Coach Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree Required.
• A minimum of one year coaching experience is required, preferably collegiate level softball coaching experience or higher.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of the sport
• Knowledge of typical sport-related injuries
• Ability to motivate and deal effectively with people
• Good communication skills
• Must be able to pass the NCAA recruiting test
• Able to generate enthusiasm and pride among players
• Ability to provide clear direction, delegate responsibility, motivate others, develop others’ skills and talents, and attract and recruit talent.
• Shows consideration for others, listens effectively, cooperates well with others, establishes and maintains relationships, is adaptive, remains calm under stress and is persevering
• Demonstrates good judgment, seeks all necessary information for problem solving, and sets clear objectives and priorities
• Is self-reliant, decisive, proactive, influential, and enthusiastic and makes a positive impression on others

Nice To Haves

• Division I experience is desirable.
• Knowledge of college softball recruiting is strongly preferred
• Knowledge of NCAA rules is essential
• A working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook) and Internet is desirable.
• ACS, University Athlete, Data Volley, Dragonfly is preferred

Responsibilities

• Serves as a representative of the University displaying courtesy, tact, consideration, and discretion in all interactions with other members of the HCU community and with the public
• Assist head coach in planning and executing practice sessions
• Work with student-athletes in developing skills of softball
• Assesses competitor performance
• Helps to formulate workout sessions and game plans
• Assists in recruiting efforts which involves evaluating current and potential talent at high schools and junior colleges
• Mentors students on an individual basis and in groups in developing life-skills, character building activities, and modeling Christian values for students
• Operates within the rules as required by the conference and the NCAA
• Assists with the scheduling of opponents
• Arranges for equipment, uniforms and supplies to be available for team
• Plan and execute team travel with authority to commit expenditures up to departmental budget, subject to University purchasing guidelines.
• Assists in game-day operations and court prep
• Monitor academic progress of student-athletes and counsels with them about issues and progress relative to their coursework.
• Supervise team managers
• Assist in designing and monitoring strength and conditioning program
• Other duties as assigned
• Directly supervises student-athletes and student workers. The nature of responsibility is immediate supervision and management over individuals within the department, in addition to providing work leadership.

Benefits

• Background checks are performed on every new hire.