic department is dedicated to interscholastic athletics as a vital component of a comprehensive education of Chimacum Schools. The sound development of the physical capacities of youth complements and enhances the intellectual, spiritual, emotional and social development of every young man and woman.

This position is under the supervision of the athletic director and building administrator.

• Successfully organize, manage, and coordinate the sports program for the related sport.
• Assure knowledge of the rules of the Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association and the district policies, and at all times abide by them.
• Develop fundamental skills and an understanding of the rules in student athletics; instill a sense of self‑esteem in winning and dignity in losing.
• Organize practice schedules to ensure the best use of time, facilities, and staff.
• Attend and coach participants at all regular season, pre‑and post‑season games.
• Articulate and execute the philosophy of the athletic program that outlines the academic expectations, discipline, commitment, athletic performance, sportsmanship and citizenship expectations of the student‑athlete. Apply necessary discipline in a fair, firm, and positive manner.
• Maintain a safe environment for participants and utilize appropriate training methods to minimize injury. Take appropriate safety precautions during practices and games.
• Continually evaluate programs for sources of improvement.
• Be a positive visible role model in the community.
• Manage the care, maintenance, and procurement of all sports equipment, supplies and uniforms. Complete annual inventory, issue and check out equipment, mark equipment for identification and store equipment at the end of each season. Request purchase of needed equipment and supplies for the following season. Recommend improvements to facilities as necessary and appropriate.
• Attend school, district and league meetings if requested; consult with the Athletic Director on issues when necessary.

• Evidence of effective work with students and evidence of ability to work and relate positively and effectively with staff and students.
• Minimum three years of previous successful coaching experience, as either a head coach or assistant coach for the related sport.
• Demonstrated skill, program development and evaluation in specific sport.
• Thorough knowledge and skill in fundamental techniques and strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively with coaching staff.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate and lead young adults.
• Demonstrated organizational and leadership skills.
• Ability to communicate positively and effectively with players, coaches, administrators, parents, media and the community.
• Demonstrated ability to instruct student‑athletes in skills of the sport and to help them develop a sense of life‑long values of goal setting, commitment to task, and the virtues of good sportsmanship in the face of victory or defeat.
• Possess current First Aid and…