Varsity Golf Coach at Laurel School in Shaker Heights, OH

Description

Laurel School is seeking talented staff who want to join an environment where our students are first and staff strive to make a difference in their lives. We seek to attract culturally and academically diverse staff who thrive on being engaged participants in our academic community. The most successful candidates see opportunities before problems and can laugh at themselves while succeeding in a fast-paced, forward-thinking educational environment. Laurel lives its mission: to inspire each girl to fulfill her promise and to better the world. We continually challenge our community to dream, dare, and do.

Position Summary

 The Varsity Head Golf Coach is a seasonal position responsible for the direction, instruction, and culture of the girls' golf program. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, mentorship, and administrative precision, specifically tailored to the high-standard environment of a Cleveland-area independent school. The Coach is tasked with developing student-athletes into competitive golfers while fostering an environment that emphasizes the school’s core values—integrity, leadership, and sportsmanship.

Requirements

• Swing Mechanics: Providing advanced instruction on full swing, short game, putting, and bunker play.
• Course Management: Teaching players how to "read" a course, choose the right clubs based on yardage, and manage risk vs. reward during a round.
• Mental Performance: Developing strategies for focus, resilience after a bad hole, and maintaining composure under tournament pressure.
• Rules & Etiquette: Ensuring all players have a deep understanding of USGA and OHSAA golf rules and maintain the highest standards of sportsmanship on the course.
• Scheduling: Coordinating practice times at local Cleveland courses (e.g., Sleepy Hollow, Mayfield, or Acacia) and scheduling matches and invitational tournaments.
• Transportation & Logistics: Managing team travel, ensuring equipment (bags, uniforms, range finders) is ordered and maintained.
• Communication: Maintaining a consistent flow of information to parents via apps (like TeamSnap or FinalForms) and emails.
• College Recruiting: Assisting high-performing athletes with the recruitment process, including communicating with college coaches and helping build player profiles.
• Values Integration: Aligning the golf program with the school’s specific mission (e.g., "empowering young women" or "leadership through integrity")

Work Environment

Laurel School is a dynamic, forward-thinking, K-12 girls’ school, with a co-ed pre-primary division where every child is well known. As a Facing History and Ourselves School, Laurel is fully committed to equity and inclusion; we actively seek a culturally diverse faculty and staff.

Laurel enjoys an outstanding local and national reputation and is home to the Laurel Center for Research on Girls. In a highly competitive school landscape, Laurel is fortunate to be a school of choice in Cleveland. Our emphasis on the whole child and our legacy of excellence in the teaching of girls set us apart. Located in Shaker Heights, OH (15 minutes from downtown Cleveland) with an additional rural campus 17 minutes away, the school has an urban/rural advantage. The work environment is noted for being family-friendly and flexible. The feeling in the school is joyous, collaborative, and innovative. Our curricular philosophy emphasizes community-based, interdisciplinary and experiential learning. Collaboration and reflective practice are key to pedagogy at Laurel. The school is fully committed to a culturally diverse faculty and student body.

Laurel School is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all personnel and applicants for employment without regard to race; color; religion; sex; national origin; handicap or disability; sexual orientation; or status as a veteran, Vietnam era, or special disabled veteran.