High School Athletic Coach

• Assigns everyone specific positions and comes up with drills and organized game strategies.
• Continue this process throughout the year with different sports they are assigned to coach.
• After the season starts, arrives at every game and guides their team throughout the match-ups. If any necessary changes have to be made during the game, they will be in charge of authorizing and implementing them.
• By observing the students skills with trial and practices, decides who makes the tryout cuts. With an organized team, the high school coach then begins to train the students throughout the preseason process.
• Hold tryouts for students of a high school to attend.

• Be a retired teacher/coach from an IHSA member school, or
• Be officially employed by the local school board of the member school.
• Be regularly certified by the ISBE as a teacher, administrator, or school service personnel (i.e. counselor, social worker, speech therapist, etc., including substitute teachers), or
• Be at least 19 years of age, and
• Be a college student coaching as part of an official student teaching assignment, or

Certifications. Completion of a certified HKCE, NFHS or other IHSA Board approved coaches certification program. Coaches must complete concussion awareness training and a Concussion Management Program Examination in accordance with IHSA requirements.

Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent communication skills in order to inspire players and work with them on improvement.
• Must be available to work nights, holidays, evenings and weekends, and be prepared to work in bad weather and be willing to travel with the team to different locations for games.
• Must possess leadership skills, and be able to set an example for the players.