LCMS COACH EXPECTATIONS
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No outside practice/activities with dangerous heat indices: a link that has a printable heat index chart,
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/unr/preparedness/heatindex.pdf . Please see email from our AD, Tommy Rogers.
You have ANNUAL required seclusion/ restraint/ PBIS training and any KHSAA required coaching trainings, etc. Please
contact Tommy Rogers, LCHS Athletic Director, (tommy.rogers2@livingston.kyschools.us or 270-217-2157) to ensure
you’ve received KHSAA required coaching trainings, etc. Please maintain open communication with HS coaches because
you feed their programs. Please be at LCHS on Aug 10 at 8 AM for seclusion/restraint or contact Amy Ramage to
do on-line. You cannot be with students until you have this training!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please see extracurricular policies of LCMS in student agenda. Please check student behavior and grade eligibility
weekly. Please adhere to KHSAA, LCBOE, and LCMS policies, procedures, etc. Familiarize yourself with Board Policy
9.31 which addresses playing up, MS age limits, etc. If questions, please see our AD or KHSAA website.
You will email exact, specific details to LCMS principal (lisa.huddleston@livingston.kyschools.us ) for anything that you
wish one-called, put on website/social media/etc. Please send pictures, rosters, schedules, etc. to improve
communication.
Info to get to AD: Please send a copy of KHSAA MS physicals and roster to Tommy Rogers ASAP. Please check with
him weekly about eligibility based on grades, behavior, and attendance. A student cannot play in a game if s/he was
absent more than ½ the school day on which the game occurs.
Basketball: Please send LCMS team roster and jersey numbers ASAP so we can update boards in gym.
You are responsible for LCMS uniform issue, collection, and inventory. Please also inventory supplies.
We require ONE WEEKS notice to call students from class for ANY reason.
Both the head and assistant coaches should be at all practices, games, etc. for the duration. No one may coach or
VOLUNTEER as a coach who is not at least 21 years of age. We support MS students playing up when allowed;
however, MS students should attend all MS games and the HS games when we do not play. No athletes may be in
school after hours without your direct, eyes-on supervision. You need to ride the bus with your students, and we
encourage you to get your CDL to help our program funding.
Current schedule is on-line on LCMS home page; you will ensure parents get a copy; hover on "Athletics" quick link;
click on appropriate schedule.
KHSAA physical forms are on our website. Students must have a completed one turned in to you that is LESS THAN
ONE YEAR OLD before they can participate in Open Gym, try out, practice, play, etc. Once you get all forms, make
copies and leave a copy of each with AD (one must always be with you at games, practices, etc.). This year there is an
additional physical form for students playing both at LCMS and at LCHS that must be completed too. FYI; both are on
line (one for MS and one for HS).
Please hold a parent meeting. Please go over playing time issues and inform privately if their child will be affected by
this. Please be honest about costs of shoes, travel, etc. and playing time.
Basketball: Please don't forget to FILL parent concession schedule at FIRST parent meeting for entire year and get a copy
to Nora. :) Please ensure all parents/guardians work. NO ONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 MAY WORK OR BE IN THE
CONCESSION STAND.
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Basketball: Please secure a score keeper/announcer and clock worker for your games. If you’d like music for warm up
and National Anthem, please bring CD and CD player of appropriate music.
Athletes shall have Board approved transportation for all events. Coach shall do a bus seating chart and make four copies
(one is given to driver, one to bus garage, one to Mrs. Nora, and one coach keeps). Please download from our website,
complete, and feel free to email to sue.campbell@livingston.kyschools.us and nora.cherry@livingston.kyschools.us .
Print and keep yours. Print and give one to driver.
You have a school email account and school mailbox. Please check email regularly. Please empty the mailbox regularly.
Coaches cards, etc. will be placed there, etc. An email link to you is on our website.
Due to funding issues, the game schedule is currently full, and we can schedule no more games than were scheduled the
year prior. I ask that you fundraise and look into getting a CDL to help us save much needed funds for the future. We
also request that you do fundraisers to help pay operating costs (transportation, officials, supplies, uniforms, tourney fees,
etc.).
