Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart is seeking a Head JV/Assistant Varsity Volleyball Coach for the 2024-2025 academic year to develop, coach, and manage the Volleyball Program within the standards of Woodlands Academy, the ISL (Independent School League), and the IHSA (Illinois High School Association). The Head JV/Assistant Varsity Volleyball Coach will foster a positive and inclusive team atmosphere that values individual development, discipline, and sportsmanship while keeping the self-esteem and best interest of all student-athletes first and foremost.

Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart is one of 25 Sacred Heart schools in the United States and Canada. Sacred Heart education at Woodlands Academy is distinctive and emphasizes best practices for the education of girls and innovative practices for academic excellence. Established in 1858, the school forms global citizens and transforms young women through a dynamic of relationships that responds to the dignity of each member of the school community.

The Head JV/Assistant Varsity Volleyball Coach will report to the Head Varsity Volleyball Coach and Athletic Director, and assist in supervising all volunteer coaches, to form an innovative and collaborative athletic department.  

Responsibilities include: 

• Educate and coach Woodlands Academy student-athletes in the game of Volleyball
• Provide leadership that promotes positive attitudes and good sportsmanship
• Notifies team members of all Woodland’s Academy Athletic Program policies, procedures, and training rules as they pertain to the team
• Plan and communicate to the Head Varsity Coach in all practice sessions and competition strategies which ensure the health and physical well-being of student-athletes
• Schedules and coordinates, in conjunction with the Head Coach, summer camps, game schedules, practice schedules, team tryouts, meetings, team workouts, and summer open gym/conditioning sessions in coordination with IHSA regulations
• Maintains, along with the head coach, the proper supervision of student-athletes at practices, games, in locker rooms, and on school-provided transportation
• Conducts a mandatory preseason parent meeting, along with head coach
• Coordinates the distribution, care, inventory, and collection of uniforms and equipment
• Maintains individual and team records and statistics
• Implements programmatic instruction of sequential fundamentals and proper conditioning for all levels of the program

• Previous experience as a coach in Volleyball, required
• Meets NFHS/IHSA Criteria and completion of NFHS courses, preferred
• Must be available from the first allowable practice date as designated by the IHSA for all practices, games, and regional/state finals
• Successful completion of criminal and sexual offender registry background checks 

Why you should join our community:

• Get to make an impact on the lives of young women
• The opportunity to help student athletes develop their skills and achieve their goals

All applicants must apply with a cover letter, resume, and Personal Reflection on the Sacred Heart Goals and Criteria. We also strongly suggest applicants to submit three written references. 

Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart is an all-girls, Catholic, college preparatory day and boarding school in Lake Forest, IL. Visit the school’s website at www.woodlandsacademy.org and the website of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools at www.sacredheartusc.education to learn more. 

Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart is an equal opportunity employer. It does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion*, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, genetic information, age, disability, protected veteran status or being a member of the Reserves or National Guard, or any other classification under state or federal law. 

*The School reserves the right to use religion as a hiring criterion for selected positions and nature of a school as a faith-based institution as permitted by law.