Head Coach Women's Flag Football

Daemen University • Town of Amherst, NY

21h • Onsite

About The Position

Daemen University is seeking a Head Coach for its Women's Flag Football program. This role is responsible for actively recruiting student athletes, scheduling games and practices, and making scholarship recommendations. The Head Coach will contribute to the educational mission of the University by providing education, direction, and instruction in flag football. This position holds supervisory responsibility for assistant coaches, graduate assistants, and volunteer coaches. The Head Coach will coordinate instruction, recruit student-athletes, coach them in the sport, and make decisions regarding scholarships. They will also be responsible for scheduling practices and games, player transportation and supervision during travel, supervising assistant coaching staff, and conducting performance appraisals. Additionally, the role involves participating in fundraising initiatives, conducting camps and clinics, developing community engagement and student-athlete development avenues, managing the sport-specific budget in coordination with the Vice President of Athletics, and ensuring compliance with all University, NCAA, and ECC rules and regulations. The position also requires maintaining confidentiality of all sensitive information and performing other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree, master's preferred in related field is required with coaching experience.
• At least two-years of coaching experience in women's flag football.
• Valid driver's license required. License must meet insurance company rules and regulations for driving underwriting criteria.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, written and oral communication skills.
• Evidence of, and ability to articulate, a strong, current, practical knowledge of the sport of flag football.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully coach college level student-athletes.
• Knowledge of coaching and teaching techniques and the ability to effectively use them.
• Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays when necessary.
• Ability to drive a personal or university vehicle for the purpose of college business on a regular basis and ability to travel when necessary.
• Knowledge of recruiting techniques and the ability to effectively use them.
• Current certification in CPR, AED, and First Aid.
• Ability to run a practice and transport any needed equipment.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the educational mission of the University by coordinating the instruction of student-athletes in the area of flag football training and competition
• Recruits student-athletes for women's flag football program
• Instructs methods and strategies and coaches student-athletes in the sport
• Makes decisions regarding scholarships
• Schedules practices and games
• Responsible for the transport and supervises players while on the road
• Supervises assistant coaching staff and performs performance appraisals
• Participates in sport specific and department-wide fundraising initiatives
• Conduct camps/clinics in the sport of flag football
• Develop avenues for community engagement and student-athlete personal/career development
• Works with Vice President of Athletics, or designee, regarding specific sport budget to ensure fiscal responsibility for all aspects of program including facility rental
• Operates the program under the rules and regulations of the University, the NCAA, and the ECC
• Responsible for providing all material relevant to the team (ensuring institutional, NCAA and ECC compliance) in a timely manner
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Vice President of Athletics or designee

Benefits

• Health insurance with an option of two plans: an HSA plan with the deductible funded by employer HSA contributions, or a copay plan.
• Dental insurance through the Guardian network.
• Vision insurance through the Guardian network, and an option between the VSP or Davis plans.
• An 8% employer contribution to the retirement savings account when employees contribute just 5%.
• Fully paid long term disability insurance
• Guaranteed-issue life insurance for new hires up to a volume of $150,000.
• Tuition waiver for full-time employees and their qualified dependents.
• Entrance in Tuition Exchange scholarship opportunities to pursue education at other institutions.
• Generous time off for administrative and staff employees.

What This Job Offers

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