Strength & Conditioning Coach
About The Position
RIT Athletics is hiring a part-time Strength & Conditioning Coach to support the performance, development, and well-being of student-athletes across 24 intercollegiate athletic programs and the cheerleading program. The role works closely with the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach, coaching staffs, Sports Medicine staff, and student-athletes. The position is 20 hours per week for 10 months of the year and is based on campus. The coach assists with designing and delivering individual and team training programs to enhance athletic performance, reduce injury risk, and develop lifelong fitness and movement skills. The role includes assessing fitness and performance, teaching safe and effective training techniques, supporting injury prevention and return-to-play efforts, and educating student-athletes about nutrition, sleep, recovery, and healthy living. The coach also helps maintain training facilities and equipment and ensures compliance with University, department, league, division, and NCAA rules. RIT’s Center for Intercollegiate Athletics emphasizes academic and athletic excellence, integrity, respect, inclusion, and student-athlete development.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- One year of relevant experience.
- Ability to teach, coach, and communicate with student-athletes, colleagues, and the public.
- Ability to cultivate and sustain collegial relationships and work effectively both independently and collaboratively.
- Ability to build unity around difficult issues and serve as an active listener, facilitator, convener, and mediator.
- Ability to advocate for the student-athlete experience and demonstrate high ethical standards and confidentiality when managing confidential information.
- Effective interpersonal, written, and electronic communication skills, including the ability to explain complex information accessibly to diverse or multicultural audiences.
- Knowledge of a diverse student body and demonstrated commitment to an inclusive environment that values diversity and cross-cultural experiences.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships based on respect, empathy, and honesty with diverse groups and individuals.
- Commitment to student-athlete welfare and mental and physical well-being.
- Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States.
Responsibilities
- Assist with managing, designing, and implementing training programs for teams and individual student-athletes throughout the school year.
- Consult with coaches, Sports Medicine staff, and student-athletes about strength and conditioning needs.
- Teach proper techniques for lifts and movement training, including plyometric exercises, Olympic lifts, speed development exercises, and flexibility.
- Work with Sports Medicine staff to develop and implement injury prevention programs and accommodate injured student-athletes to facilitate return to play.
- Assist with monitoring and supervising weight rooms and maintaining safe, operable conditions.
- Assist with designing and implementing pre- and post-season testing to assess student-athletes’ strength, fitness, and performance.
- Educate student-athletes about proper nutrition, sleep, recovery, and other healthy living practices.
- Promote proper training techniques, injury prevention strategies, and lifelong fitness practices.
- Help organize, inventory, and maintain strength and conditioning equipment and facilities.
- Maintain integrity and ensure compliance with University, department, league, division, and NCAA rules and regulations.
- Contribute to a positive, inclusive, student-centered environment supporting student-athletes’ academic, athletic, social, personal, and overall well-being.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
