Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach

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.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assesses competitor performance.
• Helps to formulate workout sessions and game plans.
• Coordinates recruiting efforts which involves evaluating current and potential talent at high schools and junior colleges.
• 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.
• Organize official and unofficial visits.
• Monitor academic progress of student-athletes and counsels with them about issues and progress relative to their coursework.
• Supervise team managers.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree and one to two years prior coaching experience at the high school level, club level, or higher. College coaching experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of the sport.
• Knowledge of typical computer skills.
• Ability to motivate and deal effectively with people.
• Good communication skills.
• Must be able to pass the NCAA recruiting test.