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Traveling Coordinator Job Description

Description

Oversee all traveling basketball activities for your gender grades 4 - 8.  Sit on a panel and interview all interested traveling coaches. Walk around and supervise the tryouts. Make sure evaluators are scoring players properly and tryouts are being conducted in an independent fashion.  Work with coaches to select teams. 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 and that all traveling fees are collected in a timely manner.  Address all coaches, parent, and player issues throughout the season for their gender.

Responsibilities

  1. May - June - Selection of coaches for Fall Season (sit on panel).
  2. July - Meet with selected coaches, fill out tournament schedules.
  3. July - August - Call in all tournaments, adjust where needed.
  4. September - Review all registration data prior to tryouts to make sure all players are eligible and no waivers are needed.
  5. September - Meet with traveling coaches, hand out equipment and instruct on tryout procedures.
  6. October - Tryouts - Make sure evaluators are set, coaches ready.  Check that all runs smoothly, show up to check all as needed.
  7. October - Address tryout repercussions, if any.  Administer uniform, DIBS, handouts and money collections.
  8. October - Hand out practice schedules, tournament final schedules.
  9. October - Help set up work schedules for our tournament.  Volunteer for Girls Tournament the next week.
  10. November - March - Follow needs of all teams, help when needed, answer coach questions.
  11. January - Prepare and distribute to teams for State Tournament.
  12. March - Equipment Collection.