Anticipated Coaches - Winter Sports

Anticipated Coaches - All Winter Sports 2025/2026

• Position Type:
  Extra Curricular Coaching/Athletics/ Extra Curricular Coaching/Athletics
• Date Posted: 4/2/2025
• Location:
  
  Wayne Valley High School
• Closing Date: 01/30/2026

State Teaching Certificate/County Substitute Certificate (60 college credit units to qualify);
Skill qualifications necessary to complete established performance responsibilities. Must possess prior experience in coaching the sport.

Director of Athletics;
Building Principal

Assistant Coach(es); managers, student athletes, other adults working in the sport area.

To assume primary responsibility for leadership, supervision and organization of a specific athletic activity to carry out the objectives of the District Athletic Program, the Conference and the N.J.S.I.A.A.

• Must possess and demonstrate knowledge of the sport.
• Shall be knowledgeable of new ideas and techniques by attending clinics and workshops, reading in his/her sport and encouraging Assistant Coach(es) to do the same.
• Shall be responsible for up-to-date knowledge of conference and state rules, and for ensuring that the head coach and assistants abide by such rules at all times.
• Shall be active in professional organizations.
• Shall be responsible for the general upkeep, care and protection of equipment under his/her jurisdiction. Keeps up-to-date inventory of supplies and equipment within the sport area and shall arrange for the systematic return of all school equipment.
• Takes appropriate actions, including recommendations for improvement, to ensure that his/her facility, field, locker room and/or play area are maintained in a safe and healthy state for student participation.
• Shall recommend to the Athletic Director and Principal, personnel for assistant coaching positions.
• Recommends the purchase of equipment, supplies, uniforms and other materials, as appropriate and necessary.
• Drafts and submits an annual budget for his/her sport, as may be requested by the Director of Athletics and the building Principal.
• Shall maintain records of team and individual accomplishments to be recorded with the Athletic Director on a regular basis.
• Shall actively participate in League and County coaches meetings.
• Fall coaches shall be present for pre-season sport physicals.
• Shall have working knowledge of the District policies on accident reporting and insurance programs and ensure that each athlete has had an appropriate physical examination.
• Shall assist the Athletic Director in compiling eligibility lists.
• Shall communicate to student athletes all rules and regulations related to participation in the school sports program.
• Shall communicate to athletes the criteria for receiving awards.
• Shall delegate responsibility to Assistant Coach(es) for all Varsity and sub-Varsity contests.
• Shall provide supervisory control over all phases of team activities including Freshman, Sophomore and Junior Varsity.
• Conducts practice sessions within his/her sport within guidelines specified by the Director of Athletics and clears special holiday or weekend practice schedules with the Director of Athletics.
• Shall emphasize safety precautions and use accepted training and injury procedures. Works closely with the school physician, the school nurse, and the athletic trainer as appropriate in dealing with injuries.
• Shall conduct one’s self in a sportsmanlike fashion at all times and is responsible for the actions and conduct of his/her team members whenever they are under his/her jurisdiction. Enforces discipline and sportsmanlike behavior at all times, and establishes penalties for breach of such standards by individual students.
• Shall be responsible for supervising all locker rooms and securing all facilities at the close of each practice or contest.
• Make recommendations for awards, and for the establishment of appropriate criteria for awards, as directed by the Director of Athletics, and shall attend all award programs related to his/her sport.
• Shall ensure that members of his/her team are dressed appropriately.
• Clears with the Principal and…