Head Swim Coach

The Head Swim Coach is responsible for coaching Woodhill's summer swim team and providing direct leadership, instruction, and motivation for swim team participants. The coach must create and maintain a safe and fun environment for the swimmers and make every reasonable effort to continually improve the manner in which the job is performed and increase the quality of service to members and guests.

Requirements

• Build a positive team environment that values sportsmanship, effort, and respect.
• Develop and deliver weekday structured practice plans that build skills, conditioning, and confidence in the swimmers.
• Communicate clearly with athletes, parents, and the club in a consistent and positive manner.
• Coordinate meet lineups, entries, parent timer volunteers for meets, and event strategies, including Champs and Jr Champs at end of season.
• Hire personable, dependable, and enthusiastic swim team assistant coaches who are committed to the swimmers and coaches who will likely return for multiple seasons.
• Create thorough, ability-appropriate workouts focusing on technique, endurance, stroke development, drills, etc.
• Lead and support the Junior swim team practices (swimming the width of pool) so that kids have fun, build skills and want to join team to compete in 6 and Under next season, etc.
• Responsible for administrative matters relating to the team, swim meet lineups, and team performance as well as all interaction with parents.
• Attend and represent Woodhill at all swim team events such as meets, WSL meetings, end of season banquet, etc.
• Engage parents and cultivate relationships to create a collaborative swim team environment.
• Provides guidance to the member led Youth Activities Committee for the proper programming based on personnel and funds necessary for operational management.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and fun environment for swim team participants (i.e. set rules for locker room conduct, etc.).
• Assist with the seasonal daily operation of the pool, especially on Home Meet Dates, for 2026: (June 10 Intersquad, June 17 v BearPath, July 8 v Edina)

Benefits

• Complimentary employee meals
• Use of Woodhill’s exceptional facilities (golf course, pool, tennis courts) on most Mondays