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Football Coach

Department: Red Cloud High School
Supervisor: Athletic Director
Status: Full-Time during Sports Season
Classification: Exempt

MISSION

The mission of Red Cloud Indian School, Inc. (RCIS), a Catholic institution administered
by the Jesuits and the Lakota people, is to develop and grow as a vibrant Church,
through an education of the mind and spirit that promotes the values of the Lakota
culture.

RCIS includes two elementary schools, a high school, The Heritage Center, and six
churches onIndian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota. By
integrating both Lakota culture and heritage with spiritual beliefs and practices from
the Lakota and Catholic traditions, RCIS aims to educate both the mind and the heart
of its students, parishioners, and staff, creating leaders of tomorrow with competence,
conscience, and compassion.

Position Summary: The Coach instructs athletes in the fundamental skills, strategy and physical training
necessary for them to realize a degree of individual and team success. At the same time, the student will receive
instruction that will lead to the formulation of moral values, pride of accomplishment, acceptable social behavior,
self-discipline and self-confidence.

I. Essential Job Functions:
1. Responsible for checking out uniforms to players and checking them in when the season is
completed.

2. Responsible for gathering equipment in readiness for games and practice and putting said
equipment away after games and practices.
3. Arranges provisions for meals for games as needed.
4. Rides the bus to and from all ‘away’ games.
5. Monitors players at all times; during practice, during games, in locker rooms, and on the bus.

6. Be on time for all practices.
7. Prepare a weekly practice schedule each Friday for the following week.
8. Works in conjunction with the athletic director to assure eligibility of players.

Red Cloud Indian School, Inc.
(605) 867-1105

9. Adheres to written guidelines including all RCIS policies, material prepared by the State Department of
Education, and directives provided by the Principal, any designated supervisor, or the Superintendent
of Schools for RCIS.

10. Adheres to Safe Environment policies of RCIS.

B. Athlete Training and Preparation & Sports medicine Responsibilities
1. appropriate development of positive sportsmanship
2. sequential conditioning
3. appropriate skill training
4. appropriate tactical training
5. appropriate positive motivation
6. appropriate attention to maturity, readiness and pairing of athletes
7. ability to use approved first-aid and CPR skills
8. certification in concussion awareness
9. interaction with physicians, physical therapists, and parent(s) following an injury to an athlete 10.
ensure athlete is cleared by M.D. in order to return to practice
11. develop and implement a site-specific emergency response plan

C. Additional Requirements and Physical Demands:
1. Supervisory Controls: Critical is the understanding that this job is under the supervision of the

Superintendent of Schools, and the President of RCIS.
2. Personal Contacts: Personal contacts will be with students, school employees and with parents and

visitors. All such contacts are to be appropriate, and these contacts are a matter for evaluation
and supervision.

3. Purpose of Contacts: The purpose of personal contacts is to provide safe conditions for school and
work-related functions.

4. Physical Demands: For this position an applicant must be able to lift equipment and materials and
otherwise be in good physical condition. Good distant vision and the ability to read, without
strain, printed material the size of typewritten characters is required. The ability to hear the
conversational voice, with or without a hearing aid, is required.

5. Working Conditions: Working conditions will be outside, which includes working in a variety of
weather conditions.

II. Qualifications:

A. Knowledge and Experience:
Understanding of Red Cloud Indian School’s mission, philosophy and needs to better

Red Cloud Indian School, Inc.
(605) 867-1105

Submit resume and General Application with any supporting documents to:

Brenda Bad Heart Bull,Executive Director of Human Resources
Red Cloud Indian School
100 Mission Drive
Pine Ridge,5777brendabadheartbull@redcloudschool.org
(605) 867-5491 ext. 221

Red Cloud Indian School, Inc.
(605) 867-1105

Red Cloud Indian School, Inc.
(605) 867-1105