Job Description

Level: Management
Job Location: Owasso, OK 74055
Position Type: Full TimeEducation
Level: 4 Year Degree
Salary Range: $68,900.00 - $100,000.00 Salary
Job Category: EducationPosition: Head of Athletics
Reports To: Head of School
Status: Full Time, Exempt
Schedule: 52 Weeks (3 days/week in the summer)
Benefits: Full Benefit Eligible
Job

Summary:
The Head of Athletics provides spiritual, strategic, and operational leadership for the entire athletics program at Rejoice Christian School. This role exists to ensure that athletics is a mission-aligned, co-curricular extension of the school, forming student-athletes who reflect Christlike character, pursue excellence, and grow spiritually, intellectually, relationally, and physically.
The Head of Athletics champions and implements the RCS Athletics Playbook, ensuring that every sport, season, coach, and competition reflects the school’s mission, vision, and core values of Relationship, Character, Scripture, and Excellence. This leader sets the culture, develops coaches, partners with families, and oversees systems that allow athletics to flourish in a Christ-honoring manner, fully aligned with the life of the classroom.
As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the Head of Athletics collaborates with senior leaders to advance the school’s mission, culture, and long-term strategic priorities. As a senior leader, the Head of Athletics is expected to both embody and reinforce the RCS Characteristics of Professional Excellence among coaches, staff, and student-athletes.
In partnership with families and school leadership, the Head of Athletics helps ensure athletics reinforces the Portrait of an RCS Graduate, so that students follow Christ daily, grow in wisdom, love their neighbors, lead with courage, and flourish with excellence.
In collaboration with the Head of School, the Head of Athletics provides operational and cultural oversight support to the Director of Spiritual Formation for Athletics, ensuring that biblical immersion and discipleship are fully integrated into all athletic programs. While formal supervision of the Director of Spiritual Formation for Athletics remains with the Head of School, the Head of Athletics partners closely to ensure alignment, consistency, and effectiveness across athletics.

