| Category: | Procedure: | |
| Human Resources | Hiring Non-Faculty Athletic Coaches | |
| Descriptor Code: | Issued Date: | Revised Date: |
| AP-G-290-8 | June 1997 | January 2009 |
- One of the following will apply to all coaches:
- Full-time employee of the Board of Education with a Tennessee State teaching license or the equivalent.
- Retired Educator: Five or more years’ experience in education with a valid Tennessee State teaching license or the equivalent at the time of retirement and not full-time employee of a school or school system.
- Non-Faculty: Anyone approved by the Principal, Superintendent, and/or local Board of Education in the normal course of employment procedures in accordance with applicable State law.
- The position has been advertised and no full-time employee with a teaching license who meets the qualifications required for coaching the specific sport in question is available.
- All head coaches in football, basketball, softball, and track must be full-time employees or a retired educator.
- All non-faculty coaches (see item 1.C. above) must complete A.S.E.P. Coaches Education Program in a T.S.S.A.A. approved course within two years of his/her employment and must attend the T.S.S.A.A. Coaches Training Session within the first year of his/her employment.
- In using non-faculty coaches as an assistant, a school shall be limited to a total of three coaches in football and two coaches in other sports. These individuals may be assistant coaches in football, basketball, baseball, softball, and track and either head coaches or assistant coaches in all other sports.
- All coaches are subject to T.S.S.A.A. Rules and Regulations and Knox County Board of Education policies. They must conduct themselves in a manner becoming of a coach and representative of the school they serve. All coaches are responsible to the principal of his/her school. Coaches must be paid entirely from funds approved by the Knox County Board of Education. No coach shall receive more than three (3) supplements.
- Coaching positions are allocated to each sport under the negotiated contract. All non-faculty coaches must be included in the allocated number and must meet TSSAA requirements. No other paid coaches outside the allocated numbers allowed.
- Up to five years of coaching experience at the interscholastic, college or professional level shall be considered for the purpose of supplements.
- A criminal history verification and a finger print sample are required. The applicant is responsible for the cost.