Athletic Director

Requirements and Experience: Bachelor's degree required with a minimum of five years’ experience managing all aspects of athletic activities.

Job functions include but are not limited to the following:

• Develops and maintains a District-wide athletic program to ensure uniformity, coordination, gender equity, and compliance.
• Develop an athletic program handbook and update annually.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of athletic administration as it relates to secondary schools.
• Fosters good community relationships by keeping the community aware of and responsive to athletic program.
• Prepare and submit to the Superintendent a yearly budget, including ancillary personnel and costs for the total athletic program.
• Order admission tickets and schedules.
• Deposit all athletic fund receipts following the guidance and procedures of the business office.
• Prepare a financial report and an end-of-year report for each contest for which admission is charged and an annual financial report for the athletic program.
• Prepare requisitions for payment of game personnel and officials.
• Coordinate and oversee the athletic budget subject to final authority of the Superintendent.
• Provide complete schedules of the upcoming season to news media, booster clubs, opponents, school personnel, etc.
• Arrange for the advertising of events through the news media.
• Work with the news media, students, faculty, and community to boost the image of the district.
• Attend parent meetings run by the head coach of each sport at the beginning of each season to help answer questions.
• Attend meetings of the YAIAA and District III PIAA when requested but the high school principal and keep abreast of all league and PIAA developments.
• Provide information concerning league correspondence to the Superintendent in a timely manner.
• Schedule practice sessions and exhibition events in accordance with PIAA rules and coordinate same with the school calendar.
• Collect officials 'evaluations from coaches after each event and route to the Executive Director of the YAIAA.
• Oversee transportation to all away scheduled athletic events with the transportation coordinator.
• Oversee the execution of school contracts, official's contracts, and eligibility lists.
• Secure and execute official PIAA forms.
• Arrange for medical exams for students participating in interscholastic sports for grades 7 through 12.
• Secure officials, ticket takers, ticket sellers, police, and other game personnel.
• Arrange for attendance of physician and ambulance at football games and for medical contacts at all other athletic events.
• Arrange for collecting and filing records of all sports events, including such items as scorebooks, eligibility statements, and other pertinent data.
• Keep all individual and team records current.
• Consult with field maintenance personnel and custodial staff regarding athletic venue preparation, care and maintenance.
• Provide athletic awards at all levels and periodically review the process.
• Meet with the coaching staff to discuss problems/concerns relating to their sports as needed.
• Attend all home athletic events or delegate this responsibility to a designee.
• Meet periodically with principals for program coordination, clarification of potential problem areas, and performance and evaluation of athletic events.
• Implement an evaluation system that will improve coaches' performance and enhance the athletic program.
• Maintain a current inventory of athletic equipment and supplies for each sport.
• Recruit, interview, screen for employment, manage, and evaluate all athletic personnel, including coaches, game managers and game employees.
• Process athletic injury insurance forms.
• Oversee the weekly cocurricular eligibility reports from all teachers and send letters to parents of students who are on probation or who are ineligible.
• Collect code of conduct forms from each athlete.
• Work collaboratively with head coaches to evaluate assistant coaches' work performance.
• Submit to the Superintendent by September 1st of each year, the financial report for the cocurricular booster clubs.

The successful candidate will possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

(The WYASD will provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with the American with Disabilities Act)

• Must be able to speak clearly and distinctly; be able to read correspondence/computer screen; and have an auditory sufficient to communicate via phone.
• Must be courteous, congenial, cooperative, service-oriented, able to work independently or in a team (as circumstances warrant), and able to work with frequent interruptions.
• Must be able to sit/stand for extended periods of time; walk throughout buildings; climb stairs; lift/carry at least 20 pounds; and bend, twist, reach, stoop, grasp, and have sufficient dexterity to operate office equipment.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with students, personnel at all levels, and members of the public; follow written and verbal directions; provide direction and motivate peers; read and comprehend at an advances level; perform complex computations; write/correspond clearly, concisely, and effectively at a post-secondary level; work independently or in a team; interpret and follow district policies, regulations, and work rules; and exercise good judgement.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.