Qualifications:
- Must be a committed Christian and demonstrate a Christ-centered lifestyle.
- Member of a local church in good standing.
- Demonstrate spiritual and organizational leadership.
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred, in a related field.
- Completion of NIAAA Leadership Training Courses is required.
- Demonstrated leadership experience in athletic administration or school-based athletics, with progressively increasing responsibility.
- Maintain appropriate ACSI certification.
- Demonstrates alignment with the RCS Characteristics of Professional Excellence in personal faith, leadership approach, relationships, and professional practice
- Pleasant and professional presentation of self.
- Excellent communication skills, including writing, layout, and editing.
- Ability to think strategically and act accordingly.
- Knowledge of G Suite programs, Microsoft products, and relevant school software platforms.
- Experience working in a school environment, with a deep understanding of school culture.
Mission & Culture Alignment
The Head of Athletics is expected to:
- Champion a Christ-centered athletic culture across all programs (Elementary, Middle School, and High School).
- Ensure athletics consistently reinforces students’ identity in Christ rather than performance.
- Uphold the Athletics Playbook and the school’s core values:
- Relationship – unity, teamwork, and mutual respect
- Character – integrity, humility, and accountability
- Scripture – decisions and identity rooted in God’s Word
- Excellence – disciplined effort and faithful stewardship
- Reinforce that athletics is a co-curricular privilege, not a right, and is inseparably connected to the academic and discipleship mission of the school.
- Consistently models the RCS Characteristics of Professional Excellence, including following Christ daily, growing in wisdom, loving others well, leading with courage, and flourishing with excellence.
- Champion the Portrait of an RCS Graduate by building athletic cultures where students are immersed in His Word, grow in discipline and stewardship, serve teammates and opponents with Christ-like compassion, and pursue excellence as doers of the Word.
Academic Alignment & Student Accountability
- The Head of Athletics ensures that the athletics program operates in full partnership with the academic mission of Rejoice Christian School, reinforcing that athletics exists to support, not compete with, the classroom.
- In collaboration with principals, teachers, counselors, and divisional administrators, the Head of Athletics:
- Upholds the expectation that student-athletes model Christlike character, respectful behavior, and strong effort in the classroom.
- Supports and enforces school policies related to academic performance, conduct, and eligibility for athletic participation.
- Ensures that student-athletes are held to a high standard of accountability, recognizing their visibility as representatives of Rejoice Christian School.
- Partners proactively with academic leadership when concerns arise related to behavior, attitude, or grades, reinforcing growth, restoration, and responsibility rather than entitlement.
- Works intentionally to eliminate any perceived “us vs. them” mentality between academics and athletics by fostering unity, shared expectations, and mutual support.
Essential Functions:
- Spiritual & Cultural Leadership
- Partner with school leadership to integrate athletics into RCS's broader discipleship culture.
- Support and hold coaches accountable for:
- Leading First Things First devotionals
- Modeling Christlike leadership, sportsmanship, and communication
- Reinforce with coaches and athletes that participation in athletics is a privilege tied to character, conduct, and academic responsibility.
- - Spiritual Formation Leadership (Athletics)
- Collaborate closely with the Director of Spiritual Formation for Athletics to ensure that Scripture, prayer, and Christ-centered discipleship are consistently embedded across all athletic programs (Elementary, Middle School, and High School).
- Provide day-to-day leadership, alignment, and feedback to the Director of Spiritual Formation for Athletics to support schoolwide spiritual priorities.
- Partner with the Head of School to help set spiritual formation goals for athletics and to monitor progress toward those goals.
- Support the alignment of coaches’ spiritual leadership expectations with the Athletics Playbook, chapel themes, and broader discipleship initiatives of Rejoice Christian School.
- Communicate regularly with the Head of School regarding the health, effectiveness, and needs of spiritual formation within athletics.
- Program & Coach Leadership
- Recruit, train, supervise, and evaluate head and assistant coaches.
- Provide clear expectations for:
- Spiritual leadership
- Player development
- Parent communication
- Alignment with the Athletics Playbook
- Lead regular athletics department meetings for alignment, reflection, and growth.
- Mediate concerns involving athletes, parents, and coaches with wisdom, clarity, and grace.
- Coach Evaluation & Accountability
- Ensure that Elementary and Middle/High School Athletic Directors conduct regular evaluations of coaches in their respective divisions.
- Provide clear evaluation tools, timelines, and expectations aligned with the Athletics Playbook, school mission, and core values.
- Review evaluation feedback to ensure consistency, clarity, and follow-through.
- Support Athletic Directors in addressing performance concerns, professional growth plans, or corrective action when needed.
- Participate directly in the evaluation of Athletic Directors and Head Coaches, as appropriate, in collaboration with divisional administrators.
- Strategic Oversight & Operations
- Provide vision and direction for the long-term health and growth of RCS Athletics.
- Oversee:
- Game and practice scheduling
- League and conference relationships
- Event operations and supervision
- Athletic facilities usage and coordination
- Collaborate with the Head of Operations on Emergency Action Plans and event safety.
- Serve as the OSSAA voting delegate and attend required compliance meetings.
- Ensure eligibility, compliance, and sanctioning requirements are met.
- Collaborate with Middle and High School administration to coordinate game and event coverage during the school day and evenings, ensuring appropriate administrative presence while promoting shared leadership and sustainable workloads.
- Financial & Administrative Stewardship
- Develop and manage athletics budgets, including:
- Coach stipends
- Equipment and uniforms
- Officials and event expenses
- Oversee accurate and timely processing of:
- Invoices
- Officials’ fees
- Stipend payouts
- Gate and concession reporting
- Collaborate with Advancement (Development) and Administration on:
- Athletic signage, banners, and sponsorships
- Fundraising initiatives aligned with school priorities
- Community & Parent Partnership
- Serve as the primary point of leadership for athletics communication.
- Foster strong relationships with families, fans, league officials, and school administrators.
- Promote unity, clarity, and trust between athletics and the broader RCS community.
- Encourage positive fan culture and school spirit that reflects Christ.
- The Head of Athletics serves as the primary athletics leadership liaison with the Director of Spiritual Formation for Athletics, while formal supervision and evaluation remain with the Head of School.
Physical & Safety Requirements
- Ability to stand and move throughout athletic facilities for extended periods
- Ability to lift and transport equipment (up to 30 lbs)
- Ability to supervise large groups and manage events safely
- This is a safety-sensitive position and may require drug and alcohol testing
Ultimate Goal
The ultimate goal of the Head of Athletics at Rejoice Christian School is to form student-athletes who love Jesus, honor others, pursue excellence, and want to return to a Christ-centered athletic community year after year.
Winning seasons and competitive success are celebrated, but they are never the primary aim. Athletics exists to support the whole-person formation of students: spiritually, academically, physically, and socially, while reinforcing the values, expectations, and mission lived out daily in the classroom.