Assistant Field Hockey Coach

Ball State University • Muncie, IN

14h • Onsite

About The Position

Ball State University Intercollegiate Athletics welcomes applications for an Assistant Field Hockey Coach. Candidates for searches must have current authorization to be employed in the U.S. without employer sponsorship. This role provides teaching and instruction to student-athletes and performs duties in all areas of the program at the direction of the head coach, athletic director, or sport supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution by date of appointment.
• Collegiate playing and/or coaching experience at a competitive level.
• Possess and maintain a valid driver's license and be insurable under the university's auto fleet policy.
• Current authorization to be employed in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree from an accredited institution.
• One year of collegiate coaching experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide teaching and instruction to student-athletes.
• Develop, in conjunction with the head coach, planning of practice sessions and competitive coaching situations.
• Support head coach in evaluation of talent and recruitment of athletes into the program; includes contact by telephone and mail; off campus evaluations; on campus visits.
• Support developing scouting reports and pre-competition evaluations of opponents.
• Make recommendations in regard to fund raising, promotion and marketing, special projects, clinics and camps.
• Monitor, in conjunction with the head coach, the academic progress, the conditioning, and the training of the student-athletes.
• Work with the strength coach on a fitness program for field hockey student-athletes and disseminate to incoming student-athletes.
• Serve as recruiting coordinator, point person for communication, filter recruits to Head Coach, plan and execute visits, admissions and compliance tasks for committed athletes.
• Monitor the technical progression and growth of individual players' skill sets, leading the way in film analysis and meeting with student athletes to analyze film.
• Support creating a schedule for spring competition.
• Serve as administrator for camps and clinics, communicating to prospects, planning and execution of clinics and all HR task for employment and payment.
• Support the management of team travel arrangements, including transportation, lodging, and meal planning, in compliance with university policies and budget constraints.
• Serve as point person for strength and conditioning training.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Paid 24 vacation days
• 12 sick days
• 10 holidays a year
• Paid parental leave (6 weeks)
• Affordable health and dental insurance
• Robust long-term disability and life insurance plans
• A range of retirement benefits
• 90 percent of child's (or children's) undergraduate college tuition at Ball State
• 100 percent of tuition costs for you to earn your undergraduate degree
• 80 percent of your graduate tuition
• Health Savings Account (with company contribution)
• Wellness programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level