The Taft School

Head Coach - Varsity Girls’ Volleyball

The Taft School seeks a head coach for the varsity girls’ volleyball team for a fall 2025 start date. This role can be combined with any of the full-time teaching vacancies for the 2025-2026 academic year. This is an excellent opportunity to work with students from around the world, gain valuable experience at a leading independent school, as well as to live and work in a supportive professional environment.

Volleyball-related duties include:

• Coaching games and practices; 
• Designing practice plans; 
• Coordinating responsibilities with assistant coach(es); 
• Supporting college placement for student-athletes; 
• Collaborating with the Taft admissions office and college counseling office; and
• Communicating with various stakeholders, including families.

Specific qualifications include:

• Previous high-level coaching experience; 
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and professional skills; and, 
• A desire to work with engaged and motivated student-athletes.

Additional qualifications include:

• A demonstrated commitment to the tenets described in the school’s Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Portrait of the Graduate; 
• A bachelor’s degree and at least three years of relevant experience; 
• The ability to work collaboratively with diverse groups of students, employees, and other campus stakeholders to support and expand programmatic and institutional goals; and an interest in joining a residential community that serves a globally-inclusive student body.
• Authorized to work in the United States of America.

In addition to the duties related to leading the girls’ volleyball program, the successful candidate will serve as a member of the school’s faculty in a full-time role, perform evening duties, and participate in a second season of the school’s afternoon program.

Full-time, benefits-eligible positions include either campus housing or housing stipend and use of school facilities, including the grounds, athletics center, and dining hall (position-specific and subject to availability).

Candidates for this position should email a PDF copy of their resume and a brief introductory email to: deanoffaculty@taftschool.org 

The Taft School is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. It is the policy of The Taft School to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals.

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About The Taft School

Founded in 1890, The Taft School is a boarding school for 600 students in grades nine through post-graduate. Living where they learn, academically talented students from all over the world are guided by an extraordinary faculty on a 220-acre campus in western Connecticut. With the motto “Not to be served but to serve” as a foundation for the inclusive and service-minded community.

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