Assistant Coach – Acrobatics and Tumbling

Posting Summary

Job Title: Assistant Coach – Acrobatics and Tumbling

Division: Office of the President – Department of Athletics

Work Status: Full Time

Position Category: Staff

FLSA: Exempt

Salary Range: $34,000 – $37,000 per year (State Support)

Job Summary

The Assistant Coach will assist with all phases of coaching the intercollegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling team in accordance with NCATA, NCAA, and Morgan State University Athletics. Responsibilities include coaching, recruiting, game day management, organization management, community engagement, and other duties as assigned.

Job Duties
• Provide positive guidance, skill instruction, and concepts to student-athletes.
• Assist with individual training sessions.
• Monitor study hall hours of student-athletes.
• Participate in planning meetings with the head coach to strategize and coordinate practices and competition activities.
• Assist with promoting and monitoring physical, emotional, and social well-being of student-athletes.
• Recruit quality student-athletes, evaluating abilities in person or by video and conducting on-campus visits within MSU, NCAA, and NCATA rules.
• Maintain a database of all prospective student-athletes.
• Respond to inquiries within a reasonable timeframe (ideally 24 hours).
• Build and maintain recruiting schedules.
• Assist with all aspects of managing official and unofficial visits of prospective student-athletes and associated documentation.
• Assist with creating and cultivating professional relationships with the community to build sponsorship and fundraising opportunities.
• Assist with building and fostering relationships with local, regional, and national high schools.
• Assist with coordinating community service activities with MSU development staff and student-athletes.
• Assist with planning and coordinating summer camps and clinics on campus.
• Participate in professional development opportunities that will promote program growth.
• Ensure compliance with Title IX and MSU policies and procedures.
• Manage MSU and student information confidentially and ethically.
• Assist with coordination and performance of competition day management as necessary.
• Travel as needed.
• Perform other duties, including administrative, as assigned by the head coach, sports administrator, Vice President & Director of Athletics, or designee.

Requested Minimum Qualifications

Educational
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university (any discipline).

Experience
• At least one year of competing and/or coaching Acrobatics & Tumbling at any level.

Other Preferences for Consideration
• Five years of Acrobatics & Tumbling coaching experience, including experience coaching at an NCAA Division I college athletics program.
• Strong tumbling skills, planning, assessment and analysis, organizational skills, and experience coaching Acrobatics & Tumbling.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Ability to provide instruction and feedback while standing.
• Ability to lift, pull, and push mats and equipment.
• Ability to climb stairs, bend, squat, and perform other movements associated with coaching.
• Computer and telephone literacy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Skill in cultivating and maintaining relationships.