As an athletic coordinator or administrator, your responsibilities include directing athletic programs and activities, most often for youth sports and physical education in schools, though there are also positions working with adult athletic leagues in colleges, universities, and sports clubs. You maintain service quality and implement new programs while continuously researching policy changes, financial resources, and eligibility requirements to help in the development of new services. Other duties include administering the budget, hiring and training new coaches and employees, organizing staff meetings regarding the community, finances, department needs, and more. You prepare various documents from budgets to funding requests and program plans to make presentations, ensure compliance requirements are met, and provide audit references.