Assistant Wrestling Coach

POSITION 27A27 TITLE:  Assistant Wrestling Coach (26-27)

LOCATION:  Sherrard Middle School

EMPLOYMENT TERM:    2026-2027 School year, season varies including flex days

BID PERIOD: August 13 - 19, 2026, 4 pm. 

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Plan, organize, and supervise all aspects of the assigned athletic program, including practices, contests, conditioning activities, team meetings, and related team events.
2. Promote student safety, welfare, and appropriate conduct while students are under the coach's supervision, including before, during, and after practices, contests, travel, and team activities.
3. Develop and maintain a positive team culture that emphasizes sportsmanship, respect, discipline, teamwork, and school pride.
4. Support the educational mission of the school by encouraging academic success, appropriate behavior, responsible citizenship, and regular school attendance among student-athletes.
5. Comply with all applicable board policies, administrative procedures, conference/league requirements, state athletic association rules, and federal/state laws governing student athletics.
6. Communicate and work cooperatively with administrators, athletic personnel, students, parents/guardians, officials, other coaches, and the public to support the athletic program.
7. Coordinate with coaches and athletic programs at other grade levels and schools, when applicable, to promote program continuity and student development.
8. Supervise, account for, and help maintain equipment, uniforms, supplies, and assigned facilities in a safe, responsible, and organized manner.
9. Provide appropriate leadership and direction to assistant coaches and volunteers assigned to the program, consistent with school expectations and administrative oversight.
10. Maintain professional conduct, professional work habits, and positive public representation of the school and athletic program.
11. Participate in required meetings, trainings, certifications, and professional development; maintain and improve coaching knowledge, skills, and required credentials.
12. Perform other job-related duties as assigned by the principal, athletic director, or other appropriate administrator. 

QUALIFICATIONS:  A coach for a WVSSAC sport must be certified as a teacher (or substitute) in the State of WV or complete the National Federal Interscholastic Coaches Education Program as endorsed by the WVSSAC and the State Board of Education, and receive a coaching authorization issued by the WV Department of Education.  Must also have or be willing to get current CPR/AED certification.

Applicants must be fully credentialed professionals or substitutes or hold a valid WVDE coaching certification before participating in ANY WVSSAC sport coaching duties.  Call 304-843-4400 x310 for information on how to start the process or renew your existing certification.  Also, visit the MCS BOE website, and then click Links, Employee Resources, and scroll down to find coaching certification and CPR/AED class information.

Coaching duties must not interfere with other contracted duties held by the successful applicant, and the successful applicant must be available for practice and game times and dates as determined by the principal.  No names will be taken to the board for approval without valid certification.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of a coaching position, with or without reasonable accommodation. 

1. Frequently stand, walk, move throughout indoor and outdoor athletic areas, and remain present for practices, contests, meetings, travel, and team activities.
2. Communicate verbally and hear effectively in settings with moderate to high background noise, including gyms, fields, tracks, stadiums, locker rooms, sidelines, buses, and crowds.
3. Use close, distance, and peripheral vision; depth perception; and the ability to adjust focus to observe participants, monitor safety, evaluate techniques, and respond to game or practice conditions.
4. Use hands and arms to handle equipment, demonstrate or support drills, distribute materials, operate communication devices, and perform routine coaching tasks.
5. Bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, climb stairs, and navigate uneven or changing surfaces such as fields, tracks, courts, dugouts, sidelines, bleachers, and locker-room areas.
6. Occasionally demonstrate sport-specific techniques or movements and move quickly in response to play, supervision needs, weather, injury, or safety situations.
7. Lift, carry, push, or pull athletic equipment and