Boys and girls may each play a total of at most 14 games (current tourneys count as one game).
No game changes may be made after September 1 for any reason other than inclement weather due to printing, teacher
scheduling, concession scheduling, officials/buses, etc.
No money is spent, collected, etc. without discussing with Nora Cherry at least two weeks in advance and following all
Red Book procedures (purchase orders, multiple receipt form, fundraiser approval, officials’ checks, etc.). I must inform
your organization of the requirements in the Redbook (Accounting Procedures for Kentucky School Activity Funds).
Support/Boosters must have liability insurance prior to commencing fund-raising activities. Support/Booster
organizations must be approved by the board.
Matt Hargrove schedules our gym. You need to clear any practices with him at 270-508-0546 or
matthew.hargrove@livingston.kyschools.us . No gym use on Open House day or day prior. No games on ParentTeacher conference day (Nov. 2). No gym use on day prior to or day of Christmas Program. Gym use should be
coordinated with cheerleaders and O-Zone. Do you know how to get the key to the kitchen door to get in? Only you,
alone, should enter that door so key location is private. Non-school day gym use: athletes enter through FRYSC Family
First parking lot exterior doors and stay in cars with parents until you arrive to let in and supervise.
No one should be in PE storage closet of Mrs. Wilson but you to turn on/off lights, etc. Do you know how to get the key?
All folks (parents, players, friends you bring, etc.) should stay in gym with you under your direct supervision. No one
should roam the hallways and you are to supervise water/restroom breaks. No bouncing balls or running in hallways.
No one should be near the elevator lift, & it is not used to transport equipment. Please ensure you require your team/fans
to clean the gym after their practices, etc. We will clean after games.
If you are last to use gym, please turn out lights, secure lost items, and clean up.
If funding is available, we need to meet to devise a uniform replacement rotation schedule.
You have signed all hiring paperwork at the LCBOE. You know that if a staff member resigns that you are invited to
interviews, etc.
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The following comes from the NFHS which is the federal association of which KHSAA is a part.
Coaches Code of Ethics
The function of a coach is to educate students through participation in interscholastic competition. An interscholastic
program should be designed to enhance academic achievement and should never interfere with opportunities for academic
success. Each student should be treated with the utmost respect, and his or her welfare should be considered in decisions
by the coach at all times. Accordingly, the following guidelines for coaches have been adopted by the NFHS Board of
Directors.
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The coach shall be aware that he or she has a tremendous influence, for either good or ill, on the education of the
student and, thus, shall never place the value of winning above the value of instilling the highest ideals of
character.
The coach shall uphold the honor and dignity of the profession. In all personal contact with students, officials,
athletic directors, school administrators, the state high school athletic association, the media, and the public, the
coach shall strive to set an example of the highest ethical and moral conduct.
The coach shall take an active role in the prevention of drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse.
The coach shall avoid the use of alcohol and tobacco products when in contact with players.
The coach shall promote the entire interscholastic program of the school and direct his or her program in harmony
with the total school program.
The coach shall master the contest rules and shall teach them to his or her team members. The coach shall not
seek an advantage by circumvention of the spirit or letter of the rules.
The coach shall exert his or her influence to enhance sportsmanship by spectators, both directly and by working
closely with cheerleaders, pep club sponsors, booster clubs, and administrators.
The coach shall respect and support contest officials. The coach shall not indulge in conduct which would incite
players or spectators against the officials. Public criticism of officials or players is unethical.
The coach should meet and exchange cordial greetings with the opposing coach to set the correct tone for the
event before and after the contest.
The coach shall not exert pressure on faculty members to give student special consideration.
The coach shall not scout opponents by any means other than those adopted by the league and/or state high school
athletic association.
Please call/text (270-839-1827), come by, or email me if questions or concerns. Please maintain communication with me
and give me a heads up to any issues that may arise. Looking forward to a great year. Head coaches should ensure all
assistants, volunteers, etc. sign a copy of this.
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