Coaching Resume Examples to Help You Succeed This Year

Resume summary or objective

The first section of your resume will include a 2-3 sentence paragraph that goes over important elements of your resume. If you are less experienced, you will start with a resume objective, which emphasizes your skills and education and indicates your career goals. If you have several years of experience, you will write a resume summary, which goes over your experience and highlights your best qualifications.

Skills

A skills section is important to highlight your top proficiencies. Here are a few bullet points to help you start your coaching skills list:

• Mentoring and motivating students
• First aid skills
• Implementing strategies
• Communication
• Teaching the fundamentals of the sport
• Fundraising
• Interpersonal skills
• Time management skills
• Helping students learn about teamwork

Remember to incorporate both soft skills (intangible traits that impact how you approach work, such as collaboration and discipline) and hard skills (specific skills related to the sport you’re coaching) in your skills section. You need to show the recruiter that you not only have the technical skills to teach players how to perform, but you also have the people skills to relate to them.

Work experience

Your work experience section should include up to 10 years of experience in previous coaching positions. You can also include professional experience related to coaching experience, such as teaching physical education. Include your major job duties and achievements in each previous job (e.g., “Led team to state championships in 2019 and 2020”).

Education

Especially when it comes to coaching younger children, your job application may not need an extremely broad education section. If you’re looking into coaching college and beyond, you’ll want to include at least a bachelor’s degree in fields related to sports education. Instead of including your GPA, focus on specific honors, like a cum laude or the Dean's List.

Certifications

Many coaches can have certifications in their field, and it can be helpful to a job search for you to be able to include those. Sports coaching certifications may include certification from the NFHS, the United States Sports Academy, or the ECC.