Assistant Coach, Women’s Lacrosse

This position will serve all student-athletes at Dominican University with the intention of providing student-athletes the best opportunity to achieve their athletic goals through specific sports instruction and guidance towards making choices that best enhances their athletic performance. This position will be evaluated on the extent to which he/she provides each student-athlete a positive, meaningful, and educational experience through athletics. The Lacrosse assistant coach will assist the Head Coach in all aspects of operating a successful program.

Responsibilities:

• The Assistant Coach is responsible for assisting the Head Coach in developing a comprehensive and strategic plan for each scheduled competition throughout the season. This includes, but is not limited to, evaluating upcoming courses, preparing a scouting report for the student-athletes and advising the Head Coach on making adjustments to the plan during competitions.
• The Assistant coach will also attend practice on a regular basis and organize and conduct team instructional activities to include practices, scheduled contests and effective year-round conditioning.
• Assist the Head Coach in defensive strategy, man-down strategy, defensive concepts, riding concepts and strategies, and build a shooting program.
• Assist the Head Coach with defensive player development, defensive scouting of opponents, video break down of defensive possessions, and game plan preparation for Defensive strategy.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum 2 years of strength and condition experience at the intercollegiate level.
• CPR, AED and First Aid certification required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Coaching and/or competing experience at the college level in the sport of Women's Lacrosse. In lieu of college level coaching experience, a combination of coaching experience at the high school, college, professional or national team level and competing experience at the college, professional or national team level in the sport of Lacrosse will be considered.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Knowledge of NCAA computing systems.
• Must be able to pass the NCAA Coaches Certification Test (Failure to comply with NCAA regulations can result in suspension w/out pay, termination, fines, institutional loss of scholarship and bans on post-season competition.)