Head Coach - Acrobatics & Tumbling

Point Park University•Pittsburgh, PA

10d

About The Position

The Head Coach directs and administers all aspects of the Acrobatics & Tumbling program, including coaching, recruitment, retention, and student-athletes’ academic success, and supervises assistant coaches. The role is responsible for program planning and operations, student-athlete conduct, compliance with university, athletics department, conference, and NCAA requirements, and participation in department initiatives and fundraising. The position reports to the Vice President for Athletics. The Head Coach oversees assistant coaches, the sport budget and expenses, marketing and promotion, scheduling, recruitment goals, practices and competitions, and pre-season and post-season conditioning coordination. The coach also supports game-environment and community-engagement initiatives and maintains professional conduct and appropriate attire. The role has extensive NCAA and conference compliance responsibilities, including educating student-athletes and staff, monitoring recruiting contacts and evaluations, maintaining required records and reports, overseeing playing and practice season requirements, and supporting eligibility, financial aid, official visits, scheduling, camps, tickets, and other compliance processes. The work takes place in a physically active sporting environment as well as an office setting, with event planning and coordination and frequent evening and weekend hours.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required.
Budgeting, planning, and computer skills.
Maintain professional conduct and wear situation-appropriate professional attire.
Knowledge and implementation of NCAA rules and regulations in amateurism, eligibility, recruiting, financial aid, playing and practice seasons, and awards and benefits.
Full cooperation and participation in institutional and NCAA compliance-related policies and procedures.
Ability to work in a physically active sporting environment with frequent high-intensity coaching activity.
Ability to perform moderate physical activity, which may include lifting and pushing.
Frequent evening and weekend hours are required.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Coaching, Sport/Athletic Management, Education, or a closely related field.
One to three years of collegiate-level coaching experience.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate knowledge of Acrobatics & Tumbling through excellence in coaching.
Select, supervise, and evaluate assistant coaches in consultation with the Vice President for Athletics.
Manage sport expenses and the program budget.
Market and promote the sport program.
Participate in athletic department major fundraising efforts.
Develop a sport schedule.
Meet the team-specific annual student-athlete recruitment goal.
Assist with developing and implementing athletics department game-environment and community-engagement initiatives.
Adhere to and document compliance with university, athletics department, Mountain East Conference, and NCAA policies and regulations, and orient student-athletes to these guidelines.
Oversee student-athlete conduct and discipline.
Plan and implement all practices and competitions.
Coordinate pre-season and post-season conditioning with the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach.
Maintain professional conduct and wear situation-appropriate professional attire.
Understand and implement NCAA rules and regulations concerning amateurism, eligibility, recruiting, financial aid, playing and practice seasons, and awards and benefits.
Attend and participate in staff and rules-education meetings; review NCAA rules with student-athletes when necessary and reinforce compliance.
Facilitate provision of information needed to determine prospective student-athlete eligibility.
Monitor permissible recruiting contacts and evaluations.
Provide complete and accurate expense reports and required information for official visits.
Declare playing and practice seasons and submit them to the Associate Director of Athletics for Compliance for review and approval.
Ensure compliance with NCAA playing and practice season rules, including weekly CARA logs.
Coordinate with the Vice President for Athletics and Associate AD for Compliance to monitor scheduling for NCAA and conference requirements and missed-class-time policies.
Educate student-athletes about NCAA employment regulations.
Complete and pass the NCAA Coaches Learning Modules annually.
Follow the established process for renewing and non-renewing athletically related financial aid.
Ensure compliance with NCAA bylaws concerning uniform logos, complimentary tickets, and summer camps.
Perform other duties as assigned.