Assistant Coach – Men’s Basketball

Kansas City Kansas Community College•Kansas City, KS

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Coach is responsible for supporting the Head Coach by coaching student athletes, recruiting, monitoring student athlete academic progress, scheduling, managing travel, and overseeing the discipline, conduct, and image of the student athletes.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
At least two (2) years’ experience as a basketball coach OR at least two (2) years’ experience as an intercollegiate basketball player.
Working knowledge of sport rules and the ability to teach critical skills, regulations, competitive strategies, and training techniques.
Ability to objectively evaluate physical skills in the areas of physical potential and mental capability for intercollegiate athletics.
Possess strong written and oral communication skills.
Must demonstrate an understanding of the role of intercollegiate athletics.
Demonstrates core practice skills such as active listening, open-ended questions, summarizing, and reframing.
Creates a welcoming and trusting environment that engages students, placing the students' unique experiences at the center of the work.
Fosters agency through developmental advising practices that encourage self-efficacy, self-determination, self-advocacy, and accountability.
The capacity to represent the College at local agencies/organizations' activities and group meetings.
Must demonstrate a commitment to and ability to work with a multi-cultural student, faculty, and staff population.
High energy, self-starter who can work with minimal supervision.
Ability to develop and maintain excellent working relationships and establish credibility with all levels of the organization's students, faculty, and staff.
Detail-oriented.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 applications.
Ability to manage several projects with multiple deadlines simultaneously.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree or higher.
Experience coaching basketball at the collegiate level.
Demonstrated experience recruiting intercollegiate basketball players.
Experience working within a community or two-year college setting.
Experience within a higher education institution working with first-generation and financially fragile student populations.
Multilingual writing and speaking proficiency.

Responsibilities

Responsible for recruiting prospective student athletes. This includes, but is not limited to, evaluating past performance, making contact, following up on prospective athletes, timely submission of their academic records for admissions, and assisting with the designation and compliance of scholarship offers to prospective student-athletes.
Responsible for the monitoring of academic progress and status of team members, study hall coordination and compliance, and implementing action plans through appropriate college staff as appropriate.
Under the direction of the head coach, plan coaching and practice sessions in accordance with regulations. This includes, but is not limited to, coordinating line-ups, game strategies, practice itineraries, and individual workouts, and managing a designated skill development area for a group of positions.
Develop and recommend game strategy and position assignments to the head coach.
Monitor the purchase of uniforms, equipment, and supplies, including accountability for expense control and administration of the sports budget.
Responsible for the direction and planning of team travel in collaboration with college administrative staff.
Responsible for the promotion of the Department of Athletics and the Men’s basketball team through community events, public speaking, fundraising, and marketing.
Monitor and maintain the discipline and conduct of student athletes according to College, Department of Athletics, and team policies and procedures.
Monitor the conditioning and training of student-athletes in collaboration with the Athletic Training staff.
Maintain and update the Men’s basketball team social media accounts and calendar.
In collaboration with the Athletics Facilities and Operations Coordinator, oversee the set-up and tear-down of equipment for home games and events.
Other duties as assigned by the Head Coach and Director of Athletics aligned with college priorities and goals.