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