Assistant Coach-Defensive Backs, Football

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Job Summary:

Reporting to the Head Coach, The Assistant Coach/Defensive Linebackers provides assistance to the Head Coach in order to run a successful athletics program. The Assistant Coach mentors student athletes to help them reach their full potential on and off the field; helps build a program that the University, students, alumni, and

Job Details

Description

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Head Coach, The Assistant Coach/Defensive Linebackers provides assistance to the Head Coach in order to run a successful athletics program. The Assistant Coach mentors student athletes to help them reach their full potential on and off the field; helps build a program that the University, students, alumni, and
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community can be proud of. This position will assist in the recruiting of potential student athletes and provide complementary management of the program including practice, competitions, travel, purchasing and other duties as assigned. The Assistant Coach will adhere to institutional, conference, and all other required regulations and
policies. The Assistant Coach assists all aspects of recruiting potential student athletes in order to maintain a team that will compete. The Assistant Coach maintains knowledge of all institutional and Conference rules and regulations for recruiting. The Assistant Coach assists in the overall management of the programs as directed by
the head coach (travel, practice, competition, etc.) but will have specific responsibilities in athletics also as directed by the Head Coach.

Essential Job Functions:

• Travels to meet and observe potential student athletes, evaluates potential student athletes, communicates with potential student athletes, coaches, parents, and guardians to promote Shaw University and the athletics program, writes letters, makes phone calls, and maintains general correspondence with potential student athletes to build reports and promote general interest in the program.
• Maintains current sport-specific technical and coaching knowledge, develops existing members of the program, assists in the organization of practice plans and competition, communicates and demonstrates specific required skills.
• Adheres to all institutional, Conference and all other rules, regulations and policies.
• Assists in the oversight of volunteer coaches and student workers to ensure that all team oriented duties are completed in a timely manner.
• Acts as a liaison to help coordinate community service involvement.
• Assists Head coach in all academic matters pertaining to the team, including instructing/teaching student athletes in the fundamentals of the sport.
• Assumes all head coaching duties in the absence of the Head Coach.
• Other duties as assigned.

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Education

Preferred

Bachelors or better in Athletic Training or related field.

Experience

Required

2-5 years:

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field from an accredited institution of higher learning with prior participation experience in collegiate athletics; Master’s degree preferred.  2-5 years coaching experience at the college level is preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience

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