Head Swim Team Coach

Description

Houston Country Club is seeking a Positive, Energetic, Outgoing, Passionate, Helpful, and Fun Loving Summer Swim Team Coach for a team with great traditions, comradery and a passion for doing their best. Our Summer Swim Team Swim Coach needs to know how to work with swimmers that are beginner to USA TAG level for ages 5-14 years old. The HCC Summer Swim Team Coach will be responsible for all practices, swim meets, Invitational, attending swim team events, heat sheets, relays teams, and team communications.

• Ability to plan, organize, schedule, and manage all phases of the club’s swim team program.
• Organizes all aspects of swim meets including scheduling individual race participants, recording and posting start times and working with swim chairs to distribute race ribbons.
• Ensure the safety of swim team members, performing lifesaving and/or first aid procedures when necessary.
• Enforce team rules and policies as well as pool rules and regulations.
• Respond to swimmer accidents and emergencies and administer first aid and CPR as necessary.
• Conduct swim team workouts and provide instruction to swim team members; enhance the swimming skills and development of all team members; ensure team member adherence to and understanding of safe training, competitive and swimming practices.
• Assist and support all team-related activities.
• Build meaningful relationships with assistant swim coaches, Pool Committee, parents, and swimmers.
• Give swimmers knowledge to understand and master strokes and provide corrective feedback that will enhance swimmers’ techniques.
• Engage parents and cultivate relationships to create a collaborative swim team environment.
• Conduct self in a professional, friendly, helpful, courteous, and diplomatic manner.
• Responsible for running and setting up swim meets.
• Perform various clerical duties in support of the swim team such as responding to parents’ and swimmers’ questions and memos, creating workouts, taking attendance and submitting meet entries.
• Work in tandem with the Youth Activities Director to complete billing in an orderly fashion.
• Maintain routine records related to swimming accidents, incidents and assigned activities.
• Maintain swimming area in a safe, clean and orderly condition.
• Holds current American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification.
• Perform related duties as assigned by the Clubhouse Manager and Youth Activities Director.

Job Type: 20-30 hours per week with an option of additional swim lessons and/or assisting with Pool Management

Hourly:
April – June for swim team responsibilities

Outgoing, Team Leader, Proficient on strokes and must love children

60% for all private swim lessons and a flat fee for all group programs per class

Fixed schedule

$30-$40