Team Captain Role and Responsibilities

• inter-team coordination, ensuring overall team effectiveness
• Analogous roles: Chief Executive Officer
• Responsibility - Overall team effectiveness, ensure all teams interact smoothly/resolves conflicts, team building/esprit de corps, pre/post-season training/skills development, development of team processes _{backup for all other Captains.}
• Authority: Final decision on conflicts between captains/sub-teams, Final decision on team processes and organization,
• Duties: in cooperation with other captains/leads
  • Study best practices of top teams
  • Outreach to other teams
  • Coordinate other captains and sub-teams
  • Develop/enhance, socialize, and document team processes and shared vision
  • Inter/Intra team building to maximize effectiveness
  • Maximize value of fall and post-season training
  • Open/close team meetings
  • Ensure compliance with school rules
  • Interface with team's faculty advisor
  • Organize team-wide events:
    • Mock Kickoff
    • Kickoff
    • Competitions
    • Post Season Banquet
  • Backstop all captains

The role is not

• Telling people what to do
• Knowing more than the other leads and captains

The role is

• Understanding the needs of the team
• Facilitating team leads
• Set the tone for the team
• Learn leadership techniques and help other leads with them