Assistant Women's Soccer Coach

Houston Baptist University • Houston, TX

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About The Position

Responsible for assisting head coach with recruiting and teaching a team of student-athletes the skills of their sport, mentoring the athletes in academic and personal character development, and administrative responsibilities as assigned by the head coach.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree
• one to two years prior coaching experience at the club level, or higher.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of the sport
• Knowledge of typical sport-related injuries
• Ability to motivate and deal effectively with people
• Good communication skills
• Must be able to pass the NCAA recruiting test
• Able to generate enthusiasm and pride amongst players
• Ability to provide clear direction, delegate responsibility, motivate others, develop others skills and talents and attract and recruit talent.
• Shows consideration for others, listens effectively, cooperates well with others, establishes and maintains relationships, is adaptive, remains calm under stress and is persevering.
• Demonstrates good judgment, seeks all necessary information for problem solving, and sets clear objectives and priorities.
• Is self-reliant, decisive, proactive, influential, and enthusiastic and makes a positive impression on others.

Responsibilities

• Assist head coach in planning and executing practice sessions
• Work with student-athletes in developing skills of soccer
• Assesses competitor performance
• Helps to formulate workout sessions and game plans
• Coordinates recruiting efforts which involves evaluating current and potential talent at high schools and junior colleges
• Mentors students on an individual basis and in groups in developing life-skills, character building activities, and modeling Christian values for students
• Operates within the rules as required by the conference and the NCAA
• Assists with the scheduling of opponents
• Arranges for equipment, uniforms and supplies to be available for team
• Plan and execute team travel with authority to commit expenditures up to departmental budget, subject to University purchasing guidelines.
• Assists in game-day operations and field prep
• Organize official and unofficial visits
• Monitor academic progress of student-athletes and counsels with them about issues and progress relative to their coursework.
• Supervise team managers
• Assist in designing and monitoring strength and conditioning program
• Other duties as assigned
• Directly supervises student-athletes and student workers.

What This Job Offers

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