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2026-2027 - Boy's Water Polo - Junior Varsity Head Coach

Young World Physical Education, Encinitas, CA, United States


Job Details
Job Title: 2026-2027 Boy’s Water Polo - Junior Varsity Head Coach

Location: San Dieguito Union High School District, San Dieguito High School Academy – Encinitas, California

Starting Date: July 31, 2026

Application Deadline: November 8, 2026 4:00 PM Pacific Standard Time

Job Type: Seasonal

Salary: $3,509 stipend; one‑time stipend paid at the end of each coaching season – Fall: December, Winter: March, Spring: June

Job ID: 5672798

Requirements / Qualifications

Knowledge of fundamental and advanced water polo skills and techniques.

Ability to follow the National Federation of High Schools Coaches Code of Conduct and the California Interscholastic Federation Coaches Code of Conduct.

Sport experience; preference for experience working with youth.

High School/Trade School degree preferred.

Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

COACH RESPONSIBILITIES

Understand that academics are priority.

Be alert to student‑athletes’ academic performance.

Develop team rules and expectations and communicate them with the team and parents.

Provide schedules for practices, tournaments and games.

Communicate changes in season schedule in a timely manner.

Be on time and come prepared for all practices and games.

Maintain current CPR/First Aid certificates and TB clearance.

Encourage all student‑athletes to do their best.

Apply all school and team rules to all student‑athletes equally.

Be professional in all actions and words.

Create a positive environment for the team.

Communicate with individual student‑athletes regarding their role on the team.

Clearly communicate all NFHS, CIF, SDUHSD, conference and team rules to student‑athletes and parents.

Return parent phone calls/emails in a timely manner.

Communicate with parents promptly regarding any injuries to a student‑athlete in the absence of an athletic trainer.

Explain vacation/absence policy.

Allow student‑athletes time away from practice to make‑up tests due to athletic competition or to attend tutoring.

Off‑campus walk‑on coaches must turn in their keys to receive payment.

All coaches must get permission from their Athletic Director to use district facilities out of season.

Maintain CIF HOME and MAX PREP results/stats.

Input schedule into Arbiter, if required by sport assignor.

Adhere to CIF Dead Period for your sport during the summer.

Employment and EEO Statements
Employment with SDUHSD is contingent upon successful post‑offer background check, fingerprinting, physical exam including tuberculosis, drug and alcohol screening, and an Oath of Allegiance. SDUHSD receives Federal funding and must adhere to Federal regulations.

San Dieguito Union High School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying in educational programs, activities or employment on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race, ethnicity, immigration status, religious beliefs or customs, sexual orientation, parental, pregnancy, family or marital status, military status, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. SDUHSD requires that a school personnel take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so when they witness an act of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying.

Position is designated as Coordinator for Nondiscrimination in Employment: Mary Anne Nuskin, Associate Superintendent, Human Resources, 710 Encinitas Blvd., Encinitas, California 92024, Phone: (760)753‑6491.

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