1. Appointments to coaching positions are subject to annual review and funding authorization by the Board of Education and must be approved each year by the Personnel Office Staff and confirmed by the Board prior to assignment to such extra duty.
2. An amount of money as noted below shall be allocated for reimbursement to high school interscholastic coaches for attendance at coaching clinics and for mileage when on scouting trips, and shall be disbursed in accordance with the procedure established by the Administrator for Health, Physical Education and Athletics. When such activities would require a coach to be excused from regular duty, the normal request to the Superintendent must be made in accordance with standard procedure in the District.
3 Salaries for the head junior varsity and assistant varsity positions in each sport will be seventy percent (70%) of the salary of the head varsity position at each step. Head freshmen and assistant junior varsity positions in any sport will be paid at sixty-five percent (65%) of the head varsity position at each step. Assistant freshman positions will be paid at fifty percent (50%) of the head varsity position at each step. Head modified and assistant junior varsity coaching positions in any sport will be paid at sixty-five percent (65%) of the salary of the head varsity position at each step. Assistant modified and half-season modified coaching positions will be paid at fifty percent (50%) of the head varsity position at each step.
4.
A. Workshops, clinics, and mileage: (total expenditures per school year)
Coaches $7,930.00
B. Post-Season Play: (per head varsity coach per sport)
Regional Play $368.00
State Play $554.00
Assistant varsity coaches will be paid for post-season play at a rate of seventy percent (70%) of the head varsity coach post-season stipend. A coach who receives a stipend for NY State play does not also receive the stipend for regional play.
5. Advancement from assistant coach to head coach in the same sport, and at the same level, will result in one (1) year head coaching credit for every two (2) years as an assistant coach. Any request for such credit must be submitted in advance in writing to the Administrator for Health, Physical Education and Athletics. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied.
6. Movement from head coach to assistant coach in the same sport will result in one (1) year assistant coach credit for each year as a head coach. Any request for such credit must be submitted in advance in writing to the Administrator for Health, Physical Education and Athletics. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied.
7. Movement from head coach or assistant coach in one sport to head or assistant coach in a different sport will result in one (1) year of coaching credit for every three (3) years of coaching experience earned at the same level or higher. Any request for such credit must be submitted in advance in writing to the Administrator for Health, Physical Education and Athletics.
Furthermore, once initial appointment to the position has been established, credit will not accrue from other sports.
8. Coaches hired from outside the District will be evaluated by the Administrator for Health, Physical Education and Athletics and be placed at an appropriate step consistent with the criteria of 5, 6 and 7 above.
9. The District will provide in-service necessary for coaches to retain certification as a result of additional State requirements.
10. Multiple sport coaches (those who coach two (2) or more different sports during a school year, not including intramurals) will receive additional salary, above the normal coaching index for each sport, as follows:
Two (2) sports $ 90.00
Three (3) or more sports $180.00
During the second year after he/she has returned, step advancement will be at two (2) additional steps above that of the returning year.
