Assistant Varsity Girls Basketball Coach - High School

The Assistant Varsity Girls Basketball Coach supports the Head Varsity Girls Basketball Coach in operating a safe, organized, development-focused varsity basketball program. The Assistant Coach helps teach skills and team concepts, prepare practices and competitions, supervise scholar-athletes, reinforce program culture, and complete assigned operational responsibilities. Success is measured by reliability, player development, communication, safety, compliance, record keeping, and contribution to program progress - not wins and losses alone.

Responsibilities

Support the Head Varsity Girls Basketball Coach's program vision and complete assigned duties for practices, contests, meetings, supervision, travel, and season operations; Support grade 6-12 pipeline-building activities when assigned; Prepare for and carry out assigned portions of practice plans; Provide honest, age-appropriate feedback that develops basketball IQ, decision-making, confidence, leadership, resilience, and team-oriented habits; Reinforce academic eligibility, attendance, punctuality, preparation, respectful behavior, and healthy team habits; Complete assigned check-ins or referrals for flagged scholar-athletes within three school days; Complete assigned scouting, film, warmup, matchup, substitution-tracking, scorebook, statistics, timeout, and bench-management responsibilities; Ensure no scholar-athlete participates until the Athletics Department confirms registration, eligibility, medical clearance, and required documentation; Provide active supervision from the assigned reporting time until all scholar-athletes are released; Inspect assigned court, equipment, and bench areas before use and report concerns immediately; Immediately notify the Head Coach and athletics leadership of serious injuries, threats, misconduct, hazing, discrimination, and other reportable incidents; Assist with gym setup, breakdown, schedules, transportation, and staffing; Complete assigned attendance, roster, lineup, evaluation, emergency-contact, award, uniform, equipment, and season-closeout records accurately and by deadline; Support accurate score and statistics reporting; Perform other related duties assigned by the Head Varsity Girls Basketball Coach, athletics leadership, or school leadership

Requirements

Embrace Foundation Academies' college- and career-readiness mission and core values; Support a disciplined, joyful, inclusive, and scholar-athlete-centered culture grounded in accountability, sportsmanship, effort, service, and equitable access; Teach basketball through organized instruction, clear progressions, useful feedback, and age-appropriate development; Accept direction from the Head Varsity Girls Basketball Coach, use sound judgment, maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality, and communicate effectively with scholar-athletes, staff, families, and the community; Appointment and approval by the local educational agency and a valid New Jersey teaching certificate or instructional substitute credential (substitute credential requires at least 30 semester-hour college credits); Current adult CPR/AED and Basic First Aid certification through an approved provider, including an in-person skills component when required; NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching completed before first employment as a coach, unless an applicable NJSIAA exemption applies; Annual NFHS Concussion in Sports and Heat Illness Prevention training; One-time NFHS Implicit Bias and NJSIAA BeNice training, plus all school-required safety, medication-response, mandated-reporting, and emergency training; Completion of criminal-history and employment-authorization requirements and the ability to maintain credentials throughout the assignment; Working knowledge of current NFHS basketball rules, NJSIAA requirements, skill development, team concepts, and sportsmanship standards; Strong organization, communication, digital-platform, record-keeping, film or statistics, and relationship-building skills in diverse school communities

Nice to have

Previous basketball coaching, playing, teaching, or advanced youth-development experience