Women's Assistant Basketball Coach

Abilene Christian University•Abilene, TX

22h•Onsite

About The Position

ACU is affiliated with the fellowship of the Church of Christ. This position requires the employee to be a professing Christian and to be willing to support the Christian mission of ACU. The role involves assisting in all aspects of coaching and teaching student-athletes, recruiting, student-athlete development, social media coordination, managing the scout team, and serving as a summer camp coach and counselor. Other duties will be directed by the Head Women's Basketball Coach. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree required
Understanding of NCAA rules
Adept interpersonal and communication skills
Strong organizational skills
Excellent knowledge of basketball
Photo Shop Skills
Experience with creating digital content
Self-motivated, resourceful, and creative
Strong communication and professional skills
Ability to work and interact well with all levels of staff, faculty, and administration
Strong voice for extended period of talking
Able to demonstrate techniques used in basketball
Able to adapt to long, extended hours of travel
Must be a professing Christian
Willing to support the Christian mission of ACU

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree preferred
Coaching experience
Leadership or management experience
Experience with training modules

Responsibilities

Assist in all aspects of Coaching and Teaching student-athletes
Teach and instruct principles, skills, and techniques of the game
Teach and develop physical skills of basketball
Teach and develop mental skills of basketball
Ascertain game plan for opponent
Organize game film for staff and team
Teach and develop spiritual and relational goals for basketball student-athletes
Assist in all aspects of Recruiting Student-athlete development
Evaluate potential basketball student-athletes
Recruit potential basketball student-athletes via mail-outs, phone contacts, and personal visits on and off campus
Establish and develop relationships with high school coaches, AAU Coaches, and other sources of potential basketball student-athletes
Responsible for understanding NCAA rules for yourself and your student-athletes
Compliance with NCAA rules is of the utmost importance at Abilene Christian University.
As a member of the athletics department staff, it is expected that you will have a full understanding of the NCAA rules that pertain to your position.
It is also expected that you will comply with all NCAA rules, and if you become aware, or have reasonable cause to believe, that a violation of a rule has occurred, you will immediately report it to the Director of Athletics or his/her designee
Social Media Coordinator
Responsible for scout team and managers
Summer camp coach and counselor
Other duties as directed by Head Women’s Basketball Coach