Head HS Baseball Coach

Pocahontas Area is seeking a dedicated, energetic Head Baseball Coach for the 2025 season and beyond. Applicants must have valid coaching authorization in the State of Iowa. Applications are open until position is filled. Reach out via email to Lincoln Vorba, Activities Director, at lvorba@pocahontas.k12.ia.us or Andrea Christians, Principal, at achristians@pocahontas.k12.ia.us.

Applicants may also call the Pocahontas Area High School at (712) 335-4848.

Position Title: Head Baseball Coach

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports to: Activities Director – Lincoln Vorba

POSITION PURPOSE- To help student-athletes learn skills to achieve success in their sport.

QUALIFICATIONS- Requires the following minimum qualifications:

– Must hold current coaching authorization or ability to obtain oneand have a skills background in the sport involved.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES

– Coach individual participants in the skills necessary for excellent achievement in the sport involved.
– Plan and schedule a regular program of practice in season.
– Work closely with the activities director in scheduling games and tournaments
– Recommend purchase of equipment, supplies, and uniforms as appropriate.
– Maintain necessary attendance forms, insurance records, and similar paperwork.
– Oversee the safety conditions of the facility or area in which assigned sport is conducted at all times that students are present.
– Establish performance criteria for eligibility in interscholastic competition in the coachs sport.
– Enforce discipline and sportsmanlike behavior at all times and establish and oversee penalties for breach of such standards by individual students.

PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND VISUAL EFFORT

– Continuous speaking, hearing, and visual effort. Frequent walking, sitting, standing, and reaching. High degree of concentration requiring continuous and often intense mental and visual attention. Numerous irregularities, complicated and complex tasks are involved. Must have the ability to lift fifty or more pounds on a repetitive basis. Mobility required.

WORKING CONDITIONS

– May have extreme weather conditions and extended periods of physical activity in adverse conditions.