Head Strength and Conditioning Coach

Colorado Christian University•Lakewood, CO

24d•$52,000 - $56,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Strength and Conditioning Coach will be responsible to create, monitor, and supervise all student-athlete individual and team strength and conditioning workouts. Other key duties will consist of collaborating with the coaching and training staff to facilitate and implement student athlete return to play protocols, manage all strength and conditioning records, and ensure that strength and conditioning facilities and equipment are functioning properly. This person must be able to work in a detail-oriented and highly-structured work environment collaboratively with coaches and training staff.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience required.
Current Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist/National Strength & Conditioning Association-Certified Personal Trainer certifications along with CPR/AED, and First Aid.
The ability to work effectively with a variety of personalities.
Able to effectively motivate and supervise student-athletes using a traditional evangelical Christian approach, and willingly support the CCU athletic department.
The initiative and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
The ability to remain active, hands-on, fully engaged, and alert while supervising all workouts.
A thorough understanding of, and readiness to implement the CCU Emergency Response Team protocols.
Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

Prefer a minimum of two to five years strength and conditioning experience at the NCAA level.

Responsibilities

Contribute to CCU’s mission: CCU provides Christ-centered higher education to transform students to impact the world with grace and truth. The Strength and Conditioning Coach will support student-athletes' spiritual growth by modeling a Christ-like attitude and philosophy in every aspect of the strength and conditioning program. This includes intentionally mentoring, encouraging, and praying with student-athletes while challenging them to evaluate how they are living out their personal relationship with Jesus Christ through their preparation, competition, and daily pursuit of excellence in their sport.
Collaborate with coaches to create appropriate and motivating team and individual preseason, season, and postseason strength and conditioning workouts.
Monitor team and individual strength and conditioning workouts to ensure that each athlete is investing maximum effort to gain the greatest gain, using the safest technique possible in every workout.
Conduct incremental preseason and postseason performance assessments to measure student-athlete growth in strength, flexibility, speed, and conditioning.
Create and monitor optional team summer workouts, and provide summer hours in which CCU athletes can use campus facilities to complete these optional workouts.
Manage all strength and conditioning records electronically.
Ensure that all strength and conditioning equipment and facilities are in excellent working order.
Model, demonstrate, and ensure that student athletes are implementing correct techniques that will optimize safety and growth during their workouts.
Whenever possible and as assigned, attend games and contests to facilitate pregame warm-ups and dynamic stretching.
Work collaboratively with coaches and athletic trainers to implement and facilitate return to play protocols for injured athletes.
Serve as a game administrator when multiple events necessitate additional game administrative coverage.
Other duties as assigned.