Head Girls' Basketball Coach
Location
Newtown Square, PA | United States
Job description
The Position
The Episcopal Academy is seeking a head girls' basketball coach to lead a vertically aligned successful 6-12 program. Strong candidates for the role will have a track record of success and possess a passion for working with young people as both athletes and human beings. This role is charged with overseeing our robust program in the upper school to ensure that our student-athletes, at all levels and abilities, receive consistently strong coaching and mentoring while focusing on a developmental aspect of our middle school program. The Girls' Basketball coach will lead a top-tier program, which requires flexibility in working hours, including some evening and weekend work.
At The Episcopal Academy, we are united by our shared mission, rich history, and dedication to excellence. An EA employee:
- Is kid-centered, embraces school and life and shows it through actions and interactions with students, colleagues, and parents.
- Embodies and lives The Stripes .
- Consistently maintains high standards for his or her own work and motivates others to achieve the same standard of excellence.
- Demonstrates a desire and willingness to constantly grow and learn, both personally and professionally, and sees others - especially students - as having the ability to learn and reach success.
- Fosters a positive culture by being optimistic, selfless, flexible, and collaborative.
- Demonstrates a belief in and commitment to fostering an inclusive and diverse school community.
About You
Successful candidates for this position will possess:
- A deep com mitment to player wellbeing and success, on and off the court.
- Ability to hire, train and manage a capable and knowledgeable girls' basketball staff.
- The skills to help ensure that all players at all ability levels are growing and improving.
- Superb tactical, organizational, motivational and communication skills.
- A desire to build a positive and inclusive team culture.
- A proven capacity to lead a varsity team to success in a competitive league and region.
- A commitment to staying current with the latest ideas in coaching girls' basketball and athletics more broadly.
- The skills to provide consistently clear, positive, and productive communication with players, families, and members of the faculty.
- Belief in the value of student-athletes playing multiple sports.
- A commitment to supervise all travel, contests, activities and events for the upper school program including JV and game management.
- Ability to plan creative and effective practice plans for your teams at all levels.
- A commitment to facilitate, train and build programming for students in our Middle School and Lower School.
Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree is required
- Playing experience preferred
- 5 years of coaching at the varsity level or higher required
Start date: September 2024
Application deadline: April 1st, 2024
The Episcopal Academy seeks candidates who hope to help foster a school environment where all people are valued and where all perspectives are respected and appreciated, as described in our Diversity and Inclusion statement .
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