AYSO United Coach - South Orange County CA

AYSO United Staff Coach - South Orange County CA

Orange County, CA, USA

Position Overview:

A Staff Coach shall prepare and deliver coaching sessions for the assigned teams, attend and coach all team game activities, create a year‑round training schedule, and identify tournaments and friendly games. The staff coach is expected to provide a professional customer‑service experience to the families associated within the club and hold a supervisory role to the Team Coaches. Additionally, the staff coach will participate as a mentor coach to volunteer coaches in the United community.

• Conduct practices two times a week (1.5 hours minimum) during the standard club season (January–May) and (August–November).
• Create a year‑round schedule (practices, games, tournaments).
• Attend all friendly, tournament, and league play games.
• Provide player feedback to families.
• Ensure a positive playing environment for all players (50% playing time).
• Recruit players to fill roster spots when needed.
• Manage team communications ensuring a high level of customer service.
• Serve as a mentor for AYSO Core Coaches (e‑mail support, one practice, and one game visit).

• Foster teamwork throughout the organization.
• Promote AYSO’s vision, mission, and six philosophies.
• Plan and manage internal communications and awareness of organizational needs, administration, and activities.
• Assist with special projects as directed by the Director of Coaching.
• Perform associated duties as assigned.

• Strong team‑management skills.
• Enthusiastic, aggressive, self‑starter, confident, professional, and solutions‑based problem‑solver.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills, written and oral.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to communicate with and maintain relationships with all levels of parents, players, coaching staff, directors, volunteers, vendors, and program partners.
• Ability to work independently, cooperatively, and collaboratively as part of a team.
• Ability to initiate, coordinate, and organize schedules/tasks through to completion accurately and on time.
• Successfully pass a criminal background check and credit check.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.

• Travel locally to practices, games, and tournaments.
• Vision acuity sufficient to analyze and assure accuracy of written documents.
• Speaking and hearing sufficient to conduct training sessions and match play.

The work environment is typical of a field, and sometimes a home office for communication and planning.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.