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Job Description
Position Type:
Activities/Athletics/Head Coach
Date Posted:
5/22/2026
Location:
East High School
Closing Date:
05/29/2026
Duluth East is accepting applications for the position of Varsity Boys Soccer Coach. Responsibilities include working closely with the Athletic Department to organize and administrate all phases of the program. The successful candidate must have demonstrated knowledge of NFHS and MSHSL rules; high ethical standards; demonstrated commitment to academics; demonstrate a background of awareness and concern for chemical usage and other habits of personal health and responsible behavior and be able to act as a sports and citizenship model; excellent organizational and administrative skills; be willing and prepared to involve and work with parents, and support groups; demonstrated successful coaching experience; success in developing student-athletes in an athletic program committed to academic and athletic excellence; be responsible for coordination of sport in terms of organizations, continuity, inspiration, cooperation, leadership, goals and objectives of the program.
Head Boys Soccer Coach
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Category: Athletics/Activities/Head Coach
Date Posted: 5/21/2026
Location: East High School
Date of Availability: 5/21/2026
Date Closing: 5/29/2026
Season Dates: 8/17/26 - 11/7/26
Minimum Qualifications: Completion of 6-quarter credits or equivalent, or 60 hours of instruction in first aid and the care and prevention of athletic injuries, and completion of coaching methods or theory course. Knowledge and experience necessary to coach the sport.
Desirable Qualifications: Willingness to devote time to the program, dependability and responsibility; able to travel with the team. Knowledge of soccer, past coaching experience preferred.
Stipend Amount: $4,921 per 25-27 DFT contract, 27-29 amounts are TBD
FOR HEAD SPORT COACHES ONLY: If you do not currently meet the State Statute Requirement (SSR) to be a head coach in Minnesota, you will be directed to the Minnesota Coaches Education Program tab on the Coaches Clipboard page. This is a 6-hour in person course and includes additional on-line modules that must be completed per the state law. The cost of this course is $200.
Continuing Education Requirement (CER) page where you will have access to the required training. Sport Coaches must complete Chapters 1-4. Fine Arts Coaches/Directors must complete Chapters 1-3
Chapter 1 High Five to Effective Coaching
Chapter 2 Concussion Management
Chapter 3 Emergency Response Planning
Chapter 4 Bylaw Review for sport coaches only
Coaches will also be expected to participate in coaching development learning opportunities as directed by school leadership. -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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Duluth Public Schools
Show moreDuluth, or Onigamiising in Ojibwe, is the seat of St. Louis County, the largest city in the northern two-thirds of Minnesota, and the fourth largest city in the state. It is located on the western tip of Lake Superior and its city limits encompass 67 square miles of land and nearly 50 square miles of water. It is part of the Twin Ports metropolitan statistical area which includes all of Wisconsin's Douglas County, and Minnesota's Carlton, Lake, and Saint Louis counties which boasts a population of 291,638, ranked as the 170th largest metropolitan area in the United States.
After years of building economic diversity, Duluth is growing into a robust regional economic, medical, aviation, higher education, outdoor recreation and arts center. Duluth has long been recognized as an innovative region that is supported by a wide variety of services and industries, including the largest, farthest inland freshwater port, the Port of Duluth-Superior.
The city also boasts a vibrant arts culture, home to art museums, theater, and numerous festivals throughout the year. It is the home of two colleges and a university whose local sports teams include nationally ranked and championship teams.
Duluth Public Schools offers an excellent, competitive and comprehensive benefits program, which includes medical, prescription drug, dental, life, and disability coverage. A pension plan, tax-sheltered annuities program, flexible spending accounts (FSA), health care savings plan and employee assistance program round out the district’s robust benefits program.
The district pays a significant portion of the premium for medical hospitalization, dental and prescription coverage for employees and dependents and offers Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) funding.
The district also has generous provisions for vacation, holidays, family and medical leave and other types of paid and unpaid leave. The district recently added Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth to our list of paid holidays.
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