Head Coach - Men's Varsity Tennis @ South Point High

Definition An employee in this position will be a personal example of high moral character and superior teaching standards.  The Head Tennis Coach will teach good sportsmanship as the number one priority on the athletic field.  This Coach will work with faculty and staff to support player academic and moral success.  The Coach will assist the Board in the fair and just discharge of its obligation to students and staff through the performance of the Head Coach role over and beyond the duties of a classroom teacher.  
Duties and Responsibilities • Promotes the sport within the school by recruiting athletes who are not in other sports programs. • Promotes the sport outside the school through news media or in any other feasible manner. • Responsible for the quality, effectiveness, and validity of any oral or written release to local media by way of the Principal and Gaston County Schools’ Communications Department. • Responsible for maintaining good public relations with news media, Booster Club, parents, officials, volunteers, and fans. • Presents information to news media concerning schedules, tournaments, and results. • Understands the proper administrative line of command and refers all requests or grievances through proper channels.  Awareness of all public/staff/departmental meetings that require attendance. • Maintains discipline, adjusts grievances, and works to increase morale and cooperation. • Delegates specific duties, supervises implementation, and at season’s end, analyzes staff effectiveness and evaluates all assistants. • Establishes the fundamental philosophy, skills, and techniques to be taught by staff.  Design conferences, clinics, and staff meetings to ensure staff awareness of the overall program. • Trains and informs staff, and encourages professional growth by encouraging clinic attendance according to local clinic policy. • Provides documentation to fulfill state and system requirements concerning physical examinations, parental consent, and eligibility. • Provides training rules and any other unique regulations of the sport to each athlete who is considered a participant. • Gives constant attention to a student athlete’s grades and conduct. • Understands the growth and development of assigned school athletes. • Present at all practices and games.  Provides assistance, guidance, and safeguards for each participant. • Initiates programs and policies concerning injuries, medical attention, and emergencies. • Completes and submits proper paperwork on all disabling athletic injuries to the county athletic office within 24 hours. • Assists athletes in their college or advanced educational selection. • Directs student managers, assistants, trainers, and statisticians. • Determines discipline, delineates procedures concerning due process when the enforcement of discipline is necessary, and contacts parents when a student is dropped or becomes ineligible. • Organizes parents, coaches, players, and guests for pre-season meetings. • Assists the Athletic Director in scheduling, providing transportation, and requirements for tournament and special sports events.
• Participates in the budgeting function with the Athletic Director by establishing requirements for the next season.  Recommends guidelines as to type, style, color, or technical specifications of equipment.  Responsible for operating within budget appropriations. • Advises the Athletic Director and recommends policy, method, or procedural changes. • Assists in the necessary preparation to hold scheduled sports events or practices and adheres to scheduled facility times.  Coordinates program with maintenance and school employees. • Provides proper safeguards for maintenance and protection of assigned equipment sites. • Accountable for all equipment and/or collection of fees for any lost or unreturned equipment.  Arranges for issuing, storing, and reconditioning or equipment and submit annual inventory and current records. • Properly mark and identify all equipment before issuing or storing. • Monitors equipment rooms and coaches’ offices; authorizes who may enter and issue or requisition equipment. • Permits the athletes to only be in authorized areas of the building at the appropriate times. • Examines locker rooms before and after practices and games, checking on the general cleanliness of the facility.  Is responsible for cleanliness and maintenance of specific sports equipment. • Secures all doors, lights, windo