Assistant Coach - Varsity Girls Basketball

• Position Type:
  Athletics/Activities/ Coaching
• Date Posted: 8/26/2025
• Location:
  
  Sheyenne High School
• Position Title:
  
  Varsity Assistant Coach – Girls Basketball
• Department:
  Athletics/Activities
• Reports To:
  
  Athletic Director
• Term: 2025-26 Season
• Schedule:
  
  See Summary for more information.
• Salary:
  Position follows the Activities Pay Schedule
• Date of last review:
  August 2025

The Varsity Assistant – Girls Basketball position is responsible for leading the team in training, instruction, conditioning, and performance. The position provides support and education to athletes in an effort to excel in their given sport in a healthy and safe environment. The position views winning not only as success, but as helping team members reach goals.

The schedule and hours for this position vary and align to the NDHSAA schedule. For questions regarding the schedule, please contact the building-level athletic director.

Please complete the application and include three references.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and requirement satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required for the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Collaboration: Leads training, instruction, conditioning, performance, and selection of athletes.
• Communication:
  • Communicates with other coaches, assistant coaches, and athletes in a professional and respectful manner.
  • Communicates with athletes to provide helpful, positive guidance to ensure athlete growth and safety.
  • Communicates with officials, opposing coaches, parents, and others in a positive, respectful manner. Providing exemplary behavior for athletes and other learners.
• Compassion:
  • Demonstrates and generates an attitude of good sportsmanship and fair play by adhering to the “Coach’s Code of Ethics” and conference “Sportsmanship Guidelines.”
  • Understands the complexities of cultural and global issues and how they relate to employee and learners’ experiences.
  • Approaches coaching with a positive, committed mindset, focusing on athlete well‑being.
  • Develops positive working relationships with school administration, learners, educators, and the wider district community.
• Creativity: Connects with team members and shares ideas in an effort to improve the overall learner and employee experience.
• Critical Thinking: Develops, organizes, and implements effective practices for athletes to teach proper skills and strategies to compete at an elevated level.
• Reflection: Maintains communication with supervisor and director regarding general feedback, career advancement opportunities, and areas of growth opportunities.
• Resilience:
  • Maintains composure while dealing with stressful situations.
  • Proactively seeks out resolutions and takes initiative to resolve knowledge gaps.
• Responsibility:
  • Adheres to all West Fargo Public Schools and NDHSAA guidelines and policies.
  • Provides for the health, safety, and well‑being of team members at practices, games, and transportation to and from activities.

• Regularly required to reach with hands and arms.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, bend, talk, and hear.
• Required vision abilities include close and peripheral vision.
• May frequently lift up to ~25 pounds without assistance.
• May occasionally lift up to ~50 pounds without assistance.
• May have to push/pull up to ~120 pounds while performing the duties of the role.
• Must work with the public and various WFPS staff while simultaneously managing several competing demands.
• May work outdoors and, if so, will be exposed to the applicable weather elements.
• May come in contact with blood borne pathogens or other bodily fluids on rare occasions.
• Will work in an environment that has a quiet to loud noise level.

• Currently possesses, or has the ability to obtain, an NDHSAA coaching certification.
• Experience in the discipline is preferred.
• Previous experience coaching is preferred.

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