Boy's Flag Football Coach

Spring Education Group is a multi-brand education network of superior private school institutions spanning infant care through high school. The network (currently composed of approximately 220 schools) brings together some of the best private school programs in the country, with proven track records educating children through unique and carefully crafted curricula.

Flag Football Coach – Merryhill School

What We Offer

• Pay range: $35.00 - $50.00 per hour

• Employee referral bonus

• Same-day pay with Dayforce Wallet, providing flexibility to access your earnings immediately

• Opportunity to work in a collaborative and nurturing educational environment

About the Role As a Flag Football Coach at Merryhill School, you will support student-athlete development through engaging, safe, and well-structured flag football instruction. This role blends coaching, mentorship, team leadership, and character development to help students strengthen their athletic skills, build confidence, and take pride in representing their school.

In this role, you will lead practices, prepare students for games, and foster a positive team culture rooted in effort, sportsmanship, accountability, and respect. You will help student-athletes develop foundational football skills while encouraging teamwork, resilience, communication, and a healthy approach to competition.

You will also:

• Lead practices focused on flag football fundamentals, including passing, catching, route running, defensive positioning, flag pulling, spacing, and game awareness

• Teach team strategy, game rules, offensive and defensive concepts, communication, and situational decision-making

• Prepare students for games through skill development, conditioning, drills, and team-building activities

• Cultivate a positive, inclusive, and supportive team culture that emphasizes sportsmanship and personal growth

• Promote student safety by teaching proper non-contact techniques, monitoring participation, and reinforcing safe play expectations

• Organize practice schedules, game preparation, team logistics, equipment, and event coordination

• Travel with the team to games and events as needed

• Maintain professional and proactive communication with students, families, school leadership, and staff

• Model exceptional sportsmanship, reliability, leadership, and professionalism

• Support students in developing confidence, discipline, teamwork, and pride in representing Merryhill School

What We're Looking For

• Prior experience coaching flag football, football, or participating in competitive football preferred

• Strong knowledge of flag football fundamentals, rules, practice planning, and age-appropriate skill development

• CPR and First Aid certification preferred

• High school diploma required; Associate or Bachelor's degree preferred

• Experience working with students or student-athletes preferred

• Strong communication, organization, and leadership capabilities

• Ability to create a positive, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate team environment

• Commitment to student safety, professionalism, sportsmanship, and positive character development

• Reliable availability for practices, games, and school athletic events as scheduled

• Ability to pass state and federal background checks

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In general, this position requires an individual to frequently walk, stand, sit, squat, stoop, reach, kneel, rise from the floor, twist, listen, read, write, and speak the English language. In addition, this position often requires an individual to carry, lift, use repetitive or fine hand movements, and occasionally push, pull, or bend. This position is regularly required to hear and use clear vision with or without correction. Spring Education Group, including, but not limited to SEG Inc., and their affiliates (collectively “Company”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants for employment and employees are provided equal employment opportunities, including in recruitment, hiring, and assignment, without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion and religious creed, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital or familial status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military/veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. The Company expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee or student harassment or discrimination.