Job Description:
2025 - 2026 School Year
Bridgeport, CT 06604
45 Lyon Terrace, Room 324
Human Resources Department
Bridgeport Public Schools

HEAD COACH - FOOTBALL
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
STIPEND: $5,978.00
Position is responsible for coaching student athletes in game strategies and techniques to prepare them for athletic competition. Position motivates student athletes to develop an appreciation of the sport.
 
RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Holds organizational meetings for team prospects and encourages potential athletes to participate in the sport.
• Assesses players’ skills and assigns team positions.
• Develops a regular practice schedule and organizes practice time to provide both individual and team development.
• Works with the athletic director in scheduling facilities for practices and competition.
• Supervises and assigns duties to assistant coaches, as necessary.
• Coaches and instructs players, individually or in groups, regarding the rules, regulations, equipment, and techniques of the sport.
• Observes players during competition and practice, to determine the needs for individual or team improvement.
• Determines game strategy based on the team’s capabilities.
• Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior and provides proper supervision of athletes at all times.
• Monitors the academic performance of team members to ensure that eligibility requirements are met.
• Follows established procedures in the event of an athlete’s injury.
• Conferences with parents/guardians, as necessary, regarding the athletic performance of their children.
• Follows state, regional, and district regulations governing the athletics program.
• Models sports-like behavior and maintains appropriate conduct towards players, officials, and spectators.
• Acts as a team representative and promotes the sport by communicating with the news media, booster clubs, service clubs, and other organizations.
• Follows established procedures for the proper care, maintenance, & requisitioning of equipment, supplies, and uniforms.
• Works with the athletic director to develop a policy for awards and submits a list of award winners at the end of the season.
• Participates in special activities to include parents’ night, banquets, awards nights, and pep assemblies.
• Interacts in a positive manner with staff, students and parents
• Promotes good public relations by personal appearance, attitude and conversation

  
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:

• Experience working with high school students
• Knowledge of academic area
• Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing
• Effective, active listening skills
• Ability to work effectively with others
• Organizational and problem-solving skills
• Basic knowledge of all other subject matter
• Ability to work effectively with others
• Basic computer skills
• Excellent reading comprehension
• Excellent math comprehension

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum High School Diploma Required
• CT SDE coaching certification or Connecticut Teaching Certificate 
• First Aid Certification
• CPR Certification
• Concussion Management Training
• Experience as a coach at high school or college level preferred; combination of head coach, assistant coach, player and/or education may be substituted
• Three years’ high school coaching experience preferred
• Must possess effective coaching techniques and skills
• Must possess knowledge of rules, regulations, strategies and techniques of the sport
• Bilingual in Spanish, preferred

 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Letter of Intent
• Resume
• Photocopy of coaching permit or application for coaching permit
• Photocopy of valid First Aid card – SIGNED, front and back
• Photocopy of valid CPR card – SIGNED, front and back
• Certificate verifying concussion management training (Original Certificate will be required from candidates selected for interview)