Director of Scouting

University of Wisconsin Madison • Madison, WI

20d • $87,112

About The Position

The Director of Scouting will lead and manage the identification and evaluation of football prospects, and provide strategic insights to support recruiting and roster planning. The position will lead the football personnel staff in the evaluation of current student-athletes. The position will also assist the Director of Recruiting in identifying, evaluating, and recruiting high school student-athletes. The role will assist the Football General Manager with player representation relations and support the coaching staff with overall roster construction for the football program.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in college or professional football scouting, personnel, or coaching preferred
• Experience with modern recruiting software and analytical tools preferred
• Experience with navigating transfer portal for player personnel decisions
• Experience managing player representation relationships

Nice To Haves

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Excellent organizational and management abilities.
• Ability to build relationships and interact effectively with prospects, student-athletes, coaches, and staff

Responsibilities

• Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
• Schedules logistics and secures resources for off-campus and on-campus recruiting and official and unofficial visits and ensures compliance with established rules and regulations
• Manages the unit or program budget
• Directs, implements, and monitors recruitment records and information systems to adhere to established rules, regulations, policies, and procedures
• Plans and directs staff implementation of prospective student-athlete identification and evaluation processes in collaboration with coaching staff

Benefits

• Generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off
• Competitive insurances and savings accounts
• Retirement benefits
• Badger gear & season tickets for Badger football, men's basketball and men's hockey, and/or the varsity sports pass

What This Job Offers

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