REPORTS TO: Head Varsity Girls Basketball Coach and Senior Athletic Director or designee

HOURS: Dependent upon practice and game schedule as designed by Athletic Director

ASSIGNMENT: SY 26-27

STIPEND: $1,500

EXEMPT STATUS: Non Exempt

CAMPUS: High School

Summary

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.

Requirements

In order to be considered for the Assistant Varsity Girls Basketball Coach position at Foundation Academies, candidates must:

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.

Certification

Appointment and approval by the local educational agency and a valid New Jersey teaching certificate or instructional substitute credential; the substitute credential currently 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.

Responsibilities

Program Support & Pipeline Alignment

Support the Head Varsity Girls Basketball Coach's program vision and complete assigned duties for practices, contests, meetings, supervision, travel, and season operations.
Use the varsity program's established basketball terminology, fundamentals, offensive and defensive principles, behavioral standards, and development priorities.
Support grade 6-12 pipeline-building activities when assigned and help reinforce a consistent transition into the Foundation Academies high school girls basketball program.
Contribute ideas through the Head Coach, support transparent player evaluation, and respect that the Head Coach makes final roster, role, strategy, and playing-time decisions.

Practice Design & Player Development

Prepare for and carry out assigned portions of practice plans, including ball handling, passing, shooting, finishing, footwork, rebounding, defense, spacing, transition play, conditioning, and situational preparation.
Use progressive drills, small-sided games, film, statistics, observation, and Head Coach feedback to improve instruction and competition preparation.
Provide honest, age-appropriate feedback that develops basketball IQ, decision-making, confidence, leadership, resilience, and team-oriented habits while protecting scholar dignity.
Support safe workload progression, recovery, injury-prevention habits, and meaningful development across the roster.

Academic, Behavioral & Family Expectations

Reinforce academic eligibility, attendance, punctuality, preparation, respectful behavior, and healthy team habits.
When assigned follow-up for a flagged scholar-athlete, complete a brief check-in and referral to existing support within three school days; no independent tutoring or team GPA target is required.