2025-2026 High School Coaching Position

Job Description

2025-2026 Coaching Positions - Chesterton Academy of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Clinton Twp., MI
Position available: Fall 2025

Chesterton Academy of Our Lady of Guadalupe is looking for faith-filled, qualified, committed individual(s)
to mentor our student-athletes. Coaches receive a stipend. The purpose of sports at Chesterton Academy
of Our Lady of Guadalupe is to foster virtue, and community, and help students realize a goal and work
towards it. Sports at Chesterton Academy will be competitive and played at the highest possible level.
• Gentlemen's Basketball - Coach (Fall-Winter Season 2025-26)
• Ladies' Basketball - Coach (Fall-Winter Season 2025-26)
Requirements:
1. The candidate must be a practicing Catholic in good standing with the Church.
2. Have a heart for servant-leadership and mentoring teenagers towards the virtues of holiness and
magnanimity.
3. Previous high school or higher playing and/or coaching experience in the sport.
4. A positive, humble, and collegial temperament that puts character development before winning.
Job Summary
All Coaching Positions:
• The coach will work under the supervision of the athletic director following the Chesterton
Academy code of conduct, and maintain the Standards of Conduct for Coaches.
• Respect family time by adhering to the school's policy of no regular training Friday-Sunday, and
limited games/matches on Fridays and Saturdays. Off on Sundays, tournaments being the
exception.
• Be good stewards of facilities, equipment, uniforms, etc. helping to maintain and track usage,
distribution, and collection including uniforms.
• Apply and enforce student discipline during athletic contests, training sessions, and at away venues
in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct.
• Protect, manage, and supervise athletic activities, contests, and training sessions to promote
individual growth in athletic skills, teamwork, discipline, respect, and good sporting behavior.
• Collaborate with faculty, parents, athletic director, and student-athletes to provide an environment
that develops the whole person through the Three Pillars Model: Intellect, Character, and
Spirituality growing student-athletes to be honorable competitive learners and contributors to the
legacy of Chesterton Academy of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
•
Head Coach:
• Work cooperatively with other coaches and the athletic director with scheduling, programming, facility
usage, and seasonal goal setting.
• Responsible for overseeing the development of all players and assistant coaches.
• Lead all training sessions and manage all competitions.
• Provide a post-game summary to the athletic director, including injuries, incidents, and stats as
required by conference bylaws.
• Licensed or certified by a governing body of your sport (not required but highly encouraged).

Interested candidates should contact Mr. Parlow at
headmaster@chestertonguadalupe.org

About the Employer

A private, classical high school in the Catholic tradition with a mission to prepare our students to triumph over the materialism and despair that pervade our culture and to accept our Lord's offer to have life and have it abundantly. Our classical curriculum combines a broad, liberal arts education with a strong emphasis on the development of Christian virtues and an appreciation of truth and beauty.