Maverick Volleyball Jobs
Head Coach - 17U & 18U National level teams for 2026/2027 season
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada .
volunteer . March 23, 2026
Description
Head Coach - 17U & 18U National
About Mavs
The Maverick Volleyball Club serves Ottawa and its surrounding communities in providing our youth with high-quality volleyball programs. Our Club takes pride in our successful track record of promoting and fostering leadership, organizational, team, and life skills for the benefit of its members. Maverick Volleyball is seeking experienced, dedicated, and high-performing coaches to lead the National teams at the 17U and 18U levels.
Program Descriptions
Maverick teams have been competing successfully across Ontario at the Club level since its inception in September 1985. Competitions depend on program level and can include local and regional tournaments, OVA tournaments across the province / inter-provincially, or can include international and national competitions. Each level is defined by the skill and aspirations of the athlete, combined with levels of time and travel commitment agreeable to the family.
National
The national-level experience provides a solid launch pad for elite athletes as they pursue a post-secondary volleyball career. Our national-level high performance program is developed to fully address all aspects of competition and training that lead to an athlete performing at their highest potential.
Job Summary
Reporting to the National & Provincial Program Manager, the Head Coach is responsible for providing quality coaching and leadership of a National team. This includes, developing an appropriate yearly seasonal training plan, planning and executing practices, coaching tournaments and games, managing athletes' expectation and goals, communicating with athletes and parents, mentoring and developing assistant coaches, as well as some other administrative tasks. Additionally this year, the Head Coach at this level will be required to plan and manage the team's off-season training.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Develop and adjust an appropriate yearly seasonal training plan
- Planning and executing practices
- Coaching tournaments and games
- Managing athletes’ growth, expectation and goals
- Continued coach development
- Communicating with athletes and parents about schedule, etc.
- Mentoring assistant coaches in their development
- Completing administrative tasks
Essential Qualifications
Experience
- Experience as a post-secondary athlete OR
- 5 years of coaching experience
- 1 year of mentoring/training assistant coaches
Competencies & Skills
- Extensive knowledge of volleyball technical and tactical concepts (skills, techniques, rules, game play, etc.)
- Mastery of various coaching & learning theories and strategies
- Ability to lead and manage a team
- Effective planning
- Superior interpersonal skills, especially regarding communication with athletes, mentoring coaches and interacting with parents
Education
- NCCP Trained Development Coach Certification (required)
Asset
Education
- NCCP Advanced Development Coach Certification
Language
- Bilingual (English, French)
Important Information
All Maverick travelling-level teams are managed under the fully-accredited not-for-profit division of the organization. Coaches are offered a volunteering position with a semi-annual honorarium based on experience and certifications with a series of benefits.
Applications are closing Thursday April 2, 2026 at 11pm.
Guidelines for the off-season planning exercise
Document must be submitted attached to your application and must include:
- Two strength & conditioning sessions per week plus one active recovery day (starting July 1, 2026)
- Two club-delivered on-court sessions per week through the Post-Secondary Development Program (assume July 2, 2026, start and August 14, 2026, end)
- Leads: Frank St-Denis (Males) and Judi Mousseau (Females)
- Beginning the third week of July, coaches may add one additional 120-minute on-court session per week lead by the cohort Head Coaches
- Week of August 17-21, 2026, cohort Head coaches may add up to three additional 120-minute on-court sessions for that week
- Coaches may schedule mental skills, nutrition, team building, classroom learning, and appropriate rest periods as desired
- Plans can be submitted in Excel or Word using any template, and may assume typical weekly structures (i.e., on-court Monday/Wednesday, S&C sessions, “Mental Skills Thursday,” etc.).
- Information session for coaches.pdf
- youtube.com/watch?v=wMwPhtYT6v4&feature=youtu.be