Assistant Track Coach

The part-time Assistant Track Coach is a six-month position and is responsible for assisting head coach with recruiting and teaching a team of student-athletes the skills of their sport, teambuilding skills and mentoring the athletes in academic and personal character development and administrative responsibilities as assigned by the head coach.

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 within a Christian university environment.
• Assist head coach in planning and executing practice sessions.
• Work with student-athletes in developing skills of track.
• Helps to formulate workout sessions.
• Coordinates recruiting efforts which involves evaluating current and potential talent at high schools and junior colleges locally, within the state, and nationally.
• Operates within the rules as required by the conference and the NCAA.
• 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.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• One to two years prior coaching experience at the high school level, club level, or higher.
• College coaching experience preferred.