Ridgefield Aquatic Club Seeks Full-Time Assistant Coach for Swimming Program

Ridgefield Aquatic Club in Connecticut, USA, is seeking a dynamic, technically knowledgeable, and committed Full-Time Assistant Coach for its year-round swimming program serving pre-competitive to national-level athletes. The role involves leading competitive or Olympic Way squads and covering other groups as needed. Responsibilities include developing seasonal and daily training plans focused on technique, age-appropriate progression, racing skills, physical literacy, and the USA Swimming American Development Model. Create a safe, positive, disciplined, and motivating environment for swimmers of varied ages and abilities. Attend practices, meets, events, staff meetings, and professional development. Support meet selection, eligibility, entries, relays, travel, deck assignments, and post-meet follow-up. Track attendance, progress, goals, and observations. Communicate professionally with swimmers and families. Follow USA Swimming Safe Sport requirements, MAAPP, Safe Sport Code, and RAC policies. Collaborate with Head Coach/CEO and squad leads for consistent curriculum. Contribute to recruitment, retention, tryouts, evaluations, clinics, and initiatives. Maintain administrative hours and provide program updates. Required qualifications: Prior competitive swim coaching experience, ability to teach stroke technique and racing skills, USA Swimming coach membership or ability to meet requirements before athlete contact, strong written/verbal/organizational/interpersonal skills, ability to work collaboratively, accept feedback, exercise sound judgment, and communicate appropriately with minors and families, availability for evenings, weekends, championship meets, and occasional travel. Preferred qualifications: Experience leading an age-group or senior group in a USA Swimming club, USA Swimming University education, American Development Model education, ASCA coursework, or comparable, experience with meet-entry and team-management systems, athlete tracking, and parent communications, college degree in coaching, education, kinesiology, sport management, or related field. The club is an equal opportunity employer offering reasonable accommodations. Send résumé and cover letter to Head Coach/CEO Emmanuel Lanzo at [email protected]. (The English article is the full translation and expansion of the Vietnamese version to match word count, detailing every aspect of the job posting with added context on swimming development, benefits breakdown, safety standards, and club role in US swimming community.)