TITLE: Athletic Director
QUALIFICATIONS: Valid Kentucky Certification
REPORTS TO: Principal and Superintendent
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:
- Organizes and administers the overall program of extra-curricular athletics, both intramural and interscholastic, for the district.
- Provides leadership in the selection, assignment, and evaluation of athletic coaches and staff members.
- Fosters good school-community relations by keeping the community aware of and responsive to the athletic program.
- Assumes responsibility for the organization and scheduling of all interscholastic athletic events.
- Act as a consultant to the administration and coaching personnel on matters pertaining to the athletic program.
- Hold meetings with coaches whenever necessary to keep them informed of all matters pertaining to the athletic program.
- Hires officials, team physicians, and policeman as required, and assumes general responsibility for the proper supervision of home games.
- Arranges transportation for athletic contest participants.
- Arrange for meals for athletes and coaches when opponent is a distance justifying arrangements.
- Develops and places into operation appropriate rules and regulations governing the conduct of athletic activities.
- Verifies the eligibility of each athlete to participate in his/her chosen sport.
- Prepares and administers the athletic program budget.
- Requisitions, in cooperation with appropriate staff members, supplies, uniforms, an equipment for the athletic programs.
- Supervises the cleaning, storage, and care of all athletic equipment.
- Supervises all ticket sales and fund-raising events connected with the athletic program, and assumes responsibility for the proper handling and accounting of all moneys involved.
- Arranges all details of visiting team’s needs.
- Makes all necessary arrangements for the use of non-school playing fields and facilities.
- Arranges the practice schedules for the coaches on the fields and in the gymnasiums.
- Provides for the physical examination of all athletes prior to the beginning of each season.
- Administers the insurance program covering school athletes, and assumes responsibility for all processing of reports and claims.
- Keeps records of all high school athletic contests, and maintains a record file of all award winners, stating the date and type of award, including athletic scholarships.
- Plans and supervises an annual recognition program for school athletes.
- Represents the school and district in all athletic business at district or state meeting.
- Interprets and enforces all athletic regulations handed down by the Kentucky
High School Athletic Association.
- To release to the press and radio publicity on coming events concerning athletics in which the high school is participating.
- Attends all home athletic events and obtains adequate personnel to ensure a smooth operation on all fronts.
- Coordinates, with appropriate personnel, the starting and stopping time schedules for bands, pre-game ceremonies and half-time programs.
- Assist the school in obtaining from visiting teams the information to be included in the individual game programs.
- Informs visiting teams and officials of the pertinent details of their participation, (time schedule, dressing facilities, etc.).
- Supervises arrangements in the press box for official personnel having duties there.
- Responsible for making arrangements to have a physician present at all home football games.
- Develops schedule posters and pocket schedules as needed for use in publicizing all programs.
- Records commonly maintained by the Athletic Director include:
- Season report from each head coach at the end of the individual season.
- scores of every contest
- records (school, league, district, state) established by team individual participant
- honor and award winners
- individual participation summaries
- recommendations for seasons to come
- Annual inventory at the end of the season prior to ordering for next season.
- Budget requests for each coach.
- Eligibility lists kept up to date for all individual and team participants.
- Letter awards.
- Financial reports, income and expenditures, gate receipts by sport.
- Minutes of all meetings concerned with athletics at all levels.
- Schedules of all sports compiled in a continuing file.
- Injury records.