Position: Upper School Boys Soccer Coach

Season Dates: Late August- Early November 2025

Commitment per week: 6-10 hours

Qualifications:

• 2-3 years coaching middle or high school level soccer
• Clearance by New Jersey Department of Education
• Training and certification is a plus

Responsibilities include:

• Practice sessions : Organize, schedule, and supervise 2-3 practice sessions per week. (Practices decrease when games increase.)
• Teaching : Instruct athletes in the fundamental ethos of teamwork and the skills of sport.
• Motivation : Motivate student athletes to develop an appreciation of the sport, foster school spirit, and emphasize the importance of teamwork
• Communication : Communicate expectations, practice schedule, game location and schedule, cancellations, game departure, and return times to players and parents
• Transportation : Possibly help transport students to game and practice locations
• Flexibility, Creativity: Athletes at THS do not have “home fields.” Coaches are flexible and creative with the use of spaces, fields, courts.
• Community Involvement: Attend athletic department meetings, attend end of year athletics banquet, meet regularly with athletic director, possibly run occasional camps and clinics during breaks and days off

Goals:

• Cultivate a fun and challenging learning environment
• Bring passion and energy to all coaching responsibilities
• Be prepared with appropriate and effective practice and game plans
• Be ready and on-time for practices and games
• Strengthen and expand THS athletics program

Stipend: $4,000 for the season