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Traveling Commissioner Job Description

Description

Oversee all traveling basketball activities for grades 4 - 8.  Assemble a panel and schedule interviews with all interested traveling coaches. Prepare travel coach's folders and run travel coach's meeting. Assign independent evaluators to evaluate all tryouts.  Work with the traveling coordinators to conduct the traveling tryouts and parent meetings, select teams, post tryout results on the website and collect fees. Work with the traveling admin (tournament schedulers) to place traveling teams in the correct tournaments at the proper levels. Work with the traveling uniform coordinator to make sure all teams have the uniforms and equipment they need.

Responsibilities

  • May - June - Selection of coaches for Fall Season (sit on panel).
  • August - Sept - Review travel registration information and address any issues or needed waivers.
  • August - Sept - Help run tryout clinics and solicit coaches to work them.
  • September - Meet with traveling coaches and coordinators. Run the travel coaches meeting.
  • September - October - Tryouts - Set up Tryout process assigning the coaches and evaluators to the leagues for evaluations.
  • October - Address tryout repercussions, if any.  Administer uniform, DIBS,  handouts and money collections.
  • October - Make sure all players receive their summary evaluation from the tryouts.
  • October - Help set up work schedules for our tournament and set up volunteers for Fall Tournaments.
  • March - Oversee collection of equipment.
  • March/April - Manage the parent evaluation process and make sure all coaches receive feedback from the surveys.