Assistant Football Coach-Wide Receivers
About The Position
Lyon College invites applications for an assistant football coach in its football program and the start date is immediate. The primary responsibilities of the assistant coach include assisting in practice and game preparation, recruiting, experience with Wide Receivers, maintaining working knowledge of NCAA DIII, the colleges’ chosen athletic conference, Lyon College policies/procedures, and monitoring athlete’s academic progress and other duties as assigned. Applicants with coaching experience at the secondary or post-secondary level are preferred and an understanding of recruiting student athletes at a small, liberal arts college. A bachelor’s degree is required with a preference for a master’s degree. Lyon College is located in Batesville, Arkansas, a safe and historic town of 10,000 that serves as a commercial, medical, social, and governmental hub for an eight-county area and named by USA Today as the best city in which to live in Arkansas. The College currently enrolls almost 700 undergraduate students from 24 states and 16 foreign countries. Entering freshmen have an average high school GPA of 3.6 and an average ACT composite of 24 and SAT score of 1117.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree is required
Nice To Haves
- Applicants with coaching experience at the secondary or post-secondary level are preferred
- An understanding of recruiting student athletes at a small, liberal arts college
- A preference for a master’s degree
Responsibilities
- assisting in practice and game preparation
- recruiting
- experience with Wide Receivers
- maintaining working knowledge of NCAA DIII
- maintaining working knowledge of the colleges’ chosen athletic conference
- maintaining working knowledge of Lyon College policies/procedures
- monitoring athlete’s academic progress
- other duties as assigned
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Job Type
Full-time
