Head Football Coach

Reporting directly to the Director of Athletics, the Head Football Coach is primarily responsible for the overall operation and success of the LU football program, including developing a vision and providing principled leadership that promotes the health and well-being of student-athletes, competitive success, positive attitudes, successful outcomes, strong working relationships, a positive work environment, and a positive student-athlete experience.

What You’ll Do:

• Recruit and assess appropriate student-athletes with excellent academic backgrounds to a NCAA Division I FCS institution.
• Manage scholarship allocation to recruit and enroll the ideal student-athletes to the program.
• Oversee player development.
• Possess knowledge of and abide by NCAA and Southland Conference rules and regulations.
• Conduct meetings with assistant coaches and distribute practice area assignments.
• Attend department meetings.
• Coordinate with the athletic administration the hiring of assistant coaches, expenditure and monitoring of the budget, awarding of athletic scholarship, eligibility, facility requests for games, practices, equipment purchases, major repairs, game administration and work orders, and team travel advances including transportation, lodging and meals.
• Coordinate fund-raising and development activities in conjunction with the athletic department efforts.
• Perform speaking engagements to solicit positive public relations for the program and the department in the community.