Head Men’s & Women’s Tennis Coach

Essential Duties:

• Responsible for the training, teaching and conditioning of student-athletes.
• Develop knowledge and personal skills to create training and practice schedules.
• Responsible for overseeing the concerns of student-athletes both on and off the field of competition. This includes monitoring the academic performance and furthering the success of the team in meeting academic and eligibility criteria. Responsible for the behavior and appearance of student-athletes while they are representing the University.
• Responsible for a variety of administrative tasks, including but not limited to the production and maintenance of annual reports, recruiting logs, practice calendars, scheduling and other various reports for NCAA compliance related issues.
• Responsible for operating within the program’s budget, which will be developed in conjunction with and approved by the Director of Athletics. Responsible for equipment purchase requests and team travel advance requests from business office. Must account for all expenditures by providing receipts in a timely manner to the business office and following all travel rules.
• Responsible for organizing and participating in community service activities for the team in an effort to promote Mississippi University for Women and the Athletic Department.
• Responsible for participating in annual fundraising activities to assist with the tennis teams and University objectives.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• 3+ years prior experience coaching and/or playing, team management and training/conditioning, etc. at the collegiate level preferred.