Assistant Volleyball Coach

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Represent and promote the volleyball program on the campus, in the conference, and throughout the State under the direction of the Head Volleyball Coach.
• Travel with the student athletes to away games.
• Maintain effective liaison with other people and units on the campus as appropriate.
• Maintain cooperative working relationships with a variety of staff to include, athletic trainer, facility and equipment manager, athletic business manager, sports information personnel, team physician, other coaching colleagues, faculty and administrators, and other university employees, students and parents.
  Assist with the planning and implementation of all practice sessions.
• Assist with video analysis of opponents and team.
• Assist with other coaching related responsibilities deemed necessary by the head coach.
• Maintain and distribute individual and team statistics to use for match preparation and practice planning.
• Coordinate home game management.
• Assist with monitoring academic progress of athletes, arrange for academic support, etc.
• Assist with the recruiting of student athletes to include but not limited to: evaluation, visits, contacts, and complete all administrative reports and information as required by NCAA and Ferris State Compliance Office. Travel for recruiting purposes.

Skills and Abilities:

• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Organize work responsibilities.
• Play volleyball.
• Demonstrated commitment, experience, and understanding of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
• Work independently.
• Work with and inspire a diverse group of student athletes.