Assistant Boys Basketball Coach

Position Type:
Athletics/Coaching/Coach (DCHS, SC, LES, WV, GV, or JMS)

Date Posted:
9/30/2026

Location:
David Crockett High School
Role: Assistant Coach

Education and Experiences:

• Not less than a high school education or general equivalency diploma;
• At least one (1) year of experience is preferred, but not required, so that with appropriate training, service may be provided in the specific role for which employed; and
• Meets necessary health and physical qualifications.

Summary: Manage and supervise athletic activities, contests, and practice sessions to promote individual growth in athletic skills, teamwork, and good sportsmanship.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Holds tryouts for team prospects and encourages students to participate.
• Assesses skills and determines team members and assigns team positions.
• Develops a regular practice schedule and organizes practice time to provide both individual and team development.
• Coaches and instructs players, individually and in groups, regarding the rules, regulations, equipment, and techniques of the sport.
• Monitors the academic performance of team members to ensure that eligibility requirements are maintained.
• Models sportsmanship-like behavior and reflects appropriate conduct towards players, school community, officials, and spectators regarding policies, procedures, performances, and problems.
• Communicates with the Principal and Athletic Director regarding policies, procedures, performances, and problems.
• Maintains eligibility forms, emergency data cards, physicals, equipment/uniform inventory, and other related records.

Physical Demands:

This job requires lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., or the average weight of a child, if assigned to elementary grades, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs or more.

Other physical demands that may be required are as follows.

• Pushing and/or pulling
• Climbing
• Stooping, kneeling and/or crawling
• Reaching
• Talking
• Hearing
• Seeing

Vocational Preparation:

The required vocational preparation may come from any of the following:

• Vocational education
• Apprentice training
• On-the-job training
• Essential experience in other jobs

TEMPERAMENT (Personal Traits):

• Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.
• Adaptability to dealing with students.
• Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.

Capacity and Ability Requirements:

Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.

• Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments.
• Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them.
• Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the hands easily and skillfully.
• Form Perception: To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures.
• Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color.

Work Conditions:

Normal working environment.

General Requirements:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so assigned.