Assistant Crew Coach

The Taft School

Assistant Coach - Boys’ Crew

The Taft School seeks an assistant coach for the boys’ crew team for a fall 2026 start date. This role can be combined with any of the full-time teaching vacancies for the 2026-2027 academic year or can be a part-time, seasonal coach position. This is an excellent opportunity to work with students from around the world, gain valuable experience at a leading independent school and work in a supportive professional environment.

Crew-related duties include:

• Assisting the program’s head coach;

• Attending afternoon practices on Bantam Lake; 

• Coordinating responsibilities with other coach(es); 

• Coaching weekend races/regattas throughout New England;

• Participating in the spring break training trip to Florida;

• Supporting college placement for student-athletes; 

• Collaborating with the Taft admissions office and college counseling office; and

• Communicating with various stakeholders, including families.

• Maintain boat fleet - Taft owns twelve 4+ shells and two 8+ shells

• Launch fleet maintenance - Taft owns eight launches and engines to outfit each launch

• Equipment maintenance - Megaphone, megaphone batteries and chargers, walkie-talkies, and chargers for coaches, cox boxes (device, charger, microphone) and survival suits for coxswains. Replacement of parts as they wear out, electric bilge pump to bail launches

• Litchfield Hills Rowing Club coordination with the head coaches - maintains and cultivates relationship with LHRC

• Daily texts with Drew Combs about weather conditions, rowing site problem-solving, daily schedules, use of space considerations (boat storage and trailer loading), and other unforeseen issues

Specific qualifications include:

• Previous coaching and rowing experience;

• CT safe-boating certificate and experience driving a launch vessel;

• Valid driver’s license; satisfactory background and reference checks;

• 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 a Learner; 

• 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.

